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<strong>Corbett Bishop Memorial Scholarships</strong></p>
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Corbett Bishop (March 19, 1971 - May 1, 2009) was an Amigos volunteer in the summers of 1986 and 1987 while attending Lamar High School in Houston. He attended an information session with a female friend who encouraged him to apply. His first assignment was in the Dominican Republic where he lived and worked with a large family in a rural community. He was profoundly affected by the experience and signed up to be an Amigo the following year. His second assignment in Ecuador was very different but just as satisfying to his caring, adventurous nature. Upon his return that same summer, his family traveled to Africa with friends. Corbett fell in love with the place and returned on his own the following year, ultimately making it his permanent home and raising his children there.</p>
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Corbett was born in Austin and raised in Houston, attending Esperanza, West University Elementary, Pershing Middle School, and Lamar High School. He graduated from Colby College in Maine in 1992 with a degree in World Literature and Poetry.</p>
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He began his career as a climbing guide with Scott Fischer&#39;s Mountain Madness in Seattle. He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro over 100 times, leading groups from all over the world. He later worked for Wes Crause&#39;s African Environments in Tanzania. After several years of guiding for others, he launched Corbett Bishop Safaris in 1996, sharing with his many clients the wonders of Africa. The venture thrived until his unexpected death from an undiagnosed condition in 2009.</p>
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In Africa he founded a non-profit organization, Ol Tukai Conservancy, whose mission it was to stop the poaching of wild game in National Parks, and to assist the Masai people of Ol Tukai in educating their children. Learning of his passing, many Masai walked the long distance from Ol Tukai to Corbett&#39;s home in Arusha to honor him and bid him farewell. He leaves behind a son Luca, daughter Ella, mother Cindy Bishop, father Rod Bishop, stepfather David Donnelly, and numerous friends and admirers all over the world.</p>
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Amigos established the Corbett Bishop Humanitarian Scholarship in the Spring of 2011 to assist a volunteer with a demonstrated need and who is committed in heart, body and mind to full participation in the program. It is the hope of Amigos de las Americas and his family that future Amigos volunteers will be inspired by the life of Corbett Bishop to live fearlessly, with an open heart, so as to leave the world better because they were in it.</p>
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Donations may be made online at <a href="http://www.amigoslink.org/houston-chapter/donate-online"><font color="#2b5881">http://www.amigoslink.org/houston-chapter/donate-online</font></a> or mailed to The Corbett Bishop Humanitarian Scholarship Fund, Houston Chapter Amigos de las Americas, P.O. Box 571222, Houston, TX 77257</p>