GISHWATI FOREST - COUNTING THE LOSSES

Hundreds of tourists from all over the world have started arriving in Rwanda to participate in the famed annual gorilla naming ceremony - Kwita Izina. