The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada Annual Report 2014
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Spread the word the Jane Goodall Mailing Address Telephone Institute of Canada the Jane Goodall 416.978.3711 University of Toronto Institute of Canada the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada Toll-free Earth Sciences Building c/o University of Toronto 1.888.88.CHIMP (24467) JaneGoodallCAN 5 Bancroft Avenue Mailroom Suite 104 6/1047A 563 Spadina Crescent Facsimile Toronto ON Toronto ON 416.978.3713 M5S 1C1 M5S 2J7 Email www.janegoodall.ca [email protected] [email protected] When people thrive, chi mp anzees o thr ive. t n o r o T , s n o i t a c i n u m m o C n g i s e D E & the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada M H : n g i www.janegoodall.ca s Annual Report 2014 e d & t p e c n o C 02 Letter from Jane 03 Letter from our CEO and board chair 04 Conserve 06 Collaborate 08 Connect 10 You can make a difference 11 The year in numbers 12 Our donors and supporters Since 1994, the work of the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has remained centred on protecting chimpanzees in their natural habitat. So you might wonder why we build schools in the Demo cratic Republic of Congo, or why we create clean water sources in Uganda, or why we offer training in sustainable agriculture. Simply put, it’s because when people thrive, chimpanzees thrive. LETTER FROM JANE LETTER FROM OUR CEO AND BOARD CHAIR A Bright Tomorrow Why are we building schools in Africa? Dear Friend, I believe in a bright tomorrow. I believe that For years, children in Biruwe village in the on the success of JGI’s community-driven My life has been a long and remarkable jour ney. people can make the right ethical, ecological Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) initiatives in Africa, we have launched and social choices to create a world we won’t went to school in a dilapidated building with a revitalized Roots & Shoots program that is Not long ago — or so it feels — I was sitting be ashamed to leave to the next generation. very few teaching resources. Now, they accessible to all Canadians and realizes outside my home in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania attend classes in a beautiful new school with Dr. Goodall’s vision of youth-led community when 12 high school students stopped by When I reflect on my legacy, I feel confident benches, books, dictionaries, posters and action that addresses the needs of people, wanting to talk about wildlife. We discussed that the next generation will continue maps — all part of JGI’s Better Beginnings, animals and the environment. many problems: poaching in the national my efforts to tackle the most urgent issues Stronger Families project. parks, the absence (at the time) of environmen tal of our time. We are looking at the real possibility that education in schools, cruelty to animals in the In the DRC, we are building and renovating great apes could be extinct in the near You are making a difference. We can all leave market, stray dogs, street children, dynamiting schools and health clinics in 10 villages near future. We will do all we can to prevent this a legacy for those who follow. coral reefs to catch fish, and so on. great ape habitat, improving access to clean from happening by expanding sanctuaries Thank you so very much for all the ways that water, offering family planning services, for orphaned chimpanzees and collaborating They wanted me to fix everything! I suggested you help, and teaching sustainable agriculture. We are with local communities to preserve the that, working together, they might be able helping people better manage their forests ecosystems they depend on. Here in Canada, to do something themselves. After our and rivers, grow a variety of food crops, and we support young people in becoming discussion, the students went back to their connect their wellbeing to the wellbeing of the compassionate citizens who care about schools, formed groups with others who animals and the environment they share. disappearing wildlife and all other living shared their concerns, and we had another, things. bigger meeting. Thus was Roots & Shoots Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE We are doing this because our conservation born in Dar es Salaam! Founder, Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger work has demonstrated that when people Your support makes all this possible. of Peace thrive so do chimpanzees. And so to protect Roots & Shoots groups are now in nearly Our deepest thanks go out to you for standing these great apes, we must work closely with 140 countries, with members from pre-school with us and sharing our goals. local people. We must find out the reasons through university — an increasing number behind deforestation, poaching and hunting. of adults are also forming groups. Today, By