Our Shared World - the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada

Our Shared World
The Jane Goodall Institute2013 Review
The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada supports wildlife research, education and conservation. The Institute promotes
informed and compassionate action to improve the environment shared by all Earth’s living creatures.
WE NEED EACH OTHER,
NOW MORE THAN EVER
Photo credit: JGI Tchimpounga Sanctuary, F. Turmo
Photo credit: JGI Canada, DRC
Just a few years ago, the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada
did not have its own programs in Africa. Now we do. And
the success stories highlighted in this review emphasize our
growing role in community-centred conservation projects
that connect people, animals and the environment.
This emphasis on connections is the Jane Goodall Institute’s
signature approach to conservation and development, and
we are proud of our founder for her trailblazing work to
develop real, workable and local solutions to our global
problems.
I am very excited about what we have done and where we
are going.
Thanks to our generous supporters, hard-working staff and
tireless volunteers, we were able to accomplish so much in
2013.
Our support for chimpanzee sanctuaries in Congo and
Uganda gave safe havens to hundreds of chimps who have
been orphaned as a result of the bush meat trade and the
loss of their habitat to deforestation.
Photo credit: JGI Canada, S. Hsiao
and environmental understanding among 10 villages in the
Walikale and Lubutu territories.
2013 also brought a major change to our organization. We
hired a new CEO, Andria Teather, and we said goodbye to
Jane Lawton who left after seven years as Executive Director
and CEO. Our organization grew exponentially under Jane’s
leadership, and we thank her.
While the statistics about dwindling wildlife, endangered
species and threatened habitats are alarming, we at JGI
Canada are optimistic and hopeful for the future. Through
your support, we can make a difference together.
2014 offers a special opportunity to make a difference. Jane
Goodall turns 80, and her birthday wish is for Canadians to
support the work of the Institute she founded. Our goal is
to raise a minimum of $150,000 for JGI Canada’s programs,
including the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Sanctuary. We hope
that you will help us with this birthday gift.
Thank you!
Our Sustainable Livelihoods Project in western Uganda
helped improve the health, wellbeing and livelihoods of 700
households in seven villages.
Our work in the Democratic Republic of Congo is increasing
education opportunities, improving healthcare, livelihoods
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John Wall
Chair, Board of Directors
JGI CANADA’S NEW CEO
MAKES THE CONNECTIONS
Like many of us, Andria Teather grew up with those iconic images of Dr. Jane Goodall in
Africa, reaching out to touch the outstretched hand of the baby chimp, sitting comfortably
among a chimp family, face to face with a large, curious ape.
Andria knew Dr. Goodall as a scientist, an environmentalist, a dreamer of a better world.
Her new position with the Jane Goodall Institute is a chance to further the work of a woman
she has admired for many years. But what really excited her about the opportunity to work
with the Institute was its unique approach to development work.
“The Jane Goodall Institute is making the connections between people, animals and the
environment in ways that provide real hope for real change,” says Andria. “This is what
speaks to my passion for making a difference.”
Photo credit: NJ Wight
Making a difference is a theme that
runs throughout Andria’s career. She
has a solid background in business
management, and many years’
experience in non-profit fundraising,
grant-making, program development
and marketing. She has deep roots in
community work including years of
volunteering with a number of non-profit
organisations.
Andria is most proud of JGI Canada’s
work in the Democratic Republic of
Congo. Yes, it all started with
chimpanzees but she says it is about so much more. It engages the people who live there in
determining what they need—health care, education, sustainable livelihoods—to work with
JGI to protect the environment and the creatures that depend upon it.
“There is such a complex series of threats in the DRC,” says Andria. “Unsustainable timber
and mineral extraction, the bush meat trade, land clearing for agriculture and of course, the
current potential for rebel incursion in the region,” she says. “The work isn’t easy. There are
many challenges for the field staff. But they manage them and JGI is making a difference –
improving lives and fostering hope.”
It’s all about the connections.
“We recognize that connecting with one another is critical if we are to have an impact on
any single issue,” says Andria. ”The simple fact is that we need each other, now more than
ever.”
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WOUNDA’S STORY
The name says it all. Wounda means “close to dying.” The chimp was extremely ill and
emaciated when she was brought to JGI’s Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center.
