Giving day for Apes 2021- Kareen's Fundraiser

Flavour, Celia, Caesar, Pizarro, Woron, Fifo

לפני יותר משנה הצטרפתי לטקוגמה. מקלט לשיקום שימפנזים בסיירה לאון. במקלט שוהים 105 שימפנזים שהוצלו משבי בתנאים קשים, לרוב כפעוטות לאחר ציד למכירת הבשר למאכל ומסחר.

טקוגמה לא רק מטפלת באותם שימפנזים (טיפול בסימפטום) אלא מנסה גם לטפל בבעיה עצמה באמצעות העלאת מודעות, חינוך, שמירה על יערות הגשם בהם השימפנזים חיים ועזרה לאותם קהילות שחולקים את אותה סביבה עם השימפנזים, לייצר הכנסה אלטרנטיבית. החודש אנחנו משתתפים בצחרות לגיוס כספים לממןאת הפעילות להגנת השימפנזים שעדיין חיים, בטבע.  

Giving Day for Apes 2021: Loma Chimp Survival Project (LCSP)

Urgent support to continue protecting Sierra Leone’s Loma Mountains National Park (LMNP) and the highest density of chimpanzees in West Africa.

In 2019, TCS established a partnership with the National Protected Area Authority (NPAA) to revive LMNP’s conservation efforts and establish a community-based conservation model to protect the critically endangered chimpanzees and other threatened wildlife. That same year, the TCS outreach team conducted a chimpanzee survey in LMNP, which confirmed that LMNP represents the highest concentration of chimpanzees anywhere in West Africa.

TCS is active in 3 of Sierra Leone’s 4 National Parks and several non-protected sites trying to address the wider underlying problems that are driving the chimps to extinction: deforestation, the illegal trade in wildlife and hunting for bush meat. 

Given the urgency of the matter, we have decided to dedicate this year’s Giving Day for Apes campaign to raise funds to continue protecting LMNP’s critical chimp population and safeguarding the Park’s rich biodiversity.

How you can contribute to LCSP during this year’s Giving Day for Apes campaign

Chimps belong in the wild and we all have a responsibility to prevent our closest animal relatives from extinction. Earlier this year, TCS launched a 5-year plan for LMNP. Some of our key initiatives for 2021 are to:

• Strengthen law enforcement by increasing the number of community eco-guards from 21 to 28 (thus establishing patrols in previously unmanned areas);
• Provide alternative livelihood support to 28 communities around LMNP;
• Conduct further research (for example, camera trapping to identify medium and large mammals present in the area) to gather additional baseline data and fully assess LMNP’s rich biodiversity.
• Implement TCS’ environmental education program in 14 schools across communities around Loma

 Your support can help us deliver a greater impact

Choose the best support option for you: 

• $5     to plant 5 trees in Loma National Park
• $10   for 2 environmental education books for school kids
• $25   for boots, raincoats and backpacks for the Eco-guards
• $100 for camera traps to monitor and identify wild chimps
• $250 for data collection equipment to keep track of the groups of wild chimps
• $600 can pay the annual salary of one TCS eco-guard

And last but not least you can become a Chimpanzee Guardian! For $60 you can become a guardian for one of our ambassador chimps.

You can be a guardian of the youngest (Celia: 1,8 years old) or the oldest of our chimps (Tom, 45 years old!!), or anyone in-between. You can find them on www.tacugama.com/adopt. You will get a monthly update by email, with photos and/or videos.

How to become a Chimpanzee Guardian

STEP 1   -   On or before 12th of October 2021, donate USD 60 (or more if you like) online through THIS webpage by clicking DONATE 

STEP 2  -   Fill in this form and please include the name of the chimp you chose to guard in the comments

From the entire Tacugama Team – especially the chimps,

Thank you!!