Partners In Conservation: Our Work in Rwanda
In 1991, Columbus Zoo gorilla zookeeper Charlene Jendry met with Zoo volunteers to discuss a grassroots initiative that would benefit wild mountain gorillas. Today, Partners In Conservation (PIC) continues to help its partners convert their ideas into action. PIC’s guiding principle is that helping local populations earn livable wages—without poaching or deforestation—is the key to conserving wild places. PIC projects span a variety of humanitarian, conservation and education efforts. With education and employment opportunities, people and animals co-exist peacefully.
PIC provides an alternative solution to people who previously had to choose between caring for their families or the rainforest. Helping people helps gorillas—and your gift to PIC changes lives.
