Safeguarding the Chimpanzees, Wildlife and Habitat of Kyambura Gorge

Dear Supporter

We are writing to urge you to support the expansion of a vital project that Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust has been engaged in since 2009: Safeguarding the Chimpanzees, Wildlife and Habitat of Kyambura Gorge.

Kyambura Gorge, on the edge of Queen Elizabeth National Park in Western Uganda, is in the centre of an important area for avian, primate and wildlife biodiversity in Africa. The 11km long gorge is home to an isolated group of 32 chimpanzees and other wildlife. Through the strategic assembling of land over 20 years, VSPT has created a 3km long buffer zone between the gorge and local communities, and has linked Kyambura Gorge Lodge to sustainable ecotourism and conservation. [embed]https://youtu.be/3qNko8QMzyE?si=27s99NbGC44Mzz8O[/embed] The Kyambura Gorge Ecotourism Project aims to protect the threatened chimpanzees and other wildlife and reduce human-wildlife conflict. Volcanoes Safaris and Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust are the single largest stakeholders in the Kyambura Gorge ecosystem after the Ugandan Wildlife Authority. Without the intervention of Volcanoes Safaris and VSPT, the survival of the gorge and chimpanzees would be under threat.

As part of the long-term partnership between VSPT and the Jane Goodall Institute the Roots and Shoots program has been introduced in eight schools near Kyambura.

  The launch of the VSPT Chimpanzee Monitoring Project at the Kyambura Research Center

The Vision

• Creating the Chimpanzee Monitoring Project to safeguard the threatened Kyambura chimpanzees

• Launching the Kyambura Research Center with new accommodation and work space for 20 researchers. Regular trips will be organised for local schoolchildren to learn about conservation. The Kyambura Guide Training Program, mentored by Volcanoes Head Guide Francis Kiwanuka, will increase from 12 to 24 guides per year

• Expanding the Kyambura Buffer Zone

Become a Friend of VSPT

Please support these vital activities:

• $500 pays for one school visit to Kyambura Research Center
• $1,500 supports the salaries and equipment for three wildlife and guiding trainees for 3 months
• $5,000 contributes to salaries of theChimpanzee Monitoring Project for 3 months
• $10,000 will go to the building fund for research accommodation and allow the donor to be recognised as a benefactor on a prominently displayed donor wall
• $20,000 will purchase up to two acres of land to expand the Kyambura Buffer Zone

All donations can be made through Empowers Africa (a 501c3 entity) for US residents and via PayPal for UK and other residents.   Additional naming opportunities available on request.

Thank you for your support!

Praveen Moman

Francis Kiwanuka

Kevin James

Julie Wilkinson