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Recently, the Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust (CSWCT), commonly known as Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary celebrated its 25th year anniversary.
Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia, the Chairman of the Ruparelia Group and the Chairman / Co-Founder of the Ruparelia Foundation used the opportunity to recommit the Group’s commitment to the protection and conservation of chimpanzees in Uganda.
“We are always there to support, not only Ruparelia, our adopted chimp, but anything that is required from us, once called upon,” he told stakeholders in a video message.
“We at the Ruparelia Group, and I personally, are grateful to have been accorded a chance to be part of 23 of these 25 years of the Ngamba Island and pledge to continue being lifelong partners to this noble cause! Our partnership goes way back to 1999, just 2 years after the founding of the Sanctuary. At the time, we, as a family directly contributed to various causes such as the 1999 Census Project and several other fundraising functions hosted by the Ruparelia Group,” he told stakeholders.
“In March 2018, we solidified this partnership with the lifetime adoption and naming of “Ruparelia” the Chimp. We also formalised our lifelong commitment under the Ruparelia Group / Ruparelia Foundation. Since then we have been privileged to annually contribute towards ensuring that “Ruparelia” (the Chimp) and all other rescued Chimps at Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary have a safe place to live and receive all the food, medical care and love they need,” he added.
Besides that, the Group has also supported several other causes, such as the full sponsorship of the Ngamba@20 Anniversary fundraising dinner.
“The Chimpanzee Sanctuary is a project that is so dear to us. It is a core component of our environmental & wildlife conservation pillar of the Ruparelia Foundation which was founded in 2012 by myself and my wife, Jyostna Ruparelia, the Foundation is our family’s sustainability and corporate social investment initiative that runs its programmes under the theme: “Enriching Lives Together”,” Dr. Sudhir said.
Other Foundation’s pillars are sports, education & talent development; arts, culture, heritage and religion, as well as supporting vulnerable people. Over 600 initiatives and projects have to date benefitted from the Foundation.
“I would like to thank the Trust for giving us the opportunity to become your Partners in wildlife welfare. I would also like to congratulate the Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust (CSWCT) also known as the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary and its founders, especially the Jane Goodall Institute for the over 25 years of being partners in the Welfare of Wildlife in Uganda,” he concluded.