By Jill Pruetz | Project Leader
We have a few items of news to share here at Neighbor Ape! Pharmacy school student Anna successfully completed her program and is completing her residency at the Acacia Pharmacy in Dakar. She is pictured here proudly holding her diploma!
We delivered our annual gift of school supplies to Djendji village, also shown here in a photo. The Fongoli chimpanzees have been spending a lot of time around Djendji village this month, enjoying the Cissus fruit and other foods that grow in fallow fields that are regenerating into savanna woodland. One of the reasons they are comfortable with spending so much time in close proximity to the village (sometimes within 20 meters of a field or dirt track) is that Djendji has been here for more than 100 years, and the Diahanke people that live in the village do not hunt or otherwise harm the chimpanzees.
Finally, we are sponsoring several students at various levels in schools in Kedougou and Dakar. We are sponsoring two elementary school children (a boy and a girl) in Dakar and two pre-high school students (2 young men) in Kedougou.
Our educational programs are one of the main areas of focus at Neighbor Ape, and we could not provide such valuable opportunities for young people without your continued support. Thank you so much!
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