The Congo sanctuary provides care and a safe haven for orphaned or abandoned chimps;
often victims of the illegal bush meat trade.
In July 2013, after being nursed back to health, Wounda became the 15th chimp to be
transferred to Tchindzoulou Island in the nearby Kouilou River. This new sanctuary is a wild
place, composed of hundreds of hectares of pristine and tropical forest surrounded by river
water. The chimps roam freely, can climb and explore, and still have access to health care
and a dormitory at night.
Wounda’s trip up the river with Jane Goodall and her caregivers resulted in a moment
that Dr. Goodall has described as “the most moving thing that ever happened in my life.”
In a spontaneous and unexpected moment, Wounda embraced Dr. Goodall before slowly
making her way into her new forest home.
Wounda’s story has a happy ending but her predicament is not unique. In the Congo,
chimpanzees continue to be threatened by bush meat hunting. Over 90 percent of the
people eat bush meat regularly, and over 50 per cent eat great ape bush meat. The
bush meat trade, poaching, unsustainable timber and mineral extraction, land clearing for
agriculture — they are all threats to these animals. JGI estimates that 10 per cent of the wild
population of chimps has been lost.
Dr. Goodall hopes to have the funding in 2014 to place 60 of the rescued chimps on
Tchindzoulou Island. The expanded sanctuary of three islands will eventually be home to
120 chimps, who are, as Dr. Goodall says, “waiting, waiting, waiting.”
Watch the Wounda video at www.youtube.com/JaneGoodallCAN
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SHARING OUR WORLD
PEOPLE
The Better Beginnings, Stronger Families project in 10 communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo began at the end
of 2012 and is JGI Canada’s largest to date, totaling $2.4 million over three years. We are very grateful for the support of
the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, which is contributing $1.8 million to this project. To receive this
funding, JGI Canada needs to raise $600,000 over three years – a great opportunity for Canadian donors to increase the
value of their donation when paired with the government support.
Our goals for the program are to help increase access to:
• schools for children by building/rehabilitating and equipping seven schools, and training teachers
• health care by rehabilitating/building and equipping eight health centres, and training health workers and community
members
• reliable clean water sources by protecting 10 springs, and increasing local management of water sources by training local
communities
ANIMALS
We continued to work in 2013 on the expansion of the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Sanctuary in the Congo to three islands in
the nearby Kouilou River; home to 160 orphaned chimpanzees, mostly victims of the bush meat trade. The sanctuary is not a
solution to the threats the chimps face, but it is important because it helps reinforce regulations that prohibit ownership and
trade in chimps.
Work continued in 2013 to expand the sanctuary to:
• Tchindzoulou Island which now has 12 chimpanzees, including Wounda who was moved there in 2013
• Tchibebe Island, which will soon be home to 30 chimpanzees
• Ngombe Island, which will eventually have 30 chimpanzees
ENVIRONMENT
Our work in Uganda in 2013 surpassed many of our targets. In collaboration with local communities and government
agencies we were able to:
• develop and sign land-use agreements covering 30 kilometres of waterways and forests
• renovate and build clean water sources, managed by community-based organizations
• develop sustainable agriculture, including livestock raising, woodlot harvesting and beekeeping
• establish collaborative forest management groups
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Our Reason for Hope – Youth
Dr. Jane Goodall believes youth can make a difference. It is
this belief that drove her to start the Roots & Shoots program
in 1991 with a group of students in Tanzania.
“Roots creep underground everywhere and make a firm
foundation,” says Dr. Goodall. “Shoots seem very weak, but
to reach the light, they can break open brick walls. Imagine
that the brick walls are all the problems we have inflicted
on our planet. Hundreds of thousands of roots & shoots,
hundreds of thousands of young people around the world,
can break through these walls. We CAN change the world.”
The goal of Roots & Shoots is to inspire and support youth
to work on environmental, conservation and humanitarian
issues. There are now over 150,000 active Roots & Shoots
groups in more than 135 countries, including Canada, where
we have a unique approach to inspire youth to take action.
JGI Canada uses the inspirational story of Dr. Goodall, the
example of our innovative model of community-centred
conservation, and the strength of our global network to build
the knowledge, instill the values and develop the skills that
youth need to create change.
“Dr. Goodall always points to youth as the hope for the
future,” says Carissa MacLennan, Director, JGI Programs.
