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Happy Hollow has been working with Gorilla CD, a Congo-based conservation group founded by Dr. Richard Leaky since 2006. We have been instrumental in helping the Park Rangers to protect the many endangered species that call Virunga home, in particular the worlds last remaining 700 Mountain Gorillas.
We have:
 

• Provided salaries for Rangers who had not been paid in almost 10 years, yet continued to perform their incredibly dangerous job
• Purchased Ranger uniforms and boots for protection out on patrol
• Improved the water sanitation system at Bukima patrol post in the gorilla sector, which houses 17 guards and uses a 20-year-old well in which the water is filthy.
• Provided tents and rations for patrols
• Restocked the pharmacy at the park headquarters, which serves the Rangers and their families.
• Helped to purchase a surveillance plane to track down poachers.

This last October we were able to raise $12,500. The Rangers asked us for some very specific help, as mentioned in the video above, to raise funds for the families of the men who have lost their lives while serving as the frontline protection for the last remaining populations of Mountain Gorillas in Virunga National Park. All funds will be used to support the families of these Rangers to keep them above the line of poverty.

Click here to be a part of something incredible.