Donate to Help Equip Patrols That Protect Gorillas

Your help will allow us to remain vigilant in our daily patrols to protect the mountain gorillas our founder Dian Fossey studied and to monitor six groups of Grauer's gorillas in Congo.

Unfortunately the patrols Dian Fossey started approximately 45 years ago in Rwanda are still necessary to discourage illegal use of the park and protect mountain gorillas.

The cold, wet climate and dense rainforest wears out clothes and equipment quickly, and volcanic roads create very high transportation costs. Donations will be used to provide our Rwandan and Congolese patrols with equipment, uniforms, supplies, tires and fuel. For instance:

$15 will provide a tent floor liner
$29 will provide one thermal hat
$45 will provide a backpack
$60 will provide a poncho
$90 will provide a rain jacket
$139 will provide GPS batteries for two weeks
$240 will provide one tent
$500 will provide one tire
$699 will provide radio licenses for an entire year
$960 will provide fuel for two generators for an entire year
$2,125 will provide 25 sleeping bags
$3,900 will provide one month of food rations for Karisoke field staff
$5,100 will provide rain trousers for all Karisoke field staff

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