The WCF sincerely thanks the following:
The many private donors concerned by the vanishing wild chimpanzee populations for their generous donations towards our projects.
private Donations of 500 FCH (250 Euro) or more in 2006
Ernst Boesch, Saarbrücken, Germany
Hans Kummer, Switzerland
Rosmarie Waldner, Switzerland
Susanne Normand, France
Wolfgang Enard, Germany
Karin Fenzlau, Germany
Margaret Zetting, Switzerland
Klaus Wittig, Germany
private Donations in 2007 (update October 2007)
Ernst Boesch, Saarbrücken, Germany
Hedwige Boesch, Leipzig, Germany
Hans Kummer, Zürich, Schweiz
Rosmarie Waldner, Zürich, Schweiz
Elena Lieven, Germany
The Tierschutz Zurich
for their support of the Theatre Project in West Africa from 2003 – 2008, and for the fabulous Charity-Dinner in 2006.
Marianne und Benno Lüthi Foundation (Switzerland) for grants in support of our projects. (2003-2006)
Ing-Marie Persson - Sweden Chimpanzee Trust, for contributions in 2005, 2006 and 2007
The Great Ape Conservation Fund 2000 (GACF)
of the US Fish and Wildlife Service for grants in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007 to undertake awareness campaigns in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinée, Sierra Leone and Liberia, a bio-monitoring project in Côte d'Ivoire in 2003, and for a grant in 2006 towards the awareness and biomonitoring in Classified Forests of Côte d'Ivoire.
The Great Ape Survival Project (GRASP) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for financial contribution in 2001 and 2003 in support of the awareness campaigns in West Africa
The CEPF – Conservation International for a 3-years grant in support of the awareness campaign in Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Guinea (2004 – 2006)
The Leipzig Zoo for the on-going financial support of the awareness campaign in West Africa since 2001
Paul Schiller Stiftung, Zuerich, for the financial support of the Theatre Project from 2005-2006 and from 2007-2008.
Conservation Committee of Columbus Zoo and Aquariums and the Sulatula Fund for financial contributions in 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005 in support of the awareness campaigns in Ivory Coast and in support of teachers in villages near the Taï National Park, and for a common PAN/WCF school project in 2007.
Conservation International, Great Ape Emergency Conservation Fund (GAECF) for grants in 2006 and 2007
Born Free Foundation for grants towards bio-monitoring in Classified Forests Projects in Côte d’Ivoire in 2005 and 2006.
EU-GRASP/UNEP: grant for bio-monitoring in Côte d’Ivoire allocated in 2006 to «Centre Suisse pour la Recherche Scientifique» in Côte d’Ivoire
Great Ape Trust of Iowa for two grants in 2007
the BBC Natural History Unit for the use of the film “Too Close For Comfort?” in the awareness campaigns in West Africa
Myriam Haas for creating the WCF webpage.
(www.myriam-haas.de)
Claudia Nebel for translating the webpage into German
Alex Burkhardt for IT and multi-media contributions
Marzela Scheller for doing the accounting
...and the many collegues, friends and people from the field of chimpanzee conservation and research who care, for providing advise, data and contacts in the field
