Supporting communities to preserve the okapi

Dear supporters,

Thanks to your support, the Okapi Conservation Project coordinates actions in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, located in the Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Their actions continued in 2024 in the 3 components of the program:

▪️ Wildlife protection in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve:

- Increasing the number of ecoguards,

- Maintaining equipment and infrastructure,

- Deploying photographic traps,

- Developing a conservation strategy,

- Providing medical care for 2,000 ecoguards from the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature and their families.

- Distribution of more than 75,000 tree seedlings to 1,000 farmers,

- Creation of more than 580 vegetable gardens for families.

- Support for food security: training, development of sources of income for women, distribution of farming tools and seeds.