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We conserve the mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable forest while improving the health and livelihoods of communities living near them.

 Bwindi + Entebbe, Uganda
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Joined November 2011
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Uganda’s debut at the 8th Swiss Coffee Festival in Zurich! 🇺🇬☕ #ProudlyUgandan to exhibit alongside @CaricoCoffee, Clark Farm, Rugyeyo Farm Ltd and Isule brands.Thanks, @nilepostnews!#GorillaConservationCoffee #SwissCoffeeFestival
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Today our field officers Vian Nkesigamukama & @TTwebaze presented at #CommunityLedConservationconference2026 in Kenya how community-led One Health around Bwindi lifted healthy household practice from 23% to 66% since 2022. #LiftLocalVoices @CTPHUganda @EwasoLions
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(1/2) The theme for #OneHealthDay is bringing together human, animal and environmental health disciplines. Around Bwindi, village health teams, community animal health workers, our veterinary team, and rangers collaborate to promote animal and human health daily.
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(2/2) This contributed to human-related parasites in gorillas falling from 6.0% to 3.3% in a year. #OneHealth
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Across countries and communities, partners are turning One Health evidence into action to protect the health of people, animals and our environment bit.ly/4z0s2iv #OneHealthDay
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Guys we can do it for our friend, @DoctorGladys Be like me👇 I just voted to help Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka become the 2026 CNN Hero of the Year. You can help make it happen by voting at cnn.com/world/heroes/vote
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Countrymen and women, let’s vote to help Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka become the 2026 CNN Hero of the Year. You can help make it happen by voting at cnn.com/world/heroes/vote Go @DoctorGladys. Bring it home.
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RT @DoctorGladys: When I became Uganda's first wildlife veterinarian, there were only about 650 mountain gorillas left in the world. Today…
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Start your week with one click that helps gorillas 🦍 Vote Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s first wildlife vet and the only African in the CNN Heroes Top 5. 10 votes a day until 29 Nov. CNN.com/Heroes 🇺🇬 #CNNHeroes #VoteDrGladys
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Vote for Dr Gladys! Our CEO and Founder, Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, is a Top 5 #CNNHero of 2026. Her One Health approach, monitoring gorilla health while improving the health and livelihoods of 10,000+ households, has helped Bwindi's gorilla population to grow,
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by over 50% in the last 30 years. Vote for Dr Gladys, 10 votes a day until Nov 29: edition.cnn.com/world/heroes…
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HAPPENING NOW | UWA Annual Stakeholder Breakfast Meeting 2026 We are engaging stakeholders at Skyz Hotel, Naguru, to share its performance for FY 2025/26. youtube.com/live/5TnZQ18Qldc… 📺 Follow the proceedings live on UWA TV.
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“Wildlife conservation is a shared responsibility. Through strong partnerships, we can protect our wildlife, empower communities and sustainably develop tourism for the benefit of Ugandans and the global community.” — UWA-ED, Dr James Musinguzi. #Conservation #Partnerships
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HAPPENING NOW | UWA Annual Stakeholder Breakfast Meeting 2026 We are engaging stakeholders at Skyz Hotel, Naguru, to share its performance for FY 2025/26. youtube.com/live/5TnZQ18Qldc… 📺 Follow the proceedings live on UWA TV.
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“Instead of always talking about human–wildlife conflict, perhaps we should also talk about the human–wildlife relationship. Community relations are very important in wildlife conservation.” - Hon. Kiwanda Ssuubi
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“Wildlife conservation is a shared responsibility. Through strong partnerships, we can protect our wildlife, empower communities and sustainably develop tourism for the benefit of Ugandans and the global community.” — UWA-ED, Dr James Musinguzi. #Conservation #Partnerships
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“The reduction in visitor numbers towards the end of the last financial year was partly attributed to the Ebola outbreak and negative travel advisories, which affected travel confidence and tourism to Uganda,” said UWA ED, Dr James Musinguzi at the ongoing Stakeholder meeting.
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HAPPENING NOW | UWA Annual Stakeholder Breakfast Meeting 2026 We are engaging stakeholders at Skyz Hotel, Naguru, to share its performance for FY 2025/26. youtube.com/live/5TnZQ18Qldc… 📺 Follow the proceedings live on UWA TV.
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“We need to shift our focus towards the people, rather than relying on guns and fences. Community tourism around protected areas could go a long way in supporting the development of local communities.” Says Lilly Ajarova at the UWA stakeholder annual performance meeting today.
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“UWA cannot deliver on its huge mandate without strong partnerships. We must embrace AI, strengthen staff capacity and equip our teams with modern technology, while making the public partners, not adversaries, in conservation.” — Prof. James Kalema, UWA Board Chair
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HAPPENING NOW | UWA Annual Stakeholder Breakfast Meeting 2026 We are engaging stakeholders at Skyz Hotel, Naguru, to share its performance for FY 2025/26. youtube.com/live/5TnZQ18Qldc… 📺 Follow the proceedings live on UWA TV.
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Happy Independence Day!
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(1/4) In an effort to promote food security and resilience in communities around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, CTPH has launched the 4th round of the Ready to Grow Project with support from National Geographic Society.
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(3/4) Rubuguri and Nkuringo Town councils in Kisoro District, making a total of 4,500 households since the project began during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of the beneficiary households has been given a package of 7 different easy-to-manage vegetable seedlings
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(4/4) to ensure that families have home gardens to provide them with a reliable source of nutritious food. This reduces pressure on the forest and protects the endangered mountain gorillas from exposure to zoonotic diseases and other illegal forest activities like poaching.
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