“We want young people to have hope – hope that motivates
them to take action – to become individuals who have the
hearts and minds to solve some of the world’s toughest
problems.”
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We provide resources and professional development
workshops for teachers and facilitators who work with young
people. In 2013, we trained 165 teachers, who reached a
total of 4,000 youth in their classrooms.
Comments from the workshops show that teachers are
enthusiastic about our approach:
“I better understand the term sustainability. It is not only
about sustainability. It’s about the root cause and the future.”
“This is a great way to make environmental studies more
meaningful in the curriculum.”
“It provided me with a better understanding of how important
it is to teach and implement sustainability programs. I now
know how to begin a sustainability project with my students.”
At JGI Canada, we carry this community-centred
conservation model further, in a special program called
Protecting our Sacred Water, developed in consultation with
First Nations and Métis Elders and educators.
We offer grants for students to map the needs of their
community, to come up with ideas to reconnect with their
culture and ancestors through water-related projects, and
to bring Aboriginal ways of knowing into community action
planning.
JGI Canada’s goal is to inspire and support the next
generation of ‘Janes’ – a generation of youth with the
knowledge, compassion and skills to help make the world a
better place.
SHARING HER GOOD FORTUNE
Sarah Haney is a little late coming to the phone because she’s been in the barn saying hello
to Frank. He’s the 27-year-old donkey she named after one of the men who reassembled
the old, reclaimed barn from Quebec that is her home on 40 acres in Caledon, Ontario.
Apparently Frank is a very good guard donkey, which is a useful trait considering how
much time Sarah spends travelling — to swim with the humpback whales in the Dominican
Republic, to visit the Jane Goodall Institute’s Sustainable Livelihoods project in Uganda,
to work as chair of the Canadian Whale Institute and to support her other philanthropic
interests.
“People ask me all the time why I do this,” she says, referring to the life she could lead as
the wealthy partner of one of the co-inventors of Trivial Pursuit. For Sarah, the answer is
simple. “Being able to donate money to help make this a better world has enriched my life
enormously. It’s a gift.”
Sarah has been supporting the Jane
Goodall Institute of Canada for over 10
years. She likes JGI Canada’s broadbased approach to issues, connecting
people, animals and the environment.
“The reason I love JGI Canada is
because it captures my priorities —
endangered species, the environment,
and invigorating and inspiring youth,” she
says. “I’m really happy to be able to help
an organization that puts it all together.”
Sarah acknowledges that her financial
resources allow her to support JGI
Canada at a high level but she says
people, especially young people,
don’t need to donate a lot to make a
difference. “Every act of kindness makes a difference,” she says. “Be kind, give your time,
write a letter— these small actions are like ripples in a pond. They add up to something big.”
Sarah’ support for JGI Canada has made a difference; a difference that Andria Teather, JGI
Canada’s CEO is thankful for. “Sarah’s support over the years has been provided with few
strings attached,” says Andria. “She is a donor who believes in JGI and is confident that we
will use her money wisely to meet our goals, and hers. Sarah is much more than a donor she is a true partner in this work.”
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OUR DONORS AND SUPPORTERS
JGI Canada’s work would not be possible without the support of Canadians who give their time, knowledge and resources to protect
chimpanzees and help create a more sustainable world. The following individuals and organizations made a significant contribution
between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.
50,000+
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada; The Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD); The Hallward Fund
at the Toronto Community Foundation; Let’s Talk Entertainment; RBC Foundation; Trimount Estevan Developments Ltd.
25,000 - 49,999
Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network, Sarah Crandall Haney, Disney, The Estate of Vera May Murphy, Honda Canada Foundation Inc.,
Royal Ontario Museum, Trico Charitable Foundation, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, The Youssef-Warren Foundation
10,000 - 24,999
Burlington Green Environmental Association Inc, Robert Bateman, Crescent School, Donner Canadian Foundation, Halton District School Board, John and
Denise Hooks, The Reverie Foundation, Michael and Renae Tims, University of Toronto - Mississauga Campus.
5,000 - 9,999
The Chawkers Foundation, David and Megan Cornhill, The Estate of Andrea Vaudin, Fitzhenry Family Foundation, ING Direct, Jacqueline Labatt, Leon
Judah Blackmore Foundation, Mahoney Chiropractic Professional Corp, West Island College Society of Alberta, Willow Grove Foundation, Anonymous.
