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This year’s Kwita Izina {gorilla naming ceremony} is under the theme, “Celebrating nature and empowering communities” and seeks to empower communities surrounding the gorilla park areas. “We chose the theme to appreciate the local communities surrounding the parks as well as recognize their role in protecting nature and the park,” says Rica Rwigamba, the head

Rwanda will for the ninth time hold the baby gorilla naming  ceremony,‘Kwita Izina’ on June 22, 2013 in Kinigi Musanze district. According to Rica Rwigamba, head of Tourism and Conservation at the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), this year’s naming ceremony will feature twelve ne born babies and one family an will run under the theme

For the first time American couple Joe Mc Donald and his wife Mary Ann Mc Donald stepped on Rwandan soil with intension to visit the famous Rwandan Mountain Gorillas. The trip left a lasting memory and enthusiasm that the set a target of visiting Rwanda for 75 more times. After twelve years of visiting Rwanda,

The Rwandan community was joined by the international community to mark the traditional annual ceremony of naming new baby gorillas commonly known as “Kwita Izina” which saw the entrance of 19 new baby gorillas in the gorilla family of Rwanda. In his message on the event, President Paul Kagame was quoted saying that Kwita Izina

Kigali- Rwanda will for the 8th time celebrate the birth of 19 baby gorillas and the naming of 1 female adult at this year’s annual Kwita Izina ceremony scheduled for June 16th, 2012, under the theme “Sustainable tourism for a green economy.” Thousands of Rwandans living near the sanctuary of the rare mountain gorillas, the

In order to protect the wild animals and improve tourism, government organizations have given development activities to the residents near the parks. Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration project (GVTC) together with Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and ICCN Kinshasa Congo created the development activities for the parks neighbour residents. Game rangers from Virunga

According to the CNN Television news cast on its internet site, existence of gorillas from the volcano in Rwanda came to knowledge in 1902 when a Germany researcher found 2 gorillas in the mountains. From that time, Gorillas have faced many problems among which have been caused by the destruction of forests and actions of

Volcanoes National Park is Rwanda’s part of the Virunga region. It is one of the intensely protected national park in Africa. A recent comprehensive survey conducted by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund- International’s Karisoke Research Center, CARE International’s Enterprise, Equity and the Environment in the Greater Virunga Landscape Project, and the International Gorilla Conservation Programme