I have been supporting this nonprofit for a couple of years now and love what they do! They work with the people living in the region to empower them to step up for the planet and its endangered animals. They are a smaller nonprofit so there isn't all that bureaucracy nonsense that the big NGOs contend with. Please help them help save Bonobos and the planet!
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I don't remember how I found out about BCI but they quickly became my favorite charity. I believe the health of this planet relies on a healthy rain forest and by working with the communities to help save bonobos, they are creating partnerships that support the local population by giving them jobs to preserve not destroy the rain forest. The Congo has a terrible history of human rights violations and violence against humans and animals and we need to understand that it's not so easy to say don't kill them without making things better for the people population. If they have nothing to eat they will eat the great apes. Please read Empty Hands, Open Arms by Deni Bechard.