As far from home as he has come, however, that infamous lion from his youth is never far from Lekuton's thoughts. "When I see a challenge, that lion comes into my mind every single time, that I had to turn back from it. There is no way I'm going to turn back from anything anymore in my life."

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SOURCES AND RELATED WEB SITES Nomadic Kenyan Children's Educational Fund & the Joseph Lekuton Scholarship Program Maasai Environmental Resource Coalition