POPOf Receives 3 Year Ecological Restoration Fund Grant
We are very happy to share the news that we have received a 3-year grant from the Ecological Restoration Fund. This will help us scale...
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Eddy Kahekwa
Sep 27, 2021
Working on fuel efficiency
The ladies of the Women's Empowerment Group are working to make their charcoal last as long as it possibly can. Even though the charcoal...
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Nikki Jones
Sep 17, 2021
The Pole Pole Foundation is announced as a Finalist for the inaugural Earthshot Prize
We are proud to announce that we have been selected as one of the first-ever Finalists of The @EarthshotPrize - a global environment...
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John Kahekwa
Sep 4, 2021
Community Tourism
John Kahekwa and Eddy Kahekwa led members of the community into the Kahuzi-Biega National Park to visit with the gorillas. Including...
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Nikki Jones
Jul 14, 2021
Soap Making Workshop
The ladies of the POPOF Women’s Empowerment Group have wanted to learn to make soap for some time. Finally, they received training and...
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Nikki Jones
Jul 1, 2021
Our Mushroom Growing is Growing!
Our mushroom growing project has got bigger and has moved to a new building and, with the help of our project partners at The Eating...
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Pole Pole Foundation
Jun 5, 2021
New Tree Nursery Started
2020 and the beginning of 2021 have been difficult years for many, including us here at POPOF. We have particularly missed being able to...
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Pole Pole Foundation
May 1, 2021
New drone to be used to help rangers
The Pole Pole Foundation has been able to buy a drone with a good camera on it which will be used to help the Rangers who patrol the...
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Pole Pole Foundation
Apr 3, 2021
Ladies trained to be nutrition ambassadors
We are very pleased to be working with the DEAR Foundation and Africa 2030 on a project which will help tackle the problem of...
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Nikki Jones
Mar 8, 2021
Student to run half marathon for gorillas!
Teo Necula to run the Bath Half Marathon to raise funds for the Pole Pole Foundation in the DRC! " ... a plant-based diet is the single...
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Nikki Jones
Feb 18, 2021
How a chance meeting in Wales led to an extraordinary photo shoot in the jungle
‘THE EATING GORILLA’ vegan cafe in Wales launches fundraiser to help critically-endangered gorillas A VEGAN café in south Gwynedd is...
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John Kahekwa
Jan 25, 2021
Message from John Kahekwa in the field - Jan 2021
" 2020 was a very difficult year " "The good news to share is that POPOF has managed to address all sicknesses and hardships that the...
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Kawabe Tomohiro
Aug 12, 2020
8 Billion Trees Supports The Pole Pole Foundation In Its Mission To Protect The D.R.C.
Founded by Conservationist John Kahekwa in 1992, The Pole Pole Foundation is working hard to make a powerful difference in the Democratic...
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Nikki Jones
Mar 21, 2018
Happy International Day of Forests!
March 21, 2018 is the International Day of Forests. Our tree plantation work is of huge importance to what we do. By growing an...
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Nikki Jones
Sep 11, 2017
The Pole Pole Foundation’s new Women’s Empowerment Program proves a big attraction
The inaugural meeting of the new Women’s Empowerment Program (PWEG) proved a big success with 93 women signing up to be members of the...
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Danny Kahekwa
Aug 30, 2017
Spirulina cultivation in communities around the KBNP
It has been more than a year since Pole Pole Foundation initiated the cultivation of Spirulina in the community on the boundary of the...
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Danny Kahekwa
Jul 31, 2017
Local people visited the Park
Since the creation of the KBNP, only 1% of the peripheral communities have had the opportunity to visit the gorillas, but more than 50%...
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Danny Kahekwa
May 29, 2017
Despite the difficulties, there is always hope: a view of a class in a village
Despite the difficulties, there is always hope. Following the various wars perpetrated in eastern DRC, here are the traces they left in...
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Danny Kahekwa
May 15, 2017
Pygmy women facing the conservation of nature
Through the initiative of POPOF, the pygmy women of Buyungule have made their association in view of learning different trades for their...
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Danny Kahekwa
Apr 21, 2017
Global Friends Club: Conservation Education and Activity for the Next Generation
If there is interdependence between fauna and flora, what future do the DRC’s protected areas have? Hunting is often considered illegal...
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