World Okapi Day 2020

World Okapi Day is centered around celebrating the enigmatic okapi and using it as a flagship species to protect the entire forest ecosystem in which it lives. Protecting the rainforest not only allows a thriving population of okapi, forest elephants and chimpanzees to live, but it also allows a unique indigenous culture to continue living in the forest. Fun, exciting activities were arranged around the Okapi Wildlife Reserve and were combined with educational messaging targeting key demographics including children, women, Mbuti Pygmies and the larger communities in and around the Reserve. We use these celebrations as an opportunity to share our successful programs in agroforestry, women’s groups and more to recruit participants and teach them how to become better stewards of their surrounding environment while at the same time, improving their standard of living.  To see more, click here.