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A fund to provide field equipment to
study, monitor and conserve African wildlife
and help build positive relations with local people.

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Announcing the WWA Mountain Gorilla Fund

A WWA appeal for US$5000 to support the work of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) in protecting the Mountain Gorilla in Uganda with a comprehensive and pioneering approach that includes public health, community education and engagement

Based in Uganda, the CTPH team works to protect the Mountain gorillas of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through a unique integrated human, animal and ecosystem health approach:

Wildlife conservation with a focus on wildlife health
Community health in the villages around protected areas
Development of alternative livelihoods from eco-tourism for previously impoverished rural local people living in the protected areas

WWA’s goal to support CTPH

CTPH has requested funding for the purchase of equipment, including a field oven to dry gorilla faecal samples, and laboratory materials for research at their Gorilla Health and Community Conservation Centre field laboratory. Research subjects include zoonotic diseases such as tuberculosis, and respiratory viruses including HPMV, HRSV and COVID-19. Such studies are of vital importance for both the conservation of the Mountain gorillas and the health of local communities.

Our aim is to raise $5,000 to buy equipment to help CTPH with this work now

Thanks to a wonderfully generous ‘launch donation’ of US$2500 from the Dr Jane Frederick Family Foundation in the USA we are already half way there with this appeal!