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Despite Obstacles: Bold Vision for Rwanda, Uganda and Congo
It’s the saddest week of the year in Rwanda, the time when survivors remember the outrageous tragedy that claimed one million lives 25 years ago. The Gorilla Highlands team’s humble contribution to the Remember – Unite – Renew theme of these commemorations is a daily photograph on our social media channels. These images celebrate the…
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Fearless Batwa “Pygmies” Begin to Learn English
Norah (see the video above) was one of the 10 Batwa “Pygmies” of Rwamahano who got a Batwa Community English Class certificate at Edirisa today. In other words, they completed an introduction to the English language to help them with their guiding and with the Gorilla Highlands Batwa Jamboree that they are co-organising (April 2019…
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What Is the Point of #IAmGorillaHighlands?
UPDATE, April 2019: The Gorilla Highlands Batwa Jamboree has been moved from Easter to Christmas 2019 (more here) Have you come here because the #IAmGorillaHighlands campaign has made you wonder? Good — and welcome! The Gorilla Highlands idea has always been about respectful and helpful tourism, with the Batwa “Pygmies” as one of the main…
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After the Bootcamp: How to Make This Really Big?
This is the grand vision of the Gorilla Highlands Initiative growing into the Gorilla Highlands Society (GHS).
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Book Your Easter 2019 for the Batwa Jamboree
UPDATE, April 2019: The jamboree has been moved from Easter to Christmas 2019 (more here) The Batwa community of Rwamahano and Edirisa through the Gorilla Highlands Initiative wish to announce the international event: Gorilla Highlands Batwa Jamboree taking place at: Bunyonyi Safaris Resort, Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda during Easter: 19-22 April 2019 The word jamboree means a large festive gathering and…
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Join Bootcamp 2018, Help Us Grow into an Organisation
The Bootcamp is something completely different: you camp, canoe, hike, dance and discuss while exploring remote areas.
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How to Support Kigali’s “Historically Marginalised People”
At first sight, the nursery beds and tiny cactuses in painted pots by the roadside look unremarkable. As in any other East African city, the residents of Kigali can conveniently buy decorative plants and earthenware straight from their cars. But the gentlemen who run the neatly arranged gardens that extend towards a swamp rich in…
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What Powerful Simple Thing Do Indigenous People Crave?
Dear reader, allow us to transform your mind into a supersonic airplane and fly you to the remote areas of a continent of your choice: Africa, America or Australia. No matter which one you opt for, sooner or later you will land near a cluster of shanties, makeshift homes or houses that whisper — or…
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Chef Rama is First Rwandan to Win at Gorilla Highlands Silverchef
Rama wasn’t the only Marriott chef who wanted to compete; four of his colleagues wanted the same!
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