Project Primate Inc. Home links Contact Us Site Index
About Us The Chimps Our Programs Personnel Our Needs
 
About Us Introduction
Mission Statement
History/Background
Facilities
Geography
website designed by:
Worlds by Design: http://www.worldsbydesign.com
 

History/Background

Ms. Raballand, PPI's president and CCC director, founded Project Primate, Inc. in 1998 in the state of Georgia. When Ms. Raballand moved back to Africa, PPI incorporation was moved to the state of Illinois, where PPI's secretary lived, to facilitate administrative work. Project Primate, Inc. has a Guinean affiliate called Primates-Guinée. An agreement between the local NGO and the Guinean government has been signed, which permits the CCC to operate the sanctuary and undertake release activities. In accordance with this agreement, the CCC is a project of Primates-Guinée. The CCC and Primates-Guinée work in close collaboration with the Direction National des Eaux et Forêts (DNEF, the Guinean government agency within the Ministry of Environment responsible for the protection of forests, the environment, and wildlife) and in compliance with Guinean laws. The CCC and Primates-Guinée believe that support of the Guinean government is critical to ensure success of the project. A new ministry was created in 2007 to deal with environment matters, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, and the CCC is working closely with this new ministry to help implement its Protected Areas program.

The funders of the CCC are/were:

  • The Humane Society of the United States
  • The Prince Bernhard Nature Fund
  • The Arcus Foundation
  • The Edith J. Goode Residuary Trust
  • Kislak Foundation
  • USAID
  • SMD Lero
  • The International Primate Protection League
  • The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), which donated the electrical fence in 2001.
  • CCC has also received individual gifts from private donors overseas, as well as SMD Lero.
  • The Guinean Agriculture Ministry, through the DNEF, also contributed by paying half of the CCC's staff salaries until September 2000.
  • Fondation Brigitte Bardot
  • TUSK
  • US Fish and Wildlife
  • Great Ape Trust of Iowa
  • Columbus Zoo
  • Fondation Nature et Decouverte

    chimp using stick


 
 
Project Primate, Inc.,   P.O. Box 82076,   Columbus, OH   43202      
 
Webmaster   Home         Links         Contact Us         Site Index    

About Us         The Chimps         Programs         Personnel         Our Needs

Internet Explorer version 4 or higher recommended.         © 2002  Worlds by Design  and Project Primate, Inc.