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By Nigel Nassar, New Vision, 22nd June 2008 

HER inspiration is not rooted in big names, but a pet. This pet, a cat, did not even have a name. Pussycat is all it went by. But its meek disposition and tenderness infused love into people around it. Young Gladys Kalema was one such of the pet’s biggest fans.

Growing up in Kampala as the youngest of six children, Kalema fell in love with the pet. And in a blink of an eye, she had made friends with all the pets at their home — and given them names too — Pillie the cat, Tina the dog, name it.

Twelve students and two professors will spend three weeks in a remote Ugandan jungle as part of an interdisciplinary extended study course that emphasizes hands-on learning and research involving rare mountain gorillas. The students also will be working with the Ugandan Wildlife Authority on wildlife management issues, as well as with Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), a nonprofit organization addressing community health concerns.

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has just learned that former AWF Charlotte Conservation Fellow Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has received a Conservation-In-Action Award from the Zoological Society of San Diego.

For the first time in the history of the Zoological Society of San Diego, two new categories for the annual Zoological Society's Conservation Medal, the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Conservation-In-Action Award, will also include a monetary award to assist with the conservation work being done by the recipients. 

Voice of America reporter Peterson Ssendi in Kampala profiles wildlife veterinarian Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, an Ashoka Fellow and the work of her group, “Conservation Through Public Health.”

On 23th November, 2007 during CHOGM His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh sent the first official email from the CTPH Telecentre at Queen Elizabeth National Park. Below is the official message.

From: CTPH Information
To: 'CTPH Information'
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 2:23 PM
Subject: The First Official Email from the CTPH Telecentre at Queen Elizabeth National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Uganda

By Anthony Adornato, Colgate University

Working out of an office inside Colgate University's Ho Science Center, a group of students is having an impact on a community more than 7,000 miles away - in Uganda, Africa.

The undergraduates are part of a unique venture between Colgate and Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), an Africa-based nongovernmental organization focused on environmental conservation and public health in a remote region of Uganda.

By Felix Basiime

The Duke of Edinburgh has launched the Conservation Through Public Health Telecentre in Queen Elizabeth National Park at Kikorongo in Kasese District.

The centre was launched on Friday in the presence of State Minister for Tourism Sarapio Rukundo. The Duke, whose plane touched ground at Kasese airfield at 12:50pm under tight security, was quickly driven off to Kikorongo where he had lunch and launched the telecentre by sending the first official email.

By Carol Natukunda
and Kyomuhendo Muhanga

The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, yesterday opened a computerised information center in Kikorongo village, Kasese district.

The telecentre, constructed with the support of the British High Commission, will serve as the training facility in which the local people learn how to use computers and access information that can help them to improve their lives.

It is located about 16km from Kasese town, next to the Queen’s Pavilion in Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Microsoft and UNIDO Partner with CTPH to Bring Information Technology to Rural Businesses in Uganda

Innovative IT access project gets underway following Memorandum of Understanding between UNIDO and Microsoft

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and Microsoft’s joint project to bring the benefits of ICT to rural communities was marked today with HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who sent the first official email from a new telecentre in Uganda, managed by Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH).