Monthly Archives: July 2018

26 Jul

Our Time at Tacugama – by Alex and Zsófia

Hi! I’m Alex, a 20 year old volunteer from the UK, studying a geography degree at the University of East Anglia. I am volunteering at Tacugama for a month over the summer break. It has already been a life-changing experience, not only have I learnt so much about Western Chimpanzees but also about the diverse culture that Sierra Leone has to offer as well as the challenges faced by conservation programs such as Tacugama in maintaining the countries remaining natural...

16 Jul

New Single by Tacugama Staff – “Salone is Our Home Too”

Tacugama staff are incredibly multi-talented and we are so proud to share with you our latest accomplishment. For the inaugural Tacugama Week in May, our staff wrote and recorded this beautiful song about conservation. Now, in honour of the first ever World Chimpanzee Day, July 14, 2018, marking the day 60 years ago when Jane Goodall first landed in Africa to study wild chimpanzees – our staff have done it again! They have released their first music video of the single...