article_snippet.sent: That's when I decided that what I was doing was not part of giving a solution to what is wanted outside the park," says Conservationist Edwin Sabuhoro.
article_snippet.sent: Conservationist Edwin Sabuhoro quickly decided to quit the job and come up with an idea to help poachers make a living -- a plan that didn't include killing wildlife.
article_snippet.sent: I thought of an idea of turning poachers to farmers," says Sabuhoro, who took all of Conservationist Edwin Sabuhoro savings -- $2,000 -- and divided all of his savings to poachers to rent land, buy seeds and start farming.
article_snippet.sent: But Conservationist Edwin Sabuhoro wasn't finished.
article_snippet.sent: While talking to tourists who came to visit the volcanoes, Conservationist Edwin Sabuhoro came up with an idea to capitalize on their interest in the area, and provide work for former poachers.
article_snippet.sent: I started a tour company called Rwanda Eco Tours, and I said for tourism to thrive in the country we need eco-tourism where tourists can give back to the community and then the communities will have an incentive to conserve the park.
article_snippet.sent: Sabuhoro, whose work with a cultural village has received international recognition, including a chance to briefly meet U.S. president Barack Obama as a Young African Leader, is now trying to take Sabuhoro, whose work with the cultural village has received international recognition, including a chance to briefly meet U.S. president Barack Obama as a Young African Leader idea further to other national parks across Africa where poaching is causing similar problems.
article_snippet.sent: If we can work together, on a regional level, continent level, we can save these species," Sabuhoro, whose work with the cultural village has received international recognition, including a chance to briefly meet U.S. president Barack Obama as a Young African Leader says.
article_snippet.sent: More from African Voices .
highlights_snippet.sent: Conservationist Edwin Sabuhoro founded a cultural village in Rwanda .
  