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Strengthening Local Institutions in the Albertine Rift for Community Development and Conservation of the Mountain Gorilla in Rwanda and Uganda

Grantee Name: International Gorilla Conservation Programme

Hotspot
Eastern Afromontane
Location
Rwanda, Uganda
Amount
$19,710
Dates
Oct 2013 – Dec 2014
Keywords
Awareness, Capacity building, Land use planning

Engage people in community project planning and development and empower them to become more actively engaged in sustainable financing of community activities. Work in 63 villages in Rwanda and Uganda and train at least 30 people in techniques of community organization for village profiling and planning, and 40 people in project proposal writing and fundraising, producing a range of community project proposals that can be submitted to donor agencies.

Strategic Direction :

3 Initiate and support sustainable financing and related actions for the conservation of priority KBAs and corridors.

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