<div><p>Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua is a name you have probably never heard of, but he is a hero in the animal kingdom.</p><p>Patrick lives in Kenya near Tsavo West National Park. Every day, he takes a drive to the park to deliver 3,000 gallons of fresh water to the elephants, buffalo, antelope, and zebras that live in the area. </p><p>The animals love Patrick so much, they even recognize the sound of his truck. </p><p>"There is completely no water, so the animals are depending on humans," Mwalua says. "If we don't help them, they will die."</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-15.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-15_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-15_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-15_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-15_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-15_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Patrick spends his days driving around and filling the watering holes in the most needed areas. A lot of the animals don't even wait for the holes to be filled. They just drink from the truck. </p><p>"Last night, I found 500 buffalo waiting at the water hole," he says. "When I arrived they could smell the water. The buffalo were so keen and coming close to us.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-16.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-16_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-16_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-16_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-16_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-16_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>"We aren't really receiving rain the way we used to," Patrick says. "From last year, from June, there was no rain completely. So I started giving animals water because I thought, 'If I don't do that, they will die.'"</p><p>The 41-year-old pea farmer also runs a conservation project called Tsavo Volunteers, which visits local schools to teach kids about the wildlife in the area and how they can help.</p><p>"I was born around here and grew up with wildlife and got a lot of passion about wildlife," he says. "I decided to bring awareness to this so when they grow up they can protect their wildlife.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-17.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-17_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-17_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-17_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-17_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-17_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Patrick's truck is very slowly and getting old, so a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/tsavoelephantguardian">GoFundMe</a> page has been started by people in the United States to help pay for his expenses. The page has already raised $95,000 in 5 months to help provide resources to Tsavo Volunteers. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-18.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-18_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-18_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-18_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-18_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-18_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-19.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-19_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-19_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-19_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-19_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-19_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-20.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-20_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-20_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-20_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-20_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/980x-20_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p></div>