Over the years I’ve witnessed how CTPH’s educational workshops addressing issues like family planning and improving hygiene—acts as simple as washing your hands—can transform someone’s quality of life.

Before mountain gorilla tourism came along, rural communities had very little hope of overcoming their poverty. Now, mud huts that were once selling local brew have been transformed into flouring trading centers because of tourism. It was clear that not only poor health and hygiene affecting public health and wildlife conservation, but it was also affecting sustainable development.