Akashinga: The Brave Ones | National Geographic

so foreign today we are expecting 500 results that are coming in from 500 he wants 822 graduates this training is going to be hard but i know these ladies they are strong ladies as we are coming here everyone we know we are coming here for training and it's good to work together you cannot move alone so try to help each other encourage each other teamwork guys teamwork together we are one here today we are all equals the only thing that will set you apart is if you've got character and spirit and if you do we'll teach you how to fight i've spent my life doing things in real life that most kids can't do on a playstation living every kid's dream jumping out of helicopters blowing stuff up my background is counter insurgency warfare we go out we look for a fight we want to finish it akashinga shifts the strategy on conservation of having women come out and do what was perceived to be a male-only role we started this program with 16 women i know every young woman every young girl out there wants to be a ranger it's a tough job it's a dangerous job it's one of the most dangerous jobs in the world some of you will die doing this job we're going to be out there up against armed men they will be willing to kill elephants or anybody that's standing in their way and the only thing standing in their way will be you [Music] these ladies are like me their life is tough it's very difficult to survive they work hard to having food they work hard to have even clothes to wear yes before i joined akashinga my life was very difficult even to give food to the babies it was too difficult i was crying every day every day i was telling myself this is a job that i want i'm sacrificing my everything my life for protecting the world question our stood out from the beginning from day one when we did selection with the first program she walked differently she looked differently she became one of our best rangers very quickly [Music] now here she is ready to lead the selection for what will become 240 more ranges in the next 12 months now i'm a leader and i'm going to teach other ladies to be like me some of them they are going to finish some of them they are going to surrender [Music] over the next 72 hours we're going to expose these women to the four pillars of misery to be hungry cold tired and wet we're going to push them to their physical and most importantly their mental limits we're going to see what they're made of [Music] when you come here just tell us about your life the challenges that you faced with [Music] me [Music] [Music] i'm going to say yes so you're going to push me back then you say no yes no i say yes no i said yes no i say yes no can you approach the project you must be aggressive and be confident say no do you want to know can you fight how strong are you [Music] i met a man who was already married and his parents didn't like me as a second wife but i was now pregnant and i don't have money but i do my best selling even a little thing to support my family you must know how to fight how to defend yourself i can see some of them they are strong some of them they can become akashing arrangers [Music] what [Music] most of the quarters that mean so they think we are not strong they were saying you ladies you cannot arrest us they were saying when you become akashinga i'm going to bend your house i'm going to rape you i'm going to destroy your family i feel it in my heart when i see you disturbing or approaching or hunting my animals then i'll show you i'll catch you i love my elephants like my children so i must protect them as i'm protecting my children [Music] without protection in these areas elephants would continue to be slaughtered they would become extinct but as they kill elephant bush they want the task the ivory people from the villages sometimes they give us information if there is someone who is pushing the animals a red is dangerous for us when you see a gun you tell us that the gun is used to kill the elephant it means you are a killer 8 000 elephants were killed in the 16 years prior to our arrival hurted by fires shot poisoned snared those women with the arrest that they've made have been able to break over those syndicates and drive a downturn in elephant poaching across this entire landscape the women are now the leaders i'm expendable they're the ones taking this program forward for so long we've been blinded by our egos from seeing the most powerful force in nature and that's a woman's instinct to protect [Music] this job is dangerous job so you must sacrifice your life to be a single lady aka singal ladies there must be one group one family wait as a team work as their group help each other support each other we become sisters [Music] i'll teach you to fight back [Music] i'll teach you disappear i'll teach you to use your power i can see there are some brave ones inside this group i'm so excited to tell them they are now accepted to be a passion garanger two things we asked for is character and spirit and then we can teach you how to fight so long as you have those things and you all have them stronger than i've ever seen anywhere so everybody congratulations on becoming an akashinga trainee ranger i'm going to read the akashinga odds so as i'm reading i want you to repeat after me is it clear yes i fought to use my skills and training i want to use my music training to protect these animals to protect these animals to protect this lens in this mission in this region i'm prepared to give my life i prepare to give my life this is my duty this is my duty i you are now today we are hundreds tomorrow is going to be thousands and thousands i'll teach you to be brave i'll teach you to survive i'll teach you to be akashinga [Music] so [Music] hey [Applause] [Music] is hello [Music] you

Channel: National Geographic

Views: 1,553,186

Rating: 4.7967162 out of 5

Keywords: national geographic, nat geo, natgeo, animals, wildlife, science, explore, discover, survival, nature, culture, documentary, Akashinga, Akashinga: The Brave Ones, The Brave Ones, Zimbabwe, PLivjPDlt6ApRiBHpsyXWG22G8RPNZ6jlb, PLivjPDlt6ApTqKN6DbR-GOM5omen0Xm2a, PLivjPDlt6ApRfQqtRw7JkGCLvezGeMBB2

Id: WUYQS40I9mw

Length: 13min 46sec (826 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 12 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/Qhest]

A person who trained the Akashinga actually had an AMA a year ago!

[u/[deleted]]

I make donations to this group. They've really gotten to be a quite large group.

[u/chubbycunt]

This really could have been a 2 hour long documentary, and I would have watched all of it. Wow! This was really good! Thanks for sharing it.

[u/Storm-Kerr]

Everything I’ve done in my life seems meaningless next to this.

[u/abdullahthebutcher]

Africa is a big ass place. Where in Africa?

[u/[deleted]]

Heroes.

[u/jhharvest]

Wow. Some brave ones!

[u/vnkt53]

Came to know about this documentary through this article: https://mymodernmet.com/akashinga-anti-poaching-rangers/ (which is worth checking out too)

[u/Vynzen]

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