A non-government organization, Friends of
Arusha Society, has awarded a world renowned Conservationist and
Wildlife Photographer Dick Persson for his efforts to educate the public
about the world of nature using photographs.
"You have shown how beautiful and varied our wildlife is, you have
added the environment in its natural state as a backdrop, then you
crowned it all with an in-depth scientific information for everyone in
simple language," said Rashid R. K. Guta, Chairman of the Friends of
Arusha Society.
In his letter to announce the Award to Mr. Persson, he commended the
photographer's style of depicting wildlife in pictures saying it is
"very attractive and educative to the young minds of today who in turn
are the adults of tomorrow. What a better way to pass on knowledge to
the future leaders of the global village."
Persson, a world class photographer, zoologist, researcher and
hospital engineer is currently staging the world largest exhibition of
wildlife photographs at the Natural History Museum located at the end of
Boma Road in Arusha. His wildlife photographs are also exhibited in
various other museums around the world.
Visitors to exhibition in Arusha have made a number of comments in
praise of the educative efforts by Mr. Persson. "What a wonderful
educational resource for Tanzania! I Hope it will be publicized to
schools so that they will know what is here," commended Julie Thomson on
April 30, 2014.
The school of Hotel, Tourism and Business Studies early this year
also presented Mr. Persson with an award titled "Environment Hero to Our
Natural Resources."
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