Tulinde mazingira ya Okapi, kwa maendeleo yetu (Protect the Okapi Habitat) Activity

This activity strengthens security in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (OWR), builds effective management of the reserve and law enforcement capacity, and establishes a secure enabling environment to protect its unique biodiversity, especially the remaining population of Okapi, found only in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The project takes a human centered approach by empowering local communities through supporting diversification of income sources and job creation, improving access to education and health services while attracting private investment to sustainably manage the Reserve and the wider landscape.

The activity has a particular focus on gender integration and inclusion of the 7,500 indigenous Efe and Mbuti people for whom the OWR is their ancestral home.