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Executive Director’s Remarks 2023
Greetings, Reflecting on this past year fills us with immense gratitude for your steadfast support, which has enabled us to continue our vital mission of conserving and caring for the remarkable chimpanzees at Ngamba Island. The year 2023 has been a testament to remarkable achievements, impactful initiatives, and significant milestones: Celebrating 25 years of Ngamba […]
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Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary’s 25th Anniversary
In a world that often demands our attention elsewhere, the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary stands as a beacon of hope and dedication to the conservation of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. This year, the sanctuary celebrated its 25th anniversary with a series of remarkable events that underscored the significance of this milestone. From […]
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Creating awareness through Radio dramas
Our conservation radio drama program is back! With all the positive feedback received from our listeners in the parts of Uganda where it is aired, we are happy to inform you that the new season of the radio drama series “Ikijja Omanyire” (forewarned is forearmed), will be back on the radios soon, now with professional […]
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FAREWELL- Mr. James Silver Birungi
We’re wishing you the best of luck in the next step of your career.” “Our company is glad to have you, and we’re grateful for your contributions towards chimpanzee Trust. May your new position bring you much happiness and fulfillment.” “Your new team is lucky to have you on board. Farewell-Mr. James Silver Birungi James […]
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EDUCATION OFFICER VACANCY
ABOUT CHIMPANZEE TRUST The chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust (Chimpanzee Trust) is a Wildlife Conservation NGO whose mission is to “Sustainably conserve chimpanzees in their natural habitats and provide optimum captive care to those who cannot survive in the wild.Chimpanzee Trust seeks to recruit suitably qualified, experienced, and competent professionals to fill the position […]
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Chimpanzee Trust Book Distribution in Schools
The Education team with support from the Born Free Foundation, and PASA, is carrying out school outreaches in 3 districts; Wakiso, Kampala, and Hoima. In these outreaches, children’s books on chimpanzees are read to the students, and questions are asked thereafter to assess their understanding of the literature. The outreaches covered 85 schools. The book […]
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TREE SEEDLINGS DISTRIBUTION
Among the implemented projects, the organization has conducted tree planting projects as one way of restoring chimpanzee habitats and bringing to a halt climate change and its negative effects. Due to the high interest of communities in the Albertine Region to plant trees, the Trust procured and delivered 40,000 tree seedlings of both indigenous and […]
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Community-based solutions to Human-Wildlife Conflict
Chimpanzee Trust formed Village Saving and Loans Associations in 32 villages in Kikuube district to curb Human Wildlife conflict. In the past month, the Chimpanzee Trust Field team conducted routine monitoring of the village saving groups and parish Associations formed under the Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) resilience fund. The monitoring activity verified the resilience fund governance […]
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COVID-19 and chimpanzee conservation in Uganda
During the COVID-19 Pandemic, chimpanzee conservation has been disrupted as well as the way of conducting businesses. We recieved a COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant which has enabled us to creat awareness for chimpanzee conservation. Our focus has been in the districts around the chimpanzee conservation corridor especially in Hoima and Kikube districts of Uganda. There […]
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Conservation Education through Radio Drama
Chimpanzee Trust through its Education program has adopted conservation education through radio drama. This has been done through the production of a radio drama as an efficient and effective means of increasing the awareness of the public. This has been done specifically for communities living close to wildlife. Over the last 3-4years, the Trust has […]
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