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Protecting the Mountain Gorillas of Virunga
The Rangers’ Journey Through The Forest
I have been assigned the task of locating the missing Rangers. We maintain a list so that can try to get news and inform their worried families. We are down to 23 who are completely missing. We get very broken information from the Rangers who survived the journey, and an occasional call from the Rangers who stayed behind in Rumangabo. They are able to charge their phones on the generator of the cell phone tower, but that will probably run out of fuel some time, and the phones will stop working.
This is the journey that the rangers make through the forest. As you can see, the conflict zone (in red) has spread across much of the southern half of the province and most of the park has been engulfed. Laurent Nkunda’s troops have moved north, beyond the station at Kabaraza, which was badly bombed two days ago. The Rangers have to walk through the forests and lava fields for over 40km to get to where we are. Some of them managed to go north to Rutshuru and Kiwanja, but those areas are now occupied by CNDP rebels, and they have taken down the cellphone network, so we are unable to make regular contact with them.
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4 Responses to “The Rangers’ Journey Through The Forest”
Guys, please contact me asap - let’s figure out together how Google can help - we have experience in helping with similar situations elsewhere in the world. divon@google.com
Divon, we’ve had our fingers crossed for a message like your’s. I’ll write immediately. Many thanks
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