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#WorldChimpanzeeDay – Free entrance to Ngamba Island

  (Posted 11th July 2023)   Did you know that you can get free entry to Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary this Friday? 14th July is World Chimpanzee Day – celebrate the occasion with mankind’s closest relatives – as well as the 25th anniversary of Ngamba!   Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary are thrilled to announce that […]

Ngamba Island honoured at #POATE2018

Another edition of #ATQNEWS from #Nigeria and beyond ATQnews.com a member of Travel Media Group. This is the online platform for African Travel Quarterly (ATQ), the first Travel magazine in West Africa which solely focuses on travel and tourism issues. It started publishing offline about 10 years ago. ATQnews.com features reports that cover a wide […]

Ngamba Island – The Struggle Continues

Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust News Updates FENCE WORKS UPDATE It’s busy at Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary with the ongoing electric fence refurbishment. Brick laying on the fence line Everyone is working hard to ensure the work is finished as soon as possible. Fence extension in the shore waters. Completed deck on the fence […]

An Awesome November on Ngamba Island

Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust News Update AN AWESOME NOVEMBER! Belief In Second Chances. The Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary is one of the best primate sanctuaries in Africa and is already the permanent home to 49 orphaned chimpanzees. We have well trained staff & veterinaries that provide the best care possible to orphaned &rescued […]

Chimp News from Ngamba Island

“SURVIVOR” GETS AN EXPERIENCED CHIMP CARE TAKER “Survivor’s” new family He was unfortunate the very night he was born as he was injured by the other adults within the community. The Veterinarians and the Caregivers saw it urgent to save the baby and after successfully retrieving him, a thorough health check was carried out from […]

Chimpanzee Trust seeks Private Partnership Concessioner for Ngamba Island, Uganda

Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust Seeks Partnership CHIMPANZEE SANCTUARY AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST Expression of Interest for a Private Partnership Concession for Ngamba Island, Uganda. Preamble The Board and Management of the Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust (Chimpanzee Trust), wish to outsource the tourism business at Ngamba Island as one of its strategies […]

Help feed one of Uganda’s Ngamba Island chimps for $10

Uganda’s chimps appeal for your help … Please be our champion, and help us see it to the top! We can’t wait to celebrate the difference your generosity will make on Tuesday, October 4, 2016. $10 HELP We count on your support for the Great Apes Giving Day on Tuesday, October 4, 2016. Rally your […]

Ngamba Island welcomes another baby

Good news from the Uganda Chimpanzee Trust with the birth of another chimp baby recently on Ngamba Island. Read on to find out what has been going on there in recent weeks. It’s a baby girl for Kyewunyo. In this case we are allowed to say like mother like daughter because Kyewunyo (Surprise) just like […]

Ngamba Island Chimpanzee News

Chimpanzee Trust September 2015 bulletin DONATE Make a donation today to the welfare of chimpanzees in our care at Ngamba Island. #everypennycounts Chimpanzee Trust Plot 1, Bank Close P.O.Box 884 Entebbe, Uganda info Baby Chimp Grows Teeth The baby chimp made 6 months on the 27th September and he is healthy and weighing 4.5kg, grown […]

Chimp News from Uganda’s Ngamba Island

DONATE Make a donation today to the welfare of chimpanzees in our care at Ngamba Island. #everypennycounts Chimpanzee Trust Plot 1, Bank Close P.O.Box 884 Entebbe, Uganda info Health Checks at Ngamba Island Over the last couple of months, the chimpanzees on Ngamba Island have been undergoing their annual health examinations. This involves a general […]

Jane Goodall ranks Uganda’s Ngamba Island as THE BEST

JANE GOODALL CALLS NGAMBA ISLAND AFRICA’S BEST SANCTUARY (Posted 21st January 2014) Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Peace Ambassador, on her 80th birthday, while visiting Ngamba, pronounced Uganda’s sole chimpanzee refuge as the best there is, not a mean feat considering that there are another 28 such primate sanctuaries on […]

News from Ngamba Island, Uganda’s one and only chimp refuge

This is a re-post of the Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Trust monthly newsletter for the benefit of my readers who are not subscribed to this publication: Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust September 2013 News Bulletin Maintenance works at Ngamba Island Chimpanzee sanctuary The new chimpanzee electric fence was rewired to make it more efficient. […]

Ngamba Island’s Silver Birungi bags Disney’s Conservation Hero Award 2013

And here a re-post of information received from Ngamba Island, which this weekend will hold a fund raising dinner at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel. CSWCT’S SILVER BIRUNGI NAMED DISNEY CONSERVATION HERO 2013 The Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) has announced Silver James Birungi as a Disney Conservation Hero. He has been recognized for his passion […]

Ngamba Island the scene of setting African Grey parrots free

JANE GOODALL SETS SEIZED PARROTS FREE ON NGAMBA ISLAND (Posted 11th July 2013) The latest visit by Dr. Jane Goodall to Ngamba Island, Uganda’s chimpanzee refuge in Lake Victoria, was full of action as she released 17 surviving African Grey parrots into the wild, after an additional four months quarantine period of monitoring their health […]

#Ngamba Chimpanzee Island closes over #COVID19 concerns

CHIMPANZEE ISLAND CLOSES FOR VISITORS TO PROTECT THE ANIMALS (Posted 23rd March 2020) An Update from us on COVID-19 Greetings! With the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic, we are navigating unchartered waters. The world is yet again tested with a dangerous pathogen that has threatened our way of life. It is going to change how we relate […]

News updates from #Uganda’s chimp sanctuary on #NgambaIsland

PLEASE DONATE Health Is Wealth It’s the time of the year when the chimpanzee community at Ngamba Island gets shivers; it’s health check season. This year was so exciting since we live streamed the procedure for one day to enable our friends and supporters all over the world to have a chance to see the […]

#NgambaIsland turns 20

TWENTY YEARS OF CHIMP RESCUE AND CONSERVATION CELEBRATED (Posted 04th July 2017) On June 07th did Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary celebrate its 20th anniversary as the model chimpanzee sanctuary in Africa. The gala dinner hosted at the Commonwealth Resort in Munyonyo featured an impressive conservation and tourism VIP guest list of founding members, friends of […]

#NgambaIsland celebrates its 20th anniversary

DR. JANE GOODALL TO ATTEND NGAMBA ISLAND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (Posted 06th June 2018) Ngamba Island, Uganda’s unique chimpanzee refuge in Lake Victoria, will commemorate its 20th anniversary this week. Executive Director Ms. Lilly Ajarova confirmed to ATCNews.org that they are expecting Uganda’s First Lady Janet Museveni to grace the event with her presence and that […]

Ngamba ‘Chimp Island’ Shines in 2017

Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust News Updates Ngamba team receiving award. On 12th February 2017, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary won Private Wildlife Conservation Center during the Ekkula Pearl of Africa Tourism Awards hosted in Uganda where they recognize institutions/ persons whose performance has made an impact to the conservation and tourism sector. This event […]

Saving Ngamba I sland Chimpanzee Sanctuary

Ngamba Island thanks well wishers for swift financial support … Update on donations recieved Saving Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda Please accept our heartfelt appreciations for the contribution made towards saving us when the El Nino rains in January 2016. This was a crisis that threatened the destruction of the home of the 49 chimpanzees […]

Ngamba gets the thumbs up from Rotary

Ngamba Island recognized with Vocational Service Award The Rotary Club of Entebbe has awarded Chimpanzee Trust with the ‘Vocational Service Award 2014- 2015’, as the best vocational service for its extraordinary projects in providing services to communities neighbouring Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary. This was during Rotary Club of Entebbe’s 20th anniversary celebrations. Since the establishment […]

Ngamba gets TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence

NGAMBA ISLAND EARNS TRIP ADVISOR RECOGNITION (Posted 05th August 2013) Uganda’s renowned chimpanzee sanctuary island, Ngamba, has narrowly missed getting a full 5 star rating by TripAdvisor, when they earned their Certificate of Excellence for 2013. Home to over 40 chimps for the past 15 years, most rescued from illegal traders or found at the […]

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