Welcome to the Pangolin Rescue Center Uganda.
A program of Kigezi Natural Conservation and Development
About us/ our activities:
Kigezi Natural Conservationa and Development is a community-based organization (CBO) implementing wildlife and nature conservation projects in communities next to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park. We are registered with the government of Uganda as a CBO and have been in operation for over 10 years. Our founder is Arineitwe Moses.
We started by making awareness in communities and have been able to reform poachers from poaching to agriculture.
Our team includes former rangers and community guides, and all local conservationists .
We have 3 groups of reformed poachers. Two are near Bwindi impenetrable national park and one is near Queen Elizabeth national park .
Through awareness, we have been able to set up a network that helps us to know where there are cases of poaching and we have been able to rescue some wildlife from poachers and traffickers .
We have so far been able to rescue 178 pangolins, which have been released back into the forest of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. We work hand in hand with Uganda wildlife rangers especially the wildlife intelligence department, and he research and monitoring department.
We have also been able to rescue a vervet monkey from eastern Congo DRC, that was being kept as a pet. We handed him to UWA and the animal was released in Queen Elizabeth national park .
We have also been able to rescue a number of monitor lizards , giant rats and a number of bird species from locals who wanted to kill them for bush meat.
In an effort to create alternatives to poaching for community members, we have been able to set up the following projects
- Fish farming
- Bee keeping
- Vegetable farming
- Mushrooms faraming
- Indigenous tree planting
- Basic tourist camping facility at the pangolin rescue center
- Basic restaurant at our pangolin rescue center
- We have taught some reformed poachers how to make bee hives. A bee hive construction project is on going .
Our challenges:
Most of our funding is from donations from wildlife and nature lovers from around the world. This income is not steady and thus often poses challenges when we have little to no funds but are doing our best.
Our challenges include:
- Lack of transport means for our pangolin and other wildlife rescue operations .
- Lack of veterinary services for the rescued wildlife
- Lack of proper recue kits
- Enclosure maintenance
- Lack of Staff up keep
- Pangolin clinic as at times they are rescued while injured .
- Lack of funding to support the reformed poachers program running
- Lack of carpentry tools and materials for the reformed poachers bee hives construction project.
Your donation makes a big difference!
With your support, we can continue our Pangolin Rescue Center-Uganda. We can also continue and further expand our programs to reform poachers and provide community members with alternative income-generating activities. Together we can strengthen our community network and save more pangolins and other wildlife!
At Queen Elizabeth National Park, we hope to create a bee hives fence (with bee hives made by reformed poachers) to stop elephants and other game animals from raiding crops.
Thank you very much for any support you can provide.
Contributions to this via Sahaya International (a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization) are tax-deductible in the USA. If you like to make a contribution, you can do so in different ways:
- To pay by credit card, venmo or paypal, click here. When you make the donation, enter in the “in honor of” or notes section “Pangolin” so we know your donation is earmarked for this project.
- You can mail a check, made payable to “Sahaya International” to us. Add in the notes field “Pangolin Rescue Center”. Please provide your email address so we can email you a tax receipt.
Sahaya International
1504 Portola Street
Davis, CA 95616
- To donate stocks, old vehicles, cryptocurrency or other items, or want to include us in your planned giving, visit our donation page to learn more.
How to contact us:
KIGEZI NATURAL CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
P O BOX 149 KANUNGU UGANDA E.AFRICA
Email: [email protected]
Cell phone/Whatsapp: +256782386972
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pangolinrescuecenter
Instagram: @pangolinrescuecenteruganda
Pictures below with credit to Kathy West (click on individual thumbnail pic to see enlarged version)
