PIC has partnered with POPOF, which is located in the buffer zone of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the DRC. PIC purchases 95% of the gorilla carvings made by former poachers, and these men can now make more money carving than poaching bushmeat in the forest.

During the genocide, a primary school was completely destroyed. PIC committed the funds to rebuild the school, room by room, until it was complete. The last room was finished in 2007.

For more information about the Pole Pole Foundation, please visit their Web page .            

For more information about Partners In Conservation, please contact Mayme Norman at Mayme.Norman@columbuszoo.org or visit their Web site.