LOur unearthed community leaders program is a funded program undertaken in partnership with the Wilderness Leadership School and our partners in the Netherlands, the Kenchaan Foundation. The program aims to alleviate conservation challenges around protected natural areas by dealing with important social challenges such as poverty and unemployment. We always find it strange that tourism is one of the biggest industries in the world and ecotourism is one of the fastest growing segments of that industry, yet around the world, people living adjacent to nature reserves and wildlife parks are some of the poorest. The Unearthed Community Leaders Program takes young, talented people from rural communities and helps them craft a new future for themselves as social entrepreneurs. Creating their own livelihoods and supporting their communities. What we have learned from this program is nothing short of amazing. The experience of a wilderness trails and the simple plug in of giving people someone to rely on and a hand up is powerful. As participants on this program are fully funded, we do have a few criteria potential participants need to meet to qualify