1,000 - 4,999
Ion Aimers, Robert Alton, Marion Annau, Diane Arthur, AstraZeneca Canada Inc., Jordan Banks, Steve Beauchesne, Janice Benna, Peter Biro, Viola Birss,
Harry and Gwen Boyle, Civilized Adventures, Joan Clarke, Robin Clyke, Richard and Angela Colterjohn, Ann Crabtree, Karol Dabbs, R C Day, Timothy
Derksen, Delta Chelsea Hotel, Marie-Claude Erian, Nancy Evans, Sina Fattizzo, Deb Fettig, Rita Field-Marsham, Allison Forsythe, Fresh Coffee Network,
Jack and Stephanie Grant, John Harrison, John and Lynn Keating, Michael Kelly, Brent Kennedy, Sonia Labatt, Catherine C. Lalonde, Hanne Lang, Jane
Lawton, Sid and Janet Lindsay, Nancy Mackellar, Mark Mahoney, Rubene Mahoney, Terry Markell, Jo-Anne McArthur, Irene Melanson, Andy Neale,
Larry O’Brien, The O’Neill Foundation Inc., Robert Lawrence and Debbie Weiers, Janis Parker, Doris Parton, Bruno Racine, Shannon Rancourt, John
Roberts, Geoff Rytell, Phillip and Laurie Sanford, Judith Schulz, ServiceMaster of Ottawa, Bradley Shaw, Shemona Holdings Inc., Sandra Short, Joel Silver,
Helen and David Spence, James and Barbara Stewart, Angus Taylor (in memory of Alastair Taylor), Joe Thacker, Virginia Thurgood, Gail Van Gestel, Virtus
Group LLP – Trust, Dr. Ryan Walker, L. Gail Wensley, Evelyn Wigham, Anonymous, George Youssef and Susan Warren.
500 – 999
A Different Drummer Books, Al Albania, Candace Anderson, Hadley Archer, Jackie Bastianon, Gaye Bennett-Matthews, Randi Bitove, Brian Blackshaw,
Clare Breckenridge, Jane L. Cameron, Susan Caskey, Christopher Griffin Studio Inc., Maryanne Colin, Charlotte Cornel, Marie-France Côté, Stacey
Crough, Rebecca Crow, Harvey Crowell, Gillian Cutler, Joyce Davidson, John DiFiore, Robert Dunlop, Sherry Evershed, Carolyn Farquhar, Eileen Farrow,
Amanda Fayad, Jane Field, Glendon Roots & Shoots, Jacqueline Gorra, Gail Grolimond, Sarah Gruetzner, Tara Hanacek, Pamela Hillen, Howard
Sokolowski Foundation, Jay Humphrey, Indigo Books & Music Inc., Dianna Johnsen, Mohnish Kamat, Nancy Kennedy, Kuzuka Ltd, Grant Linney, Asti
Livingston, Lotus Books Inc, Lindsay A. MacLeod, Robert MacPherson, Paul Makepeace, Christine McCain, Barbara McGregor, Anne Mitchell, Cindy
Murrell, Derek Nicholson, Brenda Nutter, Cheryl Oattes, Kathryn O’Dwyer, Suzanne Parent, Norgrove Penny, Sally Pirani, Janet Podleski, Nichola Pollock,
Popaganda Productions Inc., Janissa Read, Nancy Richler, Margaret Robertson, Trudy Robertson, Alan Rottenberg, Judith Samson, Roberto Sassi, Science
North, Allison M. Shanahan, Michael Shannon, Julia Shewan, Amanda Sinclair, Sir Winston Churchill High School, Anahita Taghi-Ganji, TD Bank Financial
Group, John Thomson, George Thomson, University of Toronto Press, Michelle Valberg, Joel Villeneuve, Erika Wagner, John Wall & Barbara Cartwright,
Lillian White, Krista Whitney, Cathy Winters, Adonis Yatchew.
In-Kind Donors
Eaton Chelsea Hotel, The Globe and Mail, University of Toronto - Centre for Environment.
Programming Partners
Heifer International, Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF).
Read JGI Canada’s complete 2013 financial statements: http://janegoodall.ca/about-pub-annual-reports.php