We are pleased to announce that our Founder and CEO, Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has won the Whitley Gold Award. The award now in its 16th year, exists to identify, fund and encourage inspirational conservation leaders and their teams in developing countries.

Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka was awarded in recognition of her and CTPH’s conservation efforts and the projects CTPH carries out in Bwindi Impenetrable National park and Queen Elizabeth National Park. She was presented the award by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne of Britain at a gala ceremony at The Royal Conservation Society hosted by the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN)- The UK-based charity that administers the international awards programme.

In recognition WFN founder and judges panel chairman, Edward Whitley said,
“The DNA of people and gorillas is so similar that it is possible for diseases to cross between them. With her work, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is not only reducing the risk of gorillas falling prey to human ailments but also improving the lives of local people, by offering them better healthcare, greater knowledge of their gorilla neighbours and more opportunities to benefit from gorilla tourism without harm to the apes.”

Awards were also given to conservationists in Kenya, Thailand, Bulgaria, India and Sri Lanka.