ART OF CONSERVATION (AoC) is dedicated to educating and empowering communities bordering Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, home of the Critically Endangered mountain gorilla. We provide conservation and health education programs for children while collaborating with socially responsible partners on income-generating community conservation initiatives. Two of the AoC enterprises; Sports for Gorillas and the Save the Forests Briquette Initiative provide innovative grass roots strategies for addressing local and global conservation threats. AoC’s education curriculum uses creativity to prepare students to become future community leaders in education, sustainable agriculture, skilled trades, conservation, health, business and the arts.

WEEK ONE VISIT TO ART OF CONSERVATION
Two full days of travel and three plane rides later I arrive late Tuesday June 4th in Kigali, Rwanda with Art of Conservation (AoC) board member Cheryl Stockton and photographer friend/colleague Andrew Walmsley. The first thing I notice off the plane is that distinct musky yet floral smell of Africa! It’s nice to be back to East Africa after two years. MORE >

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