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Groundbreaking moments in Mgahinga
Extract from our Autumn newsletter – Digit News
The communities living on the edges of the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda are looking to the future with extra confidence thanks to the continued success of the Gorilla Organization’s Children for Sustainable Conservation project.
In April, the ground was broken at the site of an expanded and renovated primary school for the village. Situated just 200 metres from the main gate of the National Park, home to endangered mountain gorillas, the school is one of the poorest in the whole of Uganda.
Over recent months, however, the lives of its 450 students, as well as those of their extended families have been positively transformed.
Thanks to the incredible efforts of That Gorilla Brand, the children of Nyagakenke will have a modern, secure place to learn, including all about the mountain gorillas they live alongside.
And from primary schools to nurseries: The Gorilla Organization team on the ground have also been busy expanding the reforestation project on the edge of the Mgahinga National Park.
Over the past few months, the team have been joined by local farmers, community leaders and schoolchildren to plant an incredible 11,000 saplings.
The fast-growing trees will soon be forming a natural green barrier, keeping humans and their gorilla neighbours apart. The trees will also provide sustainable timber and help combat climate change.
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