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Familiarization Trips to Ngamba Island
#Traveling leaves you speechless, then turns you into a #storyteller – Hilaire Bellico. This year Chimpanzee Trust hosted familiarization trips to Ngamba Island in partnership with Association of Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO) and Uganda Tourism Board. From January 2019 we have so far arranged four familiarization trips to Ngamba Island with a total of 82 safari planners, tour […]
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PROMOTING CONSERVATION EDUCATION THROUGH BOOKS
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one. – George R.R. Martin Chimpanzee Trust will be using a book entitled ”I protect Chimpanzees” to create awareness about the chimpanzee specie. Its a children’s book that encourages children to take an active role in […]
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Enterprise and Business Development Consultancy
Consultant: Enterprise and business development Consultant Department: Conservation Program: Field Conservation Project number: 25-028 Location: Hoima, Uganda Duration of assignment: 30 days Expected Start Date of Assignment: June 10, 2019 Title: Terms of Reference for Enterprise and business development consultancy for the “Community adaptability to loss occasioned by wildlife in Uganda.” project. Introduction/Background: Chimpanzee Sanctuary […]
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Staff Exchange program at Ngamba Island
Chimpanzee Trust offers the staff exchange program at Ngamba Island with sanctuaries all around the globe. The staff exchange program at Ngamba Island enables chimpanzee trust to pass onto knowledge about the chimpanzee plight. This is through care, observation, environmental enrichment for chimpanzees. This year we have hosted hosted Animal Keepers from Second Chance Chimpanzee […]
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Why choose to visit Ngamba Island Chimps?
Easter Gateway at Ngamba Island Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary will give you the pleasure to enjoy your Easter in comfort and luxury away from the busy life of the city. You are guaranteed to find the most tailored option to make your stay in Ngamba Island one of the greatest. Simply book your Easter Holiday […]
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Bugoma Forest River Conservation
USE OF INCENTIVES TO CONSERVE RIVERS IN BUGOMA FOREST Chimpanzee Trust with funding from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is providing a solution to the problem. The Trust has been implementing the “Piloting a Scalable PES Model to Conserve Bugoma Forest Ecosystem” project since January 2018 in 4 villages where River Rutoha (one of […]
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Happy International Day of Forests!
“International Day of Forests 2019: Theme ‘Forests and Education” Chimpanzee Trust joins the international community to celebrate “forests”, the lungs of the earth, home to wildlife including our closest relative the eastern Chimpanzee species, and livelihood source for local communities. Today we join the global community to raise awareness on how to sustainably manage forests […]
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Rachel Buckley Testmonial
I work in Scotland as the Senior Education Office at Aigas Field Centre, an environmental education and eco-tourism centre. I feel very privileged to be involved in the staff exchange programme between Aigas Field Centre and the Chimp Trust in Uganda and am certain it will be an experience I never forget. My first adventure […]
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Ben Jones Volunteer Testimonial
My name is Ben Jones and have come to Ngamba Island as part of a staff exchange programme between the Chimpanzee Trust and my workplace; Aigas Field Centre. At Aigas Field Centre I am the Staff Naturalist, a role that includes managing conservation projects such as breeding Scottish Wildcats, monitoring local wildlife and enhancing habitat […]
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Mentoring and Coaching in Conservation
Entebbe primary School Pupils Hosted @ Ngamba Island Offices In Entebbe. In a bid to promote leadership skills in the young generation, Ngamba Island has embarked on the mentoring and coaching program among the Entebbe Primary School pupils and on Wednesday, a total of 17 pupils from six schools namely Elite Junior School Kawuku, Lake […]
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