JEAN-MARC VICHARD PROGRAMME
FOR THE GORILLAS

In collaboration with the Amneville Zoo, we are currently working on the development of a new programme for gorillas in Gabon, starting sometime this year.

This project will be created to honor Jean-Marc Vichard, the associate director of the Amneville Zoo, who passed away last summer.

In 2004, I had the great privledge to work with Jean-Marc in the Tsavo Park in Kenya, sharing my first thoughts on the association I hoped to create. Deeply devoted to the concerns of species preservation and among Awely's first and most faithful supporters, Jean-Marc often accompained us in the field during our work to coordinate and evaluate those projects which he so kindly kept an eye on.

We miss him , and I am very pleased about the creation of this project in his memory. 

Renaud Fulconis
Executive Director - Founder