Daphne Sheldrick

**Dame Daphne Marjorie Sheldrick**, DBE (née **Jenkins** ; an haife ta a 4 ga Yuni 1934 - 12 ga Afrilu 2018) 'yar asalin ƙasar Kenya ce, marubuciya, mai kare muhalli kuma ƙwararriya a fannin kiwon dabbobi, musamman renon da sake haɗa giwayen marayu cikin daji tsawon sama da shekaru 30.  Ita ce ta kafa Sheldrick Wildlife Trust .

## Tarihin Rayuwa

### Rayuwar farko
An haifi Daphne Jenkins a Kenya a shekarar 1934 ga iyayenta 'yan Birtaniya, a lokacin da Kenya har yanzu take karkashin mulkin mallakar Birtaniya.  Iyayenta, Bryan Jenkins da Marjorie Webb Jenkins, sun gudanar da wani babban aikin gona da katako a Gilgil .  A lokacin barkewar yakin duniya na biyu, an aika mahaifinta, masanin halitta, zuwa wurin ajiyar namun daji inda aka umarce shi da ya kashe dabbar zebra da namun daji don ciyar da sojojin Birtaniya da Kenya.  A shekarar 1940, tana da shekaru 6, ta je ziyartar sansanin mahaifinta kuma daga baya ta tuna tana tunanin, "Haka nake so in rayu, a nan tsakanin dabbobin da ke ƙarƙashin sama." 

Ta yi karatu a Makarantar Firamare ta Nakuru da Makarantar Sakandare ta Kenya inda ta yi karatun digiri a shekarar 1950 da girmamawa da kuma yiwuwar samun tallafin karatu don shiga jami'a;  duk da haka, ta zaɓi aure.

### Shekarun manya
A shekarar 1953, ta auri Bill Woodley, wanda ya yi yaƙi da farautar namun daji a wuraren kiwon dabbobin Kenya. Daga ƙarshe suka rabu, kuma a ranar 20 ga Oktoba 1960 ta auri shugaban Woodley, David Sheldrick .   Daga 1955-76, ta kasance mai kula da gandun daji na Tsavo tare da mijinta. Ma'auratan sun fara kula da dukkan nau'ikan dabbobi marayu daban-daban, koyaushe suna ƙoƙarin sake haɗa su cikin daji. Yawancin waɗannan ƙananan dabbobin giwaye ne, kuma Sheldrick ta fara ba su madarar da ta ƙirƙiro da kanta da hannu. 

A wannan lokacin, Sheldrick ta renon kuma ta mayar da ita cikin al'ummar daji marayu daga nau'ikan daji daban-daban, ciki har da giwaye, bakaken karkanda, barewa, damisa, damisa, kudus, impalas, duikers, reedbuck, dikdiks, warthogs, civets, mongooses da tsuntsaye. Sheldrick wata hukuma ce da aka sani kan kiwon dabbobin daji kuma ita ce mutum na farko da ya inganta tsarin madara da kuma kiwon da ake buƙata ga giwaye da karkanda da suka dogara da madarar jarirai. Lokacin da ta fara ƙoƙarin kiyaye jarirai marayu da ke rayuwa da tushen madarar gargajiya, sun ci gaba da rashin abinci mai gina jiki kuma sun mutu. Bayan gwada kowace haɗuwa da ta samu ne ta yi amfani da tsarin madara ɗaya daga Turai wanda ke ɗauke da man kwakwa wanda aka gano shine mafi kusa ga kitsen da ke cikin madarar giwa.

Daphne Sheldrick ta mutu a ranar 12 ga Afrilu, 2018 tana da shekaru 83 bayan ta yi fama da cutar kansar mama .  

## Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

Bayan shekaru 17 na aure, David Sheldrick ya mutu a ranar 13 ga Yuni 1977 yana da shekaru 57.  Bayan mutuwar mijinta, Daphne Sheldrick ta ci gaba da ƙoƙarinta na kiyayewa. Sheldrick da 'yarta, Jill, sun kula da giwaye da karkanda marayu da suka ci gaba da kasancewa a jere. Sakamakon haka, David Sheldrick Memorial Appeal, wani aiki na African Wildlife Project, ya rikide ya zama David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust a shekarar 1987; ya zama ƙungiya mai zaman kanta mai zaman kanta.  Ta hanyar rungumar kiyayewa, kiyayewa, da kuma kare namun daji a Kenya, Sheldrick Wildlife Trust—wanda aka sake masa suna a watan Fabrairun 2019 don girmama Daphne da dukkan iyalan Sheldrick—a yau tana gudanar da shirin ceto da gyara marayu da giwaye mafi nasara a duniya.  Tana aiki tare da Kungiyoyin Yaƙi da Fararen Hula, Sashen Kula da Dabbobi Masu Sauƙi, Kula da Jiragen Sama, da kuma wani shiri na Sky Vet tare da haɗin gwiwar Hukumar Kula da Namun Daji ta Kenya . Sauran ayyukan da ke da nufin kare muhallin halitta da kuma inganta wayar da kan al'umma sun haɗa da ayyukan Ceton Gidajen da Ayyukan Kai Wa Al'umma.

An fi sani da shirin farko na Orphans' Project, Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, ta yi nasarar ceto giwaye marayu sama da 262 tare da sake haɗa su da wasu giwaye sama da 160 zuwa daji. 

## Daraja
Saboda aikinta na mai kare muhalli, Sarauniya Elizabeth II ta ba Sheldrick lambar yabo ta MBE a bikin tunawa da ranar haihuwa ta 1989,  kuma an ɗaga ta zuwa lambar yabo ta Global 500 Roll of Honor ta UNEP a 1992, inda ta kasance cikin mutane 500 na farko a duniya da aka ba su wannan lambar yabo ta musamman.  An kuma ba Sheldrick lambar yabo ta Doctorate a fannin likitancin dabbobi da tiyata ta Jami'ar Glasgow a watan Yunin 2000.  A watan Disamba na 2001, gwamnatin Kenya ta girmama aikinta ta hanyar kawata Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS).  A shekarar 2002, BBC ta karrama Sheldrick da lambar yabo ta Lifetime Achievement Award.  A cikin fitowar mujallar  ta Nuwamba 2005, an nada Daphne Sheldrick a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mutane 35 a duniya waɗanda suka yi canji a fannin kiwon dabbobi da kiyaye namun daji.  Sarauniya Elizabeth ta II ta ɗaukaka Daphne Sheldrick a matsayin Kwamandan Dame na Daular Burtaniya a cikin Jerin Girmamawa na Sabuwar Shekara ta 2006, "[ko ayyuka ga kiyaye namun daji, musamman giwaye, da kuma al'ummar yankin Kenya",  a matsayin Damehood na farko da aka bayar a Kenya tun bayan da ƙasar ta sami 'yancin kai a 1963. 

## Fim da talabijin
Sheldrick ya fito a cikin shirin gaskiya na shekarar 2011 *mai suna Born to Be Wild* . 

Ta kuma yi wani yanayi na magana game da wata giwa marainiya, wadda ta kula da ita, wadda aka nuna a shirin PBS a shirin *My Wild Affair* . &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

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