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.
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.
Children of Conservation co-founder Kerry Stumpe recently received Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary’s Lifetime Achievement Award from Dr. Jane Goodall during its 25th Anniversary Gala in Kampala, Uganda. This award recognized Stumpe and CofC for their continued efforts to improve the lives of animals, workers and children involved in conservation over the past 20 years.
Children of Conservation founder Kerry, and board member, Mike are featured in this month’s edition of TravelEssence Magazine. The two eco-heroes are acknowledged for their incredible work helping to build gabions to protect the shoreline of Ngamba Island Chimapanzee Sanctuary from catastrophic rising water levels due to global warming.
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.
This year has been so hard for so many people. We know you’ve been asked to give and give. We want to offer you the opportunity to give one last time for 2020 and make a difference to an individual in Africa that you can form a lasting bond with.
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.