The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund’s work protecting critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo takes place in remote forests, where many
In the Fossey Fund’s work with student nature clubs in schools near Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, we have found that growing and planting trees is
As conservationists, scientists, trackers, educators, communicators and other staff here at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, we are all “teachers” in various ways, because building
We know that for conservation to be successful it must also address the needs of the human communities that share the gorillas’ forest home. That’s
They’re both “helping people, saving gorillas” in Rwanda Our Nature Club student partners are at it again! This time, students from the Rwinzovu and Butaka
March 22 is World Water Day, an annual United Nations event started in 1993 to focus on the importance of freshwater. In 2021, the theme
The Fossey Fund is best known for our work to bring wild gorillas back from the brink of extinction. But many Fossey Fund initiatives go
As we work to build our new Ellen DeGeneres Campus, we are measuring the project’s impact through our “5 Es”: education, emotion, environment, economy and
Not far from the village of Nkuba, in a remote area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas roam,
One of our four pillars of conservation is “Helping Communities,” which we accomplish through our livelihood, food security and education initiatives. When the COVID-19 pandemic
