How Rwanda's gorillas are helping to sustain entire communities | Usher Komugisha and Andy Nicolson

From Global development | The Guardian Mon Jul 28 2014, 06:00:00

A tourism revenue-sharing scheme has helped finance hundreds of community projects and benefitted thousands of people

Console Nyirabatangana sits on a stool outside her three-bedroom house preparing the evening meal and, as the sun sets over Volcanoes national park in north-west Rwanda, she reflects on another day of being thankful.

Facing the towering peaks that have in many ways contributed to her wellbeing, Nyirabatangana is in a hurry to have dinner ready in time for her family. She cuts tomatoes and onions, and peels Irish potatoes, all from her garden. With a smile, she sings along to a song on the radio.

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