Everyone needs a hug, sometimes. 🤗 🦍
In this photo, Iratuje and Mugwire, both 3 years old, share a hug. They live in the Hirwa group!
📸 Alexis Nsabimana
We remember the legendary Dr. Dian Fossey, who was killed on this day in 1985. She devoted her life to the study and protection of mountain gorillas, helping the world to understand these "gentle giants."
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Organized Gorilla Trekking for 33 Local Government Leaders from districts and sectors around the Volcanoes National https://t.co/svA1juu8Bf we visited Mountain Gorilla, Amahoro family, and we were 14 leaders. Let's be ambassadors of gorillas.
Today is World Gorilla Day and our birthday! 🎉🦍 Fifty-five years ago today, Dian pitched two tents on the side of a mountain in Rwanda and founded the Karisoke Research Center, starting the longest-running gorilla conservation and research program in the world. 1/3
Who’s ready to celebrate #WorldGorillaDay next weekend?! 👋 If you haven’t set up your fundraiser yet there is still time to get involved!
Follow the link and help save a species. 💚🦍
https://t.co/qs65ZKgz02
Did you know that before Nshunguye was born, her older sister Macibiri was the only infant gorilla in Titus’ group for four years? Macibiri is now 5 and Nshunguye turned 1 back in April. #mountaingorillas#nature#conservation
📸: Cedric Ujeneza
Are you helping save a species this #WorldGorillaDay? It’s not too late to start 💛🦍 Follow the link to donate or start your fundraiser today!
P.S. When you give you earn cool gorilla gear 😎
https://t.co/qs65ZKg1au
This year’s program brought together around 80 students from local schools for fun and exciting games, group activities and presentations that focused on the conservation of gorillas and their environment. 2/3
Last month, we along with our partners at Children in the Wilderness, Muhisimbi Voice of Youth in Conservation Group and Conservation Heritage - Turambe, hosted our 2nd “Conservation Camp '' at our new Ellen Campus, after being put on hold following COVID-19. 1/3
PM Ngirente: Through the work of this campus, we will see growth in research about the gorillas and their habitat. We thank you for choosing this community as the home of the campus. https://t.co/VmLsQOzdhS
This past weekend, the Fossey Fund invited students to join other bird watchers across the world to celebrate Global Big Day, which is an annual celebration of the birds around us! 1/4
Forests and trees are our number one defense against climate change. Through our work, we help protect a portion of the Congo Basin, which is in the second-largest tropical rainforest remaining on Earth and the only place where Grauer’s gorillas are found.1/2