We’­ve been asked why we help only pri­ma­tes when the­re are a lot of peo­ple with dif­fi­cult situa­tions. Our ans­wer is this one: When we con­tri­bu­te to a pri­ma­te reco­very cen­ter, we are also con­tri­bu­ting to a local com­mu­nit­y’s well­being. Both enti­ties are neces­sary, essen­tial, and depen­dent on each other.

In the CRPL, Lwi­ro Pri­ma­tes, the­re are 55 indi­vi­duals that work and gain their salary from said work. Also, the cen­ter pro­vi­des health assis­tan­ce to them, and to their fami­lies. The cen­ter also orga­ni­zes gui­ded tours for the local com­mu­ni­ties; without edu­ca­tion or awa­re­ness, the­re would be no futu­re for con­ser­va­tion projects.

SOS Pri­ma­tes also colla­bo­ra­tes with the Disa­bled Women Cen­ter of Heri Kwe­tu, in Buka­vu. They are women that have gone through dif­fi­cult reali­ties: muti­la­tion, disea­ses like poli­om­ye­li­tis or rube­lla that were either no lon­ger con­si­de­red disea­ses in Euro­pe or inexis­tent due to vac­ci­nes, raped, unsa­fe mines, etc. They fabri­ca­te the­se crafts, which you can request at info@sosprimates.org 

Is this a good enough ans­wer to the ques­tion at the beginning?