Annual Report
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the jane goodall institute2008 annual RepoRt
A Letter From Jane
It’s hard to believe that it wasalmost 50 years ago when I arrivedon the sandy beach o Gombeor the rst time — a young woman with no degree, no ormaltraining, tasked with learningabout chimpanzee behaviour.oday there are institutes bearingmy name in more than 20 countriesaround the world, sponsoringcountless exciting programs in thespheres o research, conservation,education, and the humanetreatment o chimpanzees andother animals. It is amazing!he Jane Goodall Institute ismaking a signicant contributionto chimpanzee conservation.In Arica we are:
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raising awareness about thedestruction o chimpanzee habitatsand about the bushmeat trade(the commercial huntingo wild animals or ood)
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working to improe the lies o localpeople so that they become ourpartners in conseration throughour TACARE (Take Care) program
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restoring orested areas
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remoing wire snares
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and caring or orphan chimpanzeesin our sanctuaries
Elsewhere, we are improving thelives o zoo chimpanzees throughour ChimpanZoo program. Wealso are lobbying to prevent theuse o chimpanzees in entertain-ment, in medical research labs,and as pets. And through ourprogram or young people (JaneGoodall’s Roots & Shoots) weare helping to ensure that thegenerations who ollow us willbe better environmental stewardsthan we have been.My travel schedule, as most o you know, is brutal. In 2008, I was “on the road” some 300 days,lecturing in 18 countries aroundthe world (including China, Japan, aiwan, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand, as well as the United States, Canadaand 7 European countries). I’moten asked where I nd theenergy to keep going. My answer:I nd strength rom the wonder-ul people I meet along the way — especially our Roots &Shoots youth. People who are working, each in his or her own way, to make a dierence.I met one very special person,during a visit to Bozeman,Montana — Greg Mortenson,author o
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. What an amazing man. He hasdone so much or the education o girls in Pakistan and Aghanistanand he will not give up, no matterhow the situation deteriorates inthose countries. We discussedintroducing Roots & Shoots intothe schools that he builds.Once in a while, I try to escaperom the cities, hotels andairports, and spend some time— even hal a day — in nature with animals. Te migrationo the sandhill cranes on thePlatte River in Nebraska is alwayson my calendar. And, o course,there are my two short visits toGombe each year. Such respitestypically recharge my spirit’sbatteries. My summer Gombevisit, though, was a bit dierent. As I climbed a slope, I dislodgeda huge rock, which then ell ontome. We tumbled down togetheror some way, but luckily I wasthrown aside. Five days later, inUganda, I ound I had a dislocatedshoulder and a ew cracked bones.I also had torn several musclesand was within millimeters o needing surgery. Fortunately, Icould still type, as I was strugglingto nish
Hope or Animals and Teir World
. But i that rock hadallen on my head…Let me end by emphasizingthat your support o JGI has beena critical actor in our success,especially during these diculttimes. It is you who have enabledus to rescue inant chimpanzeesrom miserable deaths and careor them in our sanctuary. It isyou who have helped us improvethe lives o children and womenliving in poor rural areas. It is you who help us to make this a betterand more sustainable world orour children and theirs. A world where we can live in betterharmony with the environmentand with the other amazinganimals who inhabit Planet Earth.It is good to know how much youcare. I was moved by the hundredso people who contacted me, viaa special online message board,to express their sadness at thedeath o my old riend Gregoire.chimpounga sanctuary will notbe the same without him. Just remember — each one o you makes a dierence, every day. You are making a dierence or us,and rom the bottom o my heart,I thank you. With love,
jane
goodall
Dear members anDrienDs o JGi,
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