- IColin Church, ongomunye wabalondolozi bemvelo baseMpumalanga Afrika, ushone eneminyaka engama-81.
- Wayengummeli womphakathi woBhejane oMnyama owayenguSihlalo weRhino Ark Charitable Trust.
- Isonto lizokhumbuleka futhi ngokuqedwa kwephrojekthi kagesi kagesi engamamayela angama-250 ezungeze uhla lwezintaba eKenya ukuvimbela abazingeli abangekho emthethweni.
“Ngibe nenjabulo nodumo lokwazi iColin Church mathupha ngesikhathi ihhovisi lakhe lezobudlelwano nomphakathi, iChurch Orr & Associates, limele iSeychelles eKenya nase-East Africa yonke.
"Wayengumuntu othanda ukufunda futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke wayengumenzi onemibono emisha yokugcina abalingani bakhe phambili kwephakethe," kusho u-Alain St. Ange, omele Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika wayebuye abe nguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseSeychelles.
IColin Church, ongomunye wabalondolozi bezemvelo base-East Africa, naye ubengummeli womphakathi woBhejane Omnyama osebenza njengoSihlalo I-Rhino Ark Charitable Tru (2002 - 2012) njengoba ebesebenza ukuvikela nezinye izinto ezikhangayo e-Aberdare Park yaseKenya kanye nezilwane zasendle zaseKenya namahlathi akhe.
KwakuyiColin Church ezokhunjulwa ngokuqedwa kwephrojekthi kagesi kagesi engamamitha angama-250 ezungeze uhla lwezintaba eKenya eyayenzelwe ukugcina abazingeli ngaphandle nezilwane.
I-Rhino Ark yasungulwa ngo-1988 njengesikhwama esisiza ukusiza ukusindisa abantu baseKenya abaBhejane abaMnyama ku-Aberdare ecosystem. Ubhejane wayesongelwa kanzima ngaleso sikhathi kusuka ekubulaweni kwabantu ngokungemthetho ngenxa yophondo lwabo olwalubaluleke kakhulu.
Izilwane zasendle zazingenela emapulazini asemngceleni wepaki, zicekele phansi izitshalo futhi ngezikhathi ezithile zibulale abantu. Lokhu kuholele ekwesabeni nasekuphikiseni izilwane zasendle ezisebenzela abazingeli abazingela ngokungemthetho ababese bekwazi ukufinyelela kalula kwazise umphakathi wendawo awubonanga lukhulu ekuvikeleni izilwane zasendle noma indawo yokuhlala yehlathi.
Ukwakheka kukaRhino Ark kwakuhloselwe ukusiza iKenya Wildlife Service (KWS) ukwakha uthango lukagesi ezingxenyeni ze-Aberdare National Park e-Eastern Salient yayo enezilwane zasendle eziningi nemingcele ngqo emapulazini.
IColin Church wazalelwa eNairobi ngo-1940, kanti ushone emasontweni ambalwa edlule eneminyaka engama-81.