Posts Tagged ‘Uganda’
Kicking off 2021 with emergency construction in Uganda
The challenges of 2020 were not just limited to COVID-19 at Ngamba Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda. The catastrophe of climate change came to their shores in the form of rising lake levels and uncontrollable flooding. Water levels shot up in 2020 and destroyed infrastructure, piers and eroded the delicate shoreline of the 100 acre island.…
Read MoreProtecting Mountain Gorillas in honor of Rafiki
In June of this year, villagers entered Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda hunting for food. They encountered one of Bwindi’s best known silverbacks, Rafiki, panicked and speared him. Rafiki died, leaving the Nkuringo group vulnerable and their future uncertain. Bwindi is home to 43% of all the world’s remaining 1000 mountain gorillas. The…
Read MoreSanitation Stations during COVID-19 crisis
We’ve been busy during lockdown! We have been providing sanitation stations to villages in Uganda to help suppress the spread of COVID-19. These foot-operated handwashing stations will allow people to wash their hands and prevent the spread of coronavirus and other infectious diseases. Our key supporters raised enough money to provide 40 sanitation stations to communities in…
Read MoreSUPPORTING AFRICA’S WILDLIFE WORKERS
During the challenges Of the COVID-19 crisis, we are continuing to support frontline wildlife conservation workers and their families. We are providing hundreds of masks for wildlife workers in Uganda And need more supplies. Can You Help? Click Here to Learn More About Our Women’s Project and their mask-making during COVID-19.
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