Paula Kahumbu

**Paula Kahumbu bụ onye na-ahụ maka nchekwa anụ ọhịa na onye isi nchịkwa nke WildlifeDirect. A maara ya nke ọma dị ka onye mgbasa ozi maka enyí na anụ ọhịa, na-ebute ụzọ Mgbasa "Wepụ aka na Enyi anyị", nke malitere n'afọ 2014 ya na nwunye mbụ nke Kenya bu Margaret Kenyatta. A họpụtara ya n'oge na-adịbeghị anya na 2022 dị ka onye mbụ National Geographical Explorer dị ka onye otu ndị nlekọta [1] na National Geographic Society.**

## Agụmakwụkwọ na mmalite ọrụ
A mụrụ Kahumbu na June 25, 1966, ma too na Nairobi, Kenya, ma gaa ụlọ akwụkwọ praịmarị na sekọndịrị na Loreto Convent Msongari. Ọ bụ onye nchedo a ma ama bụ nke Richard Leakey duziri. E nyere ya skolaship Gọọmentị nke Kenya iji mụọ gburugburu ebe obibi na ihe ndị dị ndụ na Mahadum Bristol. O mechara nweta nzere masta ya na Mahadum Florida na Wildlife and Range Science n'afọ 1992. Ọmụmụ ihe mbụ ya na ọrụ ubi ya hiwere isi na primates, na-ede thesis ya banyere enwe nke Tana River Primate National Reserve.

N'etiti ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na nke gụsịrị akwụkwọ, Kahumbu laghachiri Kenya ịrụ ọrụ maka Kenya Wildlife Service. N'ebe ahụ ka-enyere ya ka ọ na-agụ ma na-atụle ihe ndị dị n'ime ụlọ nkwakọba ihe nke mba ahụ iji kwadebe oku nke Richard Leakey na-ewu ewu ugbu a na telivisọn.   Ihe omume ahụ gbanwere uche ya site na primates gaa na enyí maka ọrụ dọkịta ya. E nyere ya skolaship nke Petri ka ọ gaa Mahadum Princeton iji mezue PhD ya na Ecology na Evolutionary Biology site na afọ 1994 ruo 2002, ebe ọ gụrụ maka enyí na Shimba Hills na ụsọ oké osimiri Kenya. N'afọ 2005, ọ natara asambodo ya na mmemme maka mmepe nchịkwa site na Gordon Institute of Business Sciences na Mahadum Pretoria.

## Ọrụ nchedo
Mgbe ọ natasịrị PhD ya, Kahumbu laghachiri na Kenya Wildlife Service ma duru ndị nnọchi anya Kenya gaa Convention na International Trade nke Endangered Species .  N'afọ 2007, Kahumbu ghọrọ onye isi nchịkwa nke WildlifeDirect, otu na-enweghị uru nke onye nkuzi ya bụ Richard Leakey guzobere na 2004 dị ka ikpo okwu n'ịntanetị iji nye ndị na-echekwa ihe n'Africa olu. Nzukọ ahụ aghọwo ebe nrụọrụ weebụ na-ede blọgụ kachasị ukwuu n'Africa ma kpuchie ọtụtụ nsogbu nchedo - site na ichebe chimpanzees nọ na Sierra Leone ruo nkịta ndị e sere n'ala Afrịka na Zimbabwe. Ndị sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ nke blọọgụ nwere ike inye onyinye ozugbo nye ndị na-echekwa ihe n'ala, na-ezere ụgwọ nchịkwa.

Kahumbu malitere mkpọsa "Wepụ aka na Enyi anyị" na WildlifeDirect iji kwụsị ịchụ nta enyí na ịzụ ahịa ọdụ́ ma kemgbe ahụ nweta nkwado nke onye isi ala Kenya Margaret Kenyatta. Ebumnuche mkpọsa ahụ bụ ịkwalite mgbasa ozi iji mee ka mgbanwe omume na ịkwalite ụlọ ọrụ n'ime obodo iji mee ihe. N'otu oge, mkpọsa ahụ arụgo ọrụ iji tụọ aro iwu doro anya iji mee ka iwu megide ahịa ọdụ́ iwu na-akwadoghị.   Mgbe mkpọsa ahụ malitere na 2014, e gburu ihe karịrị enyi puku narị gafee kọntinent Afrịka maka ọdụ́ ha n'ime afọ atọ.

Kahumbu na-akụzikwara ụmụ akwụkwọ nchekwa dị ka onye nkuzi na Mahadum Princeton, ebe ọ na-eduzi ọmụmụ ihe na nchekwa obodo n'oge ọmụmụ ihe kwa afọ na Kenya.

## Mmekọrịta ọha na eze
Kahumbu eruola ọha na eze site na usoro mgbasa ozi dịgasị iche iche iji kwado nchekwa - site na telivishọn ruo na nchịkọta akụkọ ruo na ebe ngosi ihe mgbe ochie. Ọ bụ onye na-emepụta NTV Wild, usoro ihe omume anụ ọhịa na-enweta ihe nrite, na NTV Wild Talk, ihe ngosi telivishọn nke Smriti Vidyarthi kwadoro nke na-ekpuchi nsogbu nchekwa. Ọ na-enyekwa aka mgbe niile na The Guardian, na-akwado nchebe nke enyí site na usoro ngwọta - site na ịkwụsị nrụrụ aka iji kpalie ọgbọ na-eto eto nke ndị na-echekwa ihe - na ịkatọ ahịa ọdụ́. Kahumbu bụkwa onye isi oche nke National Museums nke Kenya . 

Kahumbu bụkwa onye Odee akwụkwọ ụmụaka so ndị na-ede akwụkwọ kachasị ere ahịa n'ụwa niile na-akwado dị ka Owen na Mzee: Ezi Akụkọ nke Enyi na Enyi Dị ịrịba ama, dabere na ọbụbụenyi na-agaghị ekwe omume nke enyí mmiri na Nnukwu mbe Aldabra bụ Owen na Mze gụrụ. 

Na 23 Mee 2024, Kahumbu so na ndị ọbịa a kpọrọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ nke steeti nke Onye isi ala US Joe Biden kwadoro iji sọpụrụ onye isi ala William Ruto na Ụlọ Ọcha.

## Onyinye na nsọpụrụ

* Onye mmeri nke National Geographic Buffet Award Mba idu ndú nchekwa na Africa, 2011.
* National Geographic Emerging Explorer Award, 2011.
* Nkwado pụrụ iche, Onyinye Onye nke Afọ nke Mba Ndị Dị n'Otu, 2013.
* Order of the Grand Warrior Award, Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources nke Kenya, 2014.
* Onye mmeri Whitley Award, nke LJC Fund nyere iji cheta Anthea na Lindsey Turner, 2014.
* Round Square Idealist, 2015.
* Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year, June 2021. 
* Onye mmeri nke Royal Geographical Society nke Esmond B. Martin RGS Prize, 2023, maka omume nchedo na agụmakwụkwọ ọhụrụ. 

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