Scott's Roofing Fundraiser for GRACE Gorillas
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
GRACE GorillasWe're raising money to support the orphaned gorillas at GRACE for Giving Day for Apes. Join us!
$15,060
raised by 4 people
$15,000 goal
This year, Scott's Roofing is raising funds to help gorillas orphaned by wildlife trafficking. Will you help?
On this important Giving Day for Apes, we are supporting GRACE Gorillas. GRACE is the world’s only sanctuary for rescued Grauer’s gorillas, a Critically Endangered subspecies found in war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Grauer's gorillas have suffered a catastrophic population decline of nearly 80% in the past 20 years, largely due to poaching exacerbated by insecurity and humanitarian crises in the region.
GRACE provides rehabilitative care for gorillas orphaned by poaching, nursing orphans back to health and giving them the chance to be with other gorillas again. The 14 gorillas at GRACE—all orphans—form a tight-knit surrogate family. The ultimate goal is to reintroduce rescued Grauer’s gorillas back into the wild, and GRACE is breaking new ground by planning the first reintroduction for this subspecies.
GRACE has a major conservation education and behavior change focus as well and partners with local communities to implement conservation actions to protect wild gorilla habitat. GRACE works with Congolese communities on conservation education, forest protection, and sustainable livelihoods to help secure a future for orphaned gorillas and their wild counterparts and to foster a peaceful coexistence between humans and gorillas.
Please help us protect gorillas and support community-led conservation in Democratic Republic of the Congo today!