Sveva Gallmann ( - present) http://www.gallmannkenya.org/index.php Notable Achievements Researching how native plants are used for healing, working with indigenous peoples in the Rift Valley region. Expeditions with camels through East Africa exploring the secrets of life through spiritual and herbal healing. Occupation/Field of Study: MS Medical Anthropology; Ethnobotanist Exploration Zone: Land: conservation, healing traditions; Location of Activity: Africa: Kenya; Period of Activity: 2001- current; Biography Sveva Gallmann, a Kenyan ethnobotanist, has been honored for her field research on how native plants are used for healing. A native speaker of several Kenyan tribal languages, Ms. Gallmann currently coordinates the 4th Generation Project, an African heritage initiative that reinforces relationships among younger and elder tribe members and helps keep alive traditional wisdom through oral history. Ms. Gallmann lives in the Laikipia district of northern Kenya among the Pokot, a pastoral tribe of practitioners in the ancient use of herbs. Ms. Gallmann's interest in preserving knowledge of healing traditions has inspired her to develop a project to safeguard the knowledge of medicinal plants through oral history.