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

Bwindi + Entebbe, Uganda
Joined November 2011
Today, @SheratonKampala General Manager Jean-Philippe Bittencourt announced a new partnership with @CTPHuganda and @DoctorGladys, following last month's launch of her audiobook, Walking With Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet, and the #Zongo gorilla mascot campaign.
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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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(1/3) The leaders and adults who will protect Bwindi Impenetrable National Park’s endangered mountain gorillas in the future are in primary school right now. It is important to engage them early enough as stewards of their own environment.
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(2/3) In collaboration with The Kasiisi Project, with funding from the Arcus FoundationCTPH spent the last 2 weeks training 450 pupils in 15 Bwindi frontline primary schools in Kanungu and Kisoro Districts and their teachers as One Health ambassadors in great ape
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(3/3) zoonotic disease prevention, and introduced recently developed #OneHealth education clip charts and One Health-themed snakes and ladders board games. Learning sticks when it feels like play.
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Fundraising for this year's Wildlife Ranger Challenge is closed. Thanks to everyone who gave, #TeamGorilla raised $4,079 for Bwindi's rangers, funds will go towards equipping them to protect the mountain gorillas safely. Thank you all for making this possible. #ForWildlifeRangers
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#AfricaEarthsWildHome premieres 3rd October on @NatGeoTV, streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu. Watch Uganda's mountain gorillas, @CTPHuganda, Gorilla Conservation Coffee and our founder and CEO @doctorGladys, in the story of Africa's wildlife.
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Tourism supports mountain gorilla conservation in ways not always seen. Around Bwindi & Mgahinga, it provides livelihoods to locals and funds ranger patrols combat poaching. Every visitor is part of the system keeping gorilla conservation going. Happy #WorldTourismDay
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Happy #WorldGorillaDay from the Executive Director of #WildlifeClubsofUganda , Dr Taddeo Rusoke.
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We are grateful to @TotalEnergiesUG for sharing this special video celebrating mountain gorillas and the importance of their conservation. Together with our partners, we continue to promote a future where gorillas, people and the environment thrive together. #WorldGorillaDay
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Hope you enjoy this message from our recent volunteer, Michelle Asbury, who spent time learning about our community health work and participated in our field lab tracing gorilla sample data to inform future interventions. Happy #WorldGorillaDay!
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Happy World Gorilla Day!
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Congratulations to #TeamGorilla for completing the 21km ranger race on Saturday, the 19th of Sep, wrapping up this year's Wildlife Ranger Challenge. Donations close on Sep 30, and every donation till then is matched. Donate #ForWildlifeRangers today: wildlife.rangerchallenge.org…
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Today we're celebrating our Founder & CEO, Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, nominated for the #IndianapolisPrize, the world's top award for animal conservation, for her #OneHealth work in protecting Uganda's gorillas and the communities beside them. Congratulations, Dr Gladys!
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On 14 September 2026, we joined @VolcanoesSafari at the opening of the Bwindi Gorilla Conservation Centre, where CTPH is featured. Congratulations to Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust for creating this space where Bwindi's visitors gorilla conservation work firsthand
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