May 29 2008
Video Highlights Featuring Diddy, Innocent, Godefroid, Gorillas, Elephants, and More!
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Innocent and Diddy
Daily news from the conservation frontline by Innocent and Diddy, and other Congolese rangers risking their lives to save mountain gorillas of the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Mountain Gorilla News- Mountain gorilla population in Africa's Great Lakes 'is growing' - Earthtimes (press release)
- "The Impenetrable Forest": The intertwined fates of Uganda and its ... - Seattle Times
- Army pulls out of Congo gorilla reserve - Telegraph.co.uk
- Speaking of those summer vacations - Baltimore Sun
- Diary: Protecting mountain gorillas - BBC News
- News from Congo
- Rescuers recover bodies from Congo aid plane wreck - Reuters South Africa
- WCQ Preview: DR Congo - Egypt - Goal.com
- Some Congo Troops Leave Troubled Wildlife Park - National Geographic
- Clashes resume between army and rebels in DR Congo - AFP
- Congo army leaves national park, rebels stay - The Associated Press
Wonderful addition of video to the site. It really makes things even more “real”. Keep up the wonderful work.
Diddy and Innocent - the two of you are too adorable and this video is fantastic…so good to see you again!! As always thank you for the amazing work you do every single day. Take care and be safe.
OOps, Godfroid, I negelcted to mention you too!!! Many thanks!
Loved it - I am ready for the 2 hour documentary —
you guys as the stars of course!
That was awesome! That does it, I want a 2009 ranger calendar. Thanks for this video diary, y’all, and thanks for every single thing you do to protect Virunga.
s.
Very cool! You guys are too cute! Loved hearing from you guys…what an awesome yet very dangerous job you have…I loved the hippos peeping out of the water! I hope more happy days are to come! God bless
I loved it! It was great watching. I am all smiles right now, very nice to see all well and smiling. Take care
Dear Diddy,Innocent, Godefroid, and all the Rangers of Virunga:
Last September, when the figting broke out near your patrol posts and monitoring the gorillas became impossible, I shared your story with my middle school students (ages 12-14 years). You see, I wanted to teach them examples of what true heroes do in this world. Heroes are people who believe in something because it is the right thing to do. And so they do it, despite great danger or discomfort and inconvenience! You do it out of this love for the care-taking of your homelands. You guys are very special people serving a very important cause. I taught my students all about mountain gorillas. We watch video programs about them.
I taught them about your country, DRC, the terrible wars, and about Virunga National Park. We saw 60 Minutes report on the “Kings of Congo.” These kids love the gorillas and elephants. I update them regularly in class about your work in the field and the dangers to you and the animals, and the hardships the good people of the Congo are forced to endure. We are a faith based, private school, and so we pray for you, the people of DRC, the gorillas, and the remaining elephants there. So know that you are in our prayers daily. In the future we will try to contribute to help your patrol efforts. Your commitment is an inspiration to me and these young people. They all understand that your work is critical to giving all future generations from all cultures and nations the opportunity to experience living gorillas in the wild, in the near and far future of our world. Thank You so much for what you do. We have followed your progress all year, but never wrote before. I thought you would like to know how we felt, learning from your work. We have developed strong feelings about this cause. You should be very proud of your chosen work and the education you are providing to people all over the world through the wildlifedirect blogs. When you walk the patrols we will be with you in spirit! We wish you all the best and positive morale in your continuing work!
God Bless!
-TheTeach & 100 students
Hamujambo!!!! This was a really nice video! I like the music as well!
So great to see you in person! I would love to see more video footage of your work. Thank you so much!
I forgot to thank Pierre for making all these videos of the rangers and their work. Thanks!
s.
The good humour of Diddy and Innocent gives me a great pleasure to see them. I liked much this video which gives a beautiful indication of your concerns. It’s a pity that it is so short. Thank you with all the team. I appréciate the work of Pierre with his camera. Take care please. The world needs of you.
I am very happy to see the good mood of Diddy and Innocent. The video shows well us completed work by the team. Thank you Pierre for this video, a little short, damage. Take care, the world needs you. Thanks.
Hello to you all at Virunga – You work so very hard at a dangerous and difficult job and make it look like just plain fun. How very admirable! Iris
I absolutely loved the video. Thank you Pierre for putting it together. The music was great. I loved the footage of the elephants. They are so magnificant. What a beautiful place Virunga is. It is a jewel that deserves to be protected. I wish more people/villagers/governments could realize this and do more to support the Rangers risking their lives to protect this precious park and it’s wildlife. I’m so very glad that Virunga has these brave Rangers. Thank you Rangers. Keep up the great work and Pierre keep those videos coming. They are fantastic! Lisa
Fantastic video!
I am very pleased everyone enjoys the videos- I hope to film more soon, including showing some of the community work that the rangers do. There should also be some video soon from Augustin, who has been patrolling in the Gatovu area… Pierre
Great! Thanks Pierre
Hi Diddy and Innocent and all others,
I love the videos! Seeing you guys and hearing your voices is really nice. I also soak up the images of the beautiful surroundings. I ‘ve seen you on 60 Minutes and it’s great to see/hear you guys again.
Thanks for all your hard work.
Minou
Oh, and I loved the music!!! I couldn’t stop bobbing up and down.
I love your Video’s and will share them with everyone I know. You are the Pop Stars of the Congo. My family loves you and what you do. Thank you for doing what we cannot. You make us fell so proud. Music reaches the heart of people and I hope you use more music in your videos to catch the heart of the future generations. I want to put your videos on my I-pod so I can show anyone at any time what great work you do.
Love
Bonini
Thank you! I really enjoyed this and would love to see more! I wish The Discovery Channel would do a special on you to bring more awareness. I think that could really work! You are all so brave, thank you for doing what you do, God bless. Stay safe.
Just fantastic video Pierre - Diddy & all the rangers - you come across so well. Dont know what you’ve done Pierre but my slow broadband meant the vids kept stopping but this one went through in one go - brilliant!
Thank you all & stay safe.
Hello Linda, there is an easy solution to watching videos on a slow broadband: hit play and when video starts hit pause, wait until video is fully downloaded, than hit play and watch. Pierre taught me that! Take care, Iris
Alex, my 7 yr old son, wants to know if the bad guys who kill gorillas would stop if we have a way to give them a little money through you. But he thinks they want whole lot of money. In that regard, is there a way to finance activities other than gorilla tourism from which preservation of the gorilla habitat would directly benefit?
Hi Alex and Mark- every little help counts. If you donate even just a small amount, the money will go to the rangers who work every day to protect the gorillas and their habitat. For example, it will go towards sending rangers on patrol to stop poachers and will help to stop the charcoal trade that is destroying trees in the forest. Great to see that the younger generation is taking an interest!