CHIMBO FOUNDATION

is a Dutch NGO that has been established in 2007 for the protection of the chimpanzee in West Africa, in memory of David Goedmakers.

Our story

OUR WORK

Chimbo runs its own programme of community based conservation and acts as a catalyst for policies and actions of others that help to achieve the goal of sustainable, thriving chimpanzee populations in West Africa.

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HUNTING OF CHIMPANZEES STOPPED.

With the help of the local population we stopped the hunting of chimpanzees for the pet market. The exceptional farmer that killed a chimpanzee in his field, got heavily penalized.

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS

Chimbo Foundation

Our mission is to guarantee long-term survival of the Western Chimpanzee population through community based conservation in the Boé, Guinea Bissau.

OUR WORK

Chimbo Foundation and Daridibo

Updates

178 sacred sites in Boé now in the WDPA

178 sacred sites in Boé now in the WDPA

This spring, 178 sacred sites of the Boé, which were already registered as ICCA (Indigenous and Community Conserved Area) have been accepted as IUCN category III protected areas in the WDPA. Read...

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COMBAC Boé festival

COMBAC Boé festival

To celebrate the closure of the COMBAC Boé project in style, we organised a cultural competition with four categories: A drawing competition for school children; and competitions on dances,...

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Backstopping mission Piet Wit

Backstopping mission Piet Wit

COVID-19 crisis or not, Piet had to go to Béli to close down the COMBAC-Boé project. Read about all our recent activities in the Chimbo newsletter of January 2021.

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