This video has been uploaded to YouTube because countless night attempts using our private solution (Vimeo) haven’t worked out…
But, on the other hand, this is also OK. Let’s have it on YouTube and publicly available then. It may not be an ideal representation of a video promoting GHE to the general audience (this version feels kinda internal as it was made with our members in mind) — but maybe it will be successful as a teaser?
The first edition has three segments (team introduction, Covid travel news and the highlight of our digital production) and we have many others in mind. The name (Weekly Companion) was meant as a placeholder not the ultimate solution.
Enjoy, comment — and maybe share it with friends? Me, I am going to sleep…
🎤 voice by:
Charlotte “Nagawa” Beauvoisin is a conservation volunteer, sustainable tourism trainer and the author of Diary of a Muzungu (est. 2008). During the Covid-19 pandemic, it meant the world to her to be part of the Gorilla Highlands Experts online network, regularly communicating with inspiring people around the globe. British by nationality, Charlotte is Ugandan at heart and runs the East Africa Travel Podcast from the edge of Kibale National Park, Uganda. Click for her self-introduction. [bio updated: 2026-04]
Gloria Mwenge Bitomwa a gender and sustainability activist from eastern Congo; in her previous life she was the director of tourism in Kahuzi-Biega National Park. Gloria lives in Kinshasa, DR Congo. [bio updated: 2026-03]
Jane Mulungi was first a director’s assistant in Uganda and then the founding director of Gorilla Highlands Ltd in Rwanda. In 2021 she started the next chapter of her life, in the United States of America. Click for Jane’s background story. [bio updated: 2026-03]
Jon “Oruhindu” Lee is the legendary narrator of Gorilla Highlands Experts videos and the former grammar guru of the organisations blogs. His English teacher and TV commentator careers prepared him for this role well, but he is also a tomato grower, volleyball coach and writer. When he isn’t visiting our region, he lives in Santa Barbara, California. [bio updated: 2026-03]
Mari Goossen was the first intern sent to Gorilla Highlands Experts by UCLL from Flanders (2021). She is a writer and researcher, passionate about feminism, human rights and environmental justice. Still in love with Uganda, Mari nowadays resides in Ghent, Belgium. [bio updated: 2026-03]
Niels Tulleneers was a short-term Gorilla Highlands Experts intern in 2021, working at Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi. Afterwards, Niels moved to Kenya where he has been selling off the beaten track trips to East and Southern Africa from an office in Nairobi. [bio updated: 2026-04]
🖋️ text and 🎥 video by:
ML Rwebandira — formerly known as Miha Logar — is an adventure and cultural tourism expert, writer and multimedia producer who co-founded Gorilla Highlands Experts. His most recent publication is the Pocket Treasure. A national of both Uganda and Slovenia, ML resides with his son Lan in Musanze, Rwanda. Click for his personality-infused quarterly newsletters. [bio updated: 2026-05]
Comments
5 responses to “Weekly Companion — Let It Be Then?”
Iam in love with the content and the video it’s self and I says it all well done mr Miha and the team
Looks great! I enjoyed watching it. I think the content works very well for internal or external audience. Good start!
woow, this is really great and informative.
Great start! I also like it called weekly companion and it was very well balanced between the three mentioned segments. Well done!! 🥳 Also for sure fits on youtube and the outside world, especially with the covid travel update, interesting to many people I guess. What could be improved is the sound on certain sections, for example Brenda at the lake at the laundry station was hard to hear and also the ladies from Uganda and Kongo were hard to understand. I suggest to reduce the backround music at those parts. Can’t wait to see the next one 🙂
When Miha finds some extra time, he might add subtitles… It’s local pronunciation more than music, I would guess, and each of us is comfortable with different Englishes, so everything will be subtitled. I know it will make @Oruhindu happy.