addressing root causes, habitat is saved there are some 150,000 around the world. and so are endangered animals. The collective impact is huge. Andria Teather Our approach is working. As just one example, When hundreds of young people create change Chief Executive Officer a JGI project in the Hoima District of western in this way — acting locally — they dare to Uganda is protecting a wildlife corridor. think globally. They dare to take on problems Through the project, 122 hectares of land have they might not have otherwise, knowing been re-forested, 280,000 seedlings planted, Helen Hirsh Spence that they can make a difference. and 11 tree nurseries established. And the Chair, Board of Directors home of hundreds of chimps, once at risk from human threats, has been safeguarded. This is community-centred conservation in action. Our work doesn’t begin and end in Africa. It’s a small world. All of us are engaged in sav ing our planet and its rare wildlife. Building I believe that people can make the right ethical, ecological and social choices to create a Our work does n’ t begin and end in Africa. world we wo n’t be ashamed to leave to the It ’s a small worl d. All of us are engaged in saving next generation. our planet and its rare wildlife. 02 the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada Annual Report 2014 03 the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada Annual Report 2014 Tchimpounga sanctuary is a high-priority for JGI as we continue to rescue and rehabilitate Conser ve chimpanzees as well as raise public awareness... The Ngamba Island RESCUE MISSION: THE TCHIMPOUNGA With 100 times more forest than Saving Willy Chimpanzee Sanctuary CHIMPANZEE REHABILITATION CENTER Tchimpounga , the islands offer excellent , 20000 Like so many chimpanzees needing shelter and care, The Ngamba Island Although illegal, thousands of adult habitat for chimps where they are protected Kilos of feed are Willy is an orphan. In all likelihood, poachers killed Chimp Sanctuary chimpanzees in the Congo Basin are killed from hunting, poaching and deforestation. required every month was established in 1998 to feed the chimps his mother and sold her baby as a pet. for their meat every year — referred So far, 32 chimpanzees have been relocated. of Tchimpounga to care for orphaned Willy came to the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee chimpanzees confiscated to as “bushmeat ”— and the orphaned chimps Once construction on all three islands Rehabilitation Centre in March 2014 after he was by the Ugandan Wildlife are sold as pets as part of the illegal exotic is complete, there will be room for about confiscated by the Congolese authorities from Authority. The sanctuary animal trade. 120 chimps. is located on an island 48 the family that illegally bought him. He arrived in a in Lake Victoria that As often as they can, Congolese authorities With your support, JGI Canada has Full-time employees makeshift wooden crate, holding on to the slats, supports a rich diversity work at Tchimpounga depressed, frightened and hungry. of wildlife and food confiscate the orphans and bring them provided $875,000 to the sanctuary over six sanctuary including Luckily, Willy was in reasonably good health and for the chimpanzees. to JGI’s Tchimpounga Chimpanzee years to help build dormitories, deliver 2 vets and 3 vet-nurses Even so, provisional Rehabilitation Center outside of Pointe food sourced from nearby communities and without injury. But physical trauma is not the only damage these young orphans experience. Like food is required, and Noire. Too young to be released into support local workers hired to construct JGI Canada donors any baby taken from its mother, Willy was confused, provided enough the wild, and often suffering from injuries fencing, buildings and enclosure s. While 17,000 insecure and vulnerable. funds to pur chase more or poor health, the little primates find saving chimps, JGI is also stimulating Kilos of fruit are Willy spent his first three months in quarantine, with than three months’ a safe haven at Tchimpounga where they the local economy. consumed by the of food for the 48 24-hour care, and sleeping with Christel, his main receive medical treatment, food, and Tchimpounga chimps chimpanzees living Ultimately, our goal is to protect chim panzees caregiver. Staff at Tchimpounga know that the the opportunity to socialize with plenty every month at Ngamba. in the wild and to preserve their natural most important thing for babies like Willy is affection, of other chimps. forest habitats. But as long as chimps constant contact and security. Originally built to shelter approximately are hunted for food, sold as part of the exotic 2.5 After his quarantine, Willy was integrated into the 60 chimpanzee s—the largest chimpanzee animal trade, and driven out of the forest Kilos of food are nursery group with five rambunctious infants.