My City My Forest - Blog

It is with a bit of sadness that we write here today as My City My Forest is coming to an end. On 25th August we celebrated the final...

Accra, the capital of Ghana, is rapidly expanding and the number of inhabitants increasing. Consequentially the encroachment of natural...

We are back here again! The beaches in Accra are reaching a state that there is no pleasure in visiting them anymore, no one would even...

Finally, they are here! At the end of june, three white-naped mangabeys moved to Zoo Heidelberg. The two females, Madina and Nika and the...

My City My Forest participants had our fourth activity at Accra Zoo and WAPCA’s Endangered Primate Breeding Centre. Each community...

Plastic bottles are too common in many households in the city of Accra, therefore My City My Forest wants to teach its participants...

The new environmental education project carried out by WAPCA in Accra had a good start! We were able to nurse 312 trees that will be...

A Note from the Country Coordinator The October-December quarter has been a busy one. I am pleased to announce that WAPCA will be the...

The October-December quarter has been a busy one. I am pleased to announce that WAPCA will be the Primate Society of Great Britain’s...

Another quarter has gone by with the support from many local companies. Here is an update of who has supported WAPCA so generously: K.K...

WAPCA is constantly working on writing grant proposals. This quarter we have received great news from the Primate Society of Great...

Finally, after relocating the plans for the forested enclosure to Kumasi Zoo, construction has begun. Originally the large forested area...

During October, the monitoring teams patrolled the forests of Edu Suazo, Takinta, Atwebanso and Anwiafutu. The patrols are conducted if...

We are so happy to announce that two of our White-naped mangabeys, Sonja and Efia Marie, are pregnant! By the end of the year and...

WAPCA is distributing money boxes made by students of the Holmer Secondary School (UK) throughout organisations in Ghana, UK and Germany....

From the 10th-17th October Hannah and Miranda from the Zoological Society London (ZSL) visited the Accra Zoo and worked with zoo keepers...

October 4th was International Zoo Keeper Day throughout the world. WAPCA made sure to honour the keepers working hard at the Accra Zoo on...

WAPCA's Country Coordinator Andrea Dempsey has been placed on the African Primatology Society (APS) steering committee and already...