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Leina Lemomo is a philanthropist, owner and founder of Msafiri Travels, Twende Kusini Camps, Intra Africa Tourism Alliance, speaker on tourism and the current President of the Rotary Club of Mikocheni 2021/22 and above all a mother of two children. A graduate of Skyways Travel Institute - Nairobi Kenya, she has been in the safari industry for over two decades. Her interest in safaris begin at the age of 9 years when she joined the Brownies (Girl Scout) movement that encouraged and offered outdoors activities camping and life skills. From that first camping experience, she has hooked onto travel to this day. Her travels spans to over 35 African and 17 European countries. Her memorable travel experiences include, camping on the Sahara desert, visit to the Great Mosque of Djenne- Mali, swimming on Lake Malawi, standing in front of the majestic Mosi O Tunya (Victoria Falls), sipping wine in the western cape of South Africa, watching sunsets and wildebeest migration on the endless plains of the Serengeti. It is out of this great passion for travel that Msafiri Travels was born. Her passion for travelling on the African continent, especially on the true off beaten tracks of East and Southern Africa. She wants to ensure that everyone who travels with Msafiri Travels enjoys their African safari and sees Africa through the eyes of a local expert. With vast knowledge and expertise on safaris, she has along the way built skills that make her a natural tour guide. She can be found guiding safaris on occasions that she travels with her clients to offer personalized attention. She has garnered a wealthy knowledge in the industry where she has attended regional and international tourism trade fairs, been invited as a guest speaker in tourism Expo and Fairs. Among many of her great successes is the addition of Nje Bush Camp adjacent to the largest park in Africa, Julius Nyerere National Park in Tanzania. The camp’s ​ operation started in Dec 2019 and was featured on The East African Newspaper on 10 Jan 2020 https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/by-the-rufiji-river-we- set-up-camp-1434544 In Aug 2020 Ms Lemomo founded the Intra Africa Tourism Alliance (IAfTA), a professional non-profit organization dedicated to promote Intra-African Tourism among Members and affiliated Associations with the aim of increasing the volume of Africans travelling within Africa and from the Diaspora. under the umbrella of Msafiri Travels. This main objective of IAfTA is to promote Intra travel by Africans and creating a networking platform for African tourism service providers for the growth of the tourism industry in Africa. As a Rotarian for the past decade; an international organization of volunteers Ms Leina through her Club, Rotary Club of Dar es Salam Mikocheni is involved in numerous ongoing philanthropic events and activities in her community. In support of the club she has partnered with the club and has dedicated one safari a year to support Mkunguni Primary School project Dar es Salaam under the ‘shape up a school one classroom at a time’’. All profits made from this Safari will benefit the school. Websites Msafiri Travels - www.msafiritravels.com Twende Kusini Camps - www.twendekusinicamps.com .