The freshest, the most 🔥 version of the Illumineers promo video is here — with tons of footage from Friendship Camp! Feeling generous today? GoFundMe link is right here. 😎
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Elie Cirhuza is a freelance journalist and digital communication consultant who works on the Gorilla Highlands Experts media team. A 2025 winner of the Jinsia Kwa Amani competition in DR Congo, Elie is UNICEF’s U-Reporter who participates in community outreach about fighting ebola and similar diseases. His current post is Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda. [bio updated: 2026-06]
ML Rwebandira is an adventure and cultural tourism expert, writer and multimedia producer who co-founded Gorilla Highlands Experts. Born as Miha Logar, he now combines his initials with “Rwebandira” to honour the Bakiga elder Karwemera, who gave him the name. ML’s most recent publication is the Pocket Treasure. A national of both Uganda and Slovenia, Rwebandira resides with his son Lan in Musanze, Rwanda. Click for his personality-infused quarterly newsletters. [bio updated: 2026-09]
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Stephanie Brancaforte is the creator of Gorilla Highlands Experts Illumineers program, built on her environmental focus and past experience in central Africa working for Amnesty International and the International Criminal Court. Nowadays she advises Public Citizen (USA) on climate accountability and anti-authoritarianism, and directs the ecological transition organisation Rinascimento Green (Italy). Stephanie lives between America and Sicily, Italy. [bio updated: 2026-03]
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