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    Author: Katharina

    Katharina Lahner was the historic first Gorilla Highlands volunteer (Lake Bunyonyi, 2015) who continues her involvement as the Gorilla Highlands Experts community coordinator. She is an Austrian marketer and natural-born traveller, currently working for the Italian startup Ecochange as their community manager from Puerto Vallarta (Mexico).

    Last Survivor of Lake Bunyonyi’s Punishment Island

    The ancient people of the Gorillas Highlands region came up with several horrible ways to discourage girls from getting pregnant prematurely. On Uganda’s Lake Bunyonyi,…

    Katharina 22 June 2021
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    Her Crafts Take Kids to School

    Annah Kyomukama is one of our partners at Lake Bunyonyi and an example of a strong woman. A widow and a mother of 10, she…

    Katharina 31 May 2021
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