Connecting Art and Gorilla Conservation
Art for Gorillas ranks 4496 in Africa and 3 in Rwanda. According to site visitors it ranks 473, and 559 according to page views:
According to blogroll links it ranks 10229 and 10135 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts
Continuing with ongoing theme of staying healthy, this week’s lessons are dedicated to keeping our teeth healthy. In preparation for classes, AoC staff members studied Western and traditional methods of teeth cleaning. We feel it’s very important to learn about traditional methods, because most Rwandans cannot afford to
Hi Rebecca and Nicole. Thanks for your recent comments. How do you like these pics of the kids? Nice hats/visors! Take care and keep talking to us! Love, Julie What do frogs, birds, monkeys, and cats have in common? They are all
As many of our friends following this blog know, the AoC project works with two government run primary schools located very near Volcanoes National Park. We try to do our part in protecting the endangered mountain gorillas living in the park by educating the children living just outside
Peter Riger of the Houston Zoo came to Rwanda to spend time with AoC this week. He works with the zoo’s Wildlife Conservation Program, which supports conservation-based NGOs around the world. Peter joined the AoC team in classes on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and gave a wonderful presentation about
Germs are often too tiny to see with the naked eye, so we use flour as an example of how easily germs spread and therefore can enter our bodies and make us sick. Students are asked to sneeze or cough with a small amount of flour in the palms
Protecting the endangered mountain gorillas that live in the nearby park entails helping the local human populations in staying healthy. The possibility of disease transmission between the two species is likely, after all, we are 98% genetically similar. At the beginning of each lesson, Innocent takes attendance
Dear T & L Beers, Thank you for your generous and fabulous and surprisingly lovely donation to Art of Conservation on the 27th January 2010. When we met – nearly 3 years ago – we were conducting our classes in open fields and spaces and even a half-finished cow
Have a great weekend everybody! From all of us at AoC. Cuteness Maximus in the foothills of the Virunga Massif.
Olivier repsonds to our recent comments: To Nicole, Rebecca and Cheryl, Thank you very much for your comments. I welcome you to the country of a thousand hills if you can come to Rwanda. You will see wonderful animals, climate, and people. Best wishes, Olivier
Please welcome Olivier Habimana – the newest member of the AoC team. Olivier helps break the ice during the first week of classes with a little Hokey Pokey set to the backdrop of the Virunga Massiff. Photo by Molly Feltner. Olivier was born in the Western Province
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