PASA Primate Sanctuaries
Listed below are the details of the Pan African Alliance Sanctuaries (PASA), including information on the primate species they care for and volunteering details. It is these sanctuaries that Save The Primates aspires to help, over time, and through your generous donations and sponsorships.
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"A morning walk through the African bush with a baby chimpanzee is simply unforgettable"
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About PASA
PASA was formed in 2000 to unite the primate sanctuaries and define mutual areas of interest and to work together and find solutions to common problems, working for the protection of wildlife. They collectively care for over 670 chimpanzees, 80 gorillas, 40 bonobos, 200 drills, baboons and other endangered primates.
The Sanctuaries
Ape Action Africa
(formerly called Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund (CWAF)
Ape Action Africa is committed to ape conservation, protecting Cameroon’s great apes through direct action. Our front line conservation work includes rescuing orphaned or injured gorillas, chimpanzees and monkeys, providing them with individual care, and giving them a safe forest sanctuary home where they can live with their own kind. We also work directly with local communities to ensure a greater understanding of primates and the importance of their long-term protection.
Location: Yaounde, Cameroon
Primary Species: Chimpanzees, gorillas, baboons, drills, mandrills, guenons, mangabeys
Volunteer Program: Ape Action Africa offers volunteer placements of 1 to 3 months at its sanctuary in Mefou National Park. For more information, please contact volunteer@apeactionafrica.org
Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Association (CRA)
A chimpanzee rehabilitation project in Africa, working to give orphaned chimpanzees the opportunity to grow up free and independent in their natural environment, rather than leaving them to their all too frequent fates as sad captives in a human world, or worse, as substitute humans in a laboratory. Protecting and monitoring a population of 76 chimpanzees occupying three islands in the River Gambia National Park.
Location: Serrekunda, The Gambia
Primary Species: Chimpanzees
Volunteer Program: The CRA is unable to accept volunteers at present but any change in policy will be advised on the CRA website and through http://www.greenvolunteers.com
Center for Chimpanzee Conservation (CCC)
Non-profit organization working to secure the future of the Chimpanzee Conservation Center (CCC) and at an existing site in the National Park du Haut Niger, Guinea, which is currently home to 41 orphaned and confiscated chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus). Dedicated to the protection and preservation of chimpanzees, chiefly through the support and rehabilitation of chimpanzees who have been orphaned or otherwise taken from the wild, and through local public education.
Location: The Gambia
Primary Species: Chimpanzees
Volunteer Program: CCC accepts a limited number of volunteers each year; French is required. For more information, please contact info@projectprimate.org
Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Committed to the rescue & rehabilitation of endangered & orphaned chimpanzees. Tacugama also endeavours to help protect and conserve the species in the wild by engaging with the public through environmental sensitisation & training programmes.
Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Primary Species: Chimpanzees
Volunteer Program: Tacugama accepts a limited number of volunteers each year. For more information, send an email to sab@sierratel.sl
Cercopan Sanctuary
A non-profit, non-government organization based in Cross River State, Nigeria, whose aim is to conserve Nigeria’s primates through sustainable rainforest conservation, community partnerships, education, primate rehabilitation and research. They have established an international research and education centre for the study of non-human primates, biodiversity research, forest management and conservation in Cross River State’s tropical rainforest north of Calabar.
Location: Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
Primary Species: Guenons, mangabeys.
Volunteer Program: CERCOPAN accepts both long-term (one year) and short-term (6 months) volunteers. For more information, please contact cercopan@compuserve.com
Pandrillus Drill Rehabilitation & Breeding Center
Location: Pandrillus
H.E.P.O Box 826
Calabar, Nigeria
Primary Species: Drills, chimpanzees.
Volunteer Program: None
Project Protection des Gorilles – Congo (PPG-Congo)
Working to ensure that the late John Aspinall's innovative work in protecting and breeding wild animals should continue. As well as the two wild animal parks in Kent, The John Aspinall Foundation manages two gorilla rescue and rehabilitation projects in central African countries of Gabon and Congo, where we have successfully reintroduced over 50 gorillas.
Location: Brazzaville, Congo
Primary Species: Gorillas
Volunteer Program: None
Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Sanctuary (Jane Goodall Institute, Congo)
The Tchimpounga Sanctuary is the largest chimpanzee sanctuary on the African continent, working with conservation, chimp rescue and education. They house 115 chimpanzees orphaned by the bushmeat trade. In most cases, the Congolese authorities deliver the chimpanzees to the sanctuary after confiscating them from hunters trying to sell the young chimps into the pet or entertainment trades.
Location: Pointe Noire, Congo
Primary Species: Chimpanzees
Volunteer Program: None
Friends Of Bonobos
LOLA YA BONOBO, the only bonobo sanctuary in the world, provides refuge to over 50 bonobos, where once rehabilitated, the infants join the group of the juvenile and adult bonobos in over 60 acres of enclosed forest.
Location: Democratic Republic of Congo
Primary Species: Bonobos
Volunteer Program: We take selected paying volunteers. For more information, email friendsofbonobos@yahoo.com
Lwiro Sanctuary
Email: gtz@rwanda1.com or shalukchantal@yahoo.fr
Location: Cyangugu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Primary Species: Chimpanzees, monkeys
Volunteer Program: None
Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage
Primate sanctuary in central Zambia is a non-profit refuge caring for a wide variety of sick, wounded or unwanted animals - the primary residents being over 100 orphaned chimpanzees.
Location: Chingola, Zambia
Primary Species: Chimpanzees
Volunteer Program: Volunteers are accepted on a short-term basis. For more information, contact 2sylvia.jones@gmail.com
To make a donation, please visit our Chimfunshi Primate Project page.
Jane Goodall Institute – South Africa
Founded by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, the Jane Goodall Institute is a global nonprofit that empowers people to make a difference for all living things.
Location: Parkhurst, South Africa
Volunteer Program: None
The Vervet Monkey Foundation
Non-profit organization protecting and promoting the welfare of the vervet monkey on all levels, providing sanctuary for orphaned, injured and abused vervet monkeys &rehabilitation into viable troops for release and re-introduction into their natural environment.
Location: Tzaneen, South Africa
Primary Species: Vervet Monkeys
Volunteer Program: Volunteer enquiries may be sent to vervets@enviro.co.za
PO Box 415
Tzaneen 0850
PLOT 35
California Tarentaalrand Letsitele
SOUTH AFRICA
C.A.R.E. Phalaborwa
wildlife rehabilitation facility dedicated to the care, welfare, rehabilitation and protection of injured and orphaned indigenous wild animals. The centre specializes in the care of chacma baboons, actively pursuing their rescue, rehabilitation and release.
Location: Phalaborwa, South Africa
Primary Species: Baboon
Volunteer Program: CARE accepts a limited number of volunteers to assist in animal care. For enquiries,please contact mwkare@africa.com or info@primatecare.org.za
Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Caring for chimpanzees confiscated/rescued within Uganda, providing a safe home and ensuring their welfare. Other goals are to care for the environment on Ngamba Island, to provide a high quality educational experience for visitors as well as benefiting the island local communities.
Location: Entebbe, Uganda
Primary Species: Chimpanzees
Volunteer Program: Ngamba Island offers a one-month volunteer program for Ugandan nationals only. For those people outside of Uganda who wish to visit, the “Long Stay Visitor Program” offers a unique, hands-on experience in the day-to-day operations of the sanctuary. For more information, please contact projectdirector@ngambaisland.org.
Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Ol Pejeta is home to Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary and 90,000 acres of African safari country to explore.With an astounding variety of animals including the non-indigenous chimpanzees and the big 5 (the endangered black rhino, leopard, elephant, buffalo and lion), the combination of amazing wildlife and stunning views across the open plains of Ol Pejeta guarantees an unforgettable safari experience.
Location: Nanyuki, Kenya
Primary Species: Chimpanzees
Volunteer Program: None
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