Help Save the Chimps

Some time ago I posted the story of Dorothy, a chimp who spent eight years at Cameroon’s Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center, which houses and rehabilitates chimps victimized by habitat loss and the illegal African bushmeat trade.
Alexis Chavez who is currently working with Ecolife Foundation saw the post and asked me to help get the word out about the work they are doing to educate and help bush meat hunters in Cameroon and give them a different source of sustainable protein.

ECOLIFE Foundation

Aquaponic Economics: Going Ape in Cameroon

Rural communities in Cameroon hunt local wildlife, both to eat and to sell - greatly affecting the endangered Cross River gorillas, chimpanzees, and other species in the area. As the human population continues to grow, the demand for this "bush meat" is increasing. The ECOLIFE Foundation, in collaboration with Limbe Wildlife Centre in Cameroon, will build a community-based aquaponics system and educate local people about it as a means to reduce the critical bush meat issues that are devastating forest habitats and the apes that depend on them. Aquaponics is an eco-friendly system for raising fish and vegetables that will improve Cameroonian’s quality of life by providing a sustainable food source, reducing water use for fish farming and vegetable production, and increasing family income, in turn reducing the need and consumption of bush meat.

They are applying for a $100,000 grant to help all the little victims of the trade. That grant is dependent on votes.
You can go here to vote. It does require signing up for a Disney account but it's worth the few seconds it takes.