My City My Forest arrives to an end...
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...
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WAPCA
Oct 14, 20191 min
Community aforestation, for a healthier environment
Accra, the capital of Ghana, is rapidly expanding and the number of inhabitants increasing. Consequentially the encroachment of natural...
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WAPCA
Oct 14, 20192 min
Let's keep our beach clean!
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...
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Zoo Heidelberg
Aug 5, 20191 min
Three Mangabeys arrives at Zoo Heidelberg
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...
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WAPCA
Apr 14, 20191 min
Learning about Wildlife Conservation
My City My Forest participants had our fourth activity at Accra Zoo and WAPCA’s Endangered Primate Breeding Centre. Each community...
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WAPCA
Mar 20, 20191 min
Reuse, Reduce and Recycle!
Plastic bottles are too common in many households in the city of Accra, therefore My City My Forest wants to teach its participants...
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WAPCA
Dec 23, 20181 min
My City My Forest Project Starts!
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...
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WAPCA
Dec 6, 201610 min
October-December 2016 Issue
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...
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WAPCA
Oct 19, 20163 min
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 Primate Society of Great Britain’s...
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WAPCA
Oct 18, 20161 min
An Update on our Local Supporters
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...
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WAPCA
Oct 17, 20161 min
Members and International Support
WAPCA is constantly working on writing grant proposals. This quarter we have received great news from the Primate Society of Great...
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WAPCA
Oct 15, 20161 min
Forested Enclosure in Kumasi
Finally, after relocating the plans for the forested enclosure to Kumasi Zoo, construction has begun. Originally the large forested area...
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WAPCA
Oct 14, 20161 min
An Update from the Field
During October, the monitoring teams patrolled the forests of Edu Suazo, Takinta, Atwebanso and Anwiafutu. The patrols are conducted if...
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WAPCA
Oct 14, 20162 min
An Update from the Centre
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...
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WAPCA
Oct 13, 20161 min
WAPCA's Moneybox Mission...
WAPCA is distributing money boxes made by students of the Holmer Secondary School (UK) throughout organisations in Ghana, UK and Germany....
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WAPCA
Oct 10, 20161 min
Monkey Fists and Ladders...
From the 10th-17th October Hannah and Miranda from the Zoological Society London (ZSL) visited the Accra Zoo and worked with zoo keepers...
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WAPCA
Oct 4, 20161 min
International Zoo Keeper Day with Red-Red and Spot-noses
October 4th was International Zoo Keeper Day throughout the world. WAPCA made sure to honour the keepers working hard at the Accra Zoo on...
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WAPCA
Oct 1, 20162 min
WAPCA and its Role in the African Primatology Society...
WAPCA's Country Coordinator Andrea Dempsey has been placed on the African Primatology Society (APS) steering committee and already...
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