Yes­ter­day we wat­ched a Goya award cere­mony full of emo­tion, and we were atten­ti­ve to see the award win­ner for the best docu­men­tary short, which finally and as we wished, was for MAMA, by Pablo de la Chi­ca. It was very emo­tio­nal to see the enti­re team recei­ve the award and our collea­gues Itsa­so Vélez del Bur­go and Lore­na Agui­rre, who res­pec­ti­vely direct the CRPL, Lwi­ro Pri­ma­tes and the MUTIMA Psy­cho­so­cial Cen­ter, Muti­maA­fri­ca, which works to help heal trau­ma­tic expe­rien­ces deri­ved from life in a country in con­flict such as DR Congo. 

We cele­bra­te the award and feel it in our hearts as our own, becau­se all our daily work and strug­gle to obtain dona­tions is to con­ti­nue hel­ping the Lwi­ro Pri­ma­te Reha­bi­li­ta­tion Cen­ter, whe­re the docu­men­tary is set in, its ani­mals, wor­kers and local com­mu­nity. The pro­ta­go­nists have than­ked us for our sup­port and for being part of the . 

We, from SOS Pri­ma­tes, trans­mit that emo­tion and tho­se thanks to all of tho­se who make it pos­si­ble for us to con­ti­nue with this adven­tu­re: tea­mers, spon­sors, team of volun­teers, the board, and all the peo­ple who sel­flessly help us. The Goya is also a bit yours.

You can watch it on the follo­wing links:
— Inter­na­tio­nally (in 191 coun­tries) on The New Yor­ker web­si­te and YouTube
— In Spain on the RTVE web­si­te: https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/somos-cine/mama/6274698/

CONGRATULATIONS, team!

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