November bulletin

Make a donation today to the welfare of chimpanzees in our care at Ngamba Island. #everypennycounts

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your gifts and donation during the #GivingTuesday campaign. Through your generous support we raised $1856. This money will directly go towards feeding the orphaned rescued chimpanzees in our care at Ngamba Island.

Loud panthoots from the chimps!

Linda, interacts with the ladies who make beads at the landing site

The community neigbouring Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary gathered on 30th December to celebrate the life of Linda Greenberg, a supporter and founder of 4Uganda Inc. Through this Non government Organisation, Linda championed the cause to raise funds for the construction of the first health centre at Myende landing site; a fishing village on Lake Victoria.

Her love, compassion and generousity will always be remembered by many. May her soul Rest In Peace.

Here is a video of Linda at the launch of the health centre.

Private Forest Owners in Murchison-Semliki landscape (western Uganda) have been trained in conservation farming. This was done in partnership with NARCG (Northern Albertine Rift Conservation Group); a group of conservation organisations working in the Albertine region, under the Murchison-Semliki REDD+ project.

Conservation farming training involves using the best practices to realize high yields while conserving the soil. ‘We have trained 30 community monitors new farming techniques and cultivating forest friendly cash crops in order to reduce on the impact they exert on forests as a result of agriculture. These will pass on the same skills to other farmers.’ says Chimpanzee Trust Conservation Officer, Nebat Atuhura.

The Executive Director, Ms. Lilly Ajarova was part the annual Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) leaders’ conference. This Strategic Development conference brought together leaders of all of our 22 member organizations from 13 African countries as well as participants from North America and Europe in Nairobi, Kenya.

The attendees discussed the challenges of running wildlife centers in Africa, shared ideas for overcoming these problems, and built relationships with old and new colleagues around the world.