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Congo Education Partners: improving people's lives and saving rainforest through local higher education |
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At Congo Education Partners, we know that successful long-term rainforest conservation hinges on community engagement and leadership. We work with dedicated professors in the heart of the Congo Basin rainforest to provide higher education and training, so local students can become professionals, leaders, and active stewards of the rainforest. |
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"After 20 years of using our traditional values and customs to promote smart coexistence between our community and its environment, I am firmly convinced that education of local youth is the best strategy for preserving our forests for future generations."
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Mr. Albert Lotana Lokasola wins UNDP Equator Prize!
Congo Education Partners is delighted to announce that our partner organization, Vie Sauvage, is one of the 10 winners of the United Nations Development Programme's 2020 Equator Prize! The purpose of the Equator Prize is to recognize "outstanding community efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity." Albert Lotana Lokasola is the president of Vie Sauvage, which founded and manages Djolu Technical College (DTC). The college provides higher education to the next generation of forest stewards in the Djolu region, including at the Kokolopori Bonobo Nature Reserve. Congo Education Partners is DTC’s sole international partner. |
Women scholarship students with DTC faculty.
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If we want to keep the world's rainforests intact, we must start at the roots.
That's why at Congo Education Partners, we focus on:
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