To celebrate the World Environment Day, the local communities of Goma in Eastern DR Congo gathered yesterday morning for a special cleaning activity. From children to women and men, we all worked really hard to clean and collect the rubbish…
Despite the insecurity troubling this part of DR Congo, work has to go on as usual. Luckily for me, this meant a trip into the Volcano National Park in Rwanda to check up on the Nyakagezi gorilla group. Actually,…
The bright red skies as seen from ITFC in Ruhija (Bwindi) say it all. On Wednesday, Africa’s most active volcano Nyamulagira, rumbled again spectacularly turning skies bright orange and red. Nyamulagira is one of the volcanoes in Virunga mountains…
“To be marginalized” in a Rwandan society means that you don’t have access to opportunities as other members of your community, and that lack of equal opportunity persists from generation to generation. What it feels like, day-to-day, is that…
Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda is home to a some of the last remaining mountain gorillas and the hub of national tourism activities. It is perhaps one of the intensely protected parks in Africa through government and NGO programs.…
A treaty to guide the trans-border management of flora, fauna and other tourist attractions between Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo is in the offing. The three countries are currently involved in consultations regarding the implementation of the…
Aquaponics is the symbiotic growing of plants and aquatic animals in a re-circulating environment. It combines vegetable and fish farming. Water is cycled with a water pump run by solar electricity between fish tanks and vegetable growing areas. Fish…
Ian Redmond, the Year of Gorilla Ambassador Ian Redmond said during the World Forestry Congress, recently held in Buenos Aires, that protecting animals and stopping bush meat trade are not a matter of choice, but are actually an essential…
People all over the world will have the chance to see the full film all about our Jiko Stoves project this weekend when it is shown on BBC World News. Our team here in DR Congo hosted the BBC…
Every day, the residents of Goma come to the Gorilla Organization Resource Centre to cast their online vote for the local Jiko Stoves project, which has been chosen as one of only twelve finalists in The World Challenge 2009.…