Democratic Republic of the Congo

Save the Elephants
Wildlife Conservation Network

(www.savetheelephants.com)

The mission of Save the Elephants is to secure a future for elephants and to sustain the beauty and ecological integrity of the places where they live; to promote man’s delight in their intelligence and the diversity of their world, and to develop a tolerant relationship between the two species.

The charity was founded in 1993 by Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, President & Chief Executive Officer, STE, who made a pioneering study of elephant behaviour in the late '60s in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania, and has worked on elephant status Africa-wide since. Explorers, conservationists and elephant scientists serve as fellow trustees or advisors to the board.

Okapi Conservation Project
Wildlife Conservation Network

(Okapi Conservation Project website)

The Okapi Conservation Project is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the most biologically diverse country in Africa. The Ituri Forest covers 175,000 square kilometers of lowland tropical forest and contains some of the most important closed canopy rainforest and species diversity in the world.

The okapi, or forest giraffe, is the national symbol of the protected areas of the Congo and is the flagship species of the Ituri Forest . Rallying support to protect okapi habitat, in turn, provides a secure environment for millions of rainforest species of plants and animals. To save okapi, which are impossible to see in the wild, an intact forest ecosystem must be protected. By doing this, there is a chance of preserving a part of the greatest biological diversity on the African continent.

The primary objective is to develop an economic and educational base on which a functioning okapi reserve can operate. A management plan is in place to guide development and management of the Reserve. GIC is responsible for supporting most of the mandates of the management plan and is actively doing so with additional financial assistance from partners in the US, Europe and Japan.

 

Action Against Hunger

(Action Against Hunger website)

Recognized worldwide as a leader in the fight against hunger, Action Against Hunger delivers programs in over 40 countries, specializing in emergency situations of war, conflict, and natural disasters and longer-term assistance to people in distress. Our ultimate goal is to help vulnerable populations regain their self-sufficiency for long term sustainability.

Action Against Hunger has a proven ability to respond to both emergency and rehabilitation needs, and our therapeutic and supplementary feeding programs are at the forefront of life-saving efforts in the fight against hunger. Our expertise integrates programs in nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy, our ultimate aim is to enable populations to regain their autonomy and self-sufficiency as soon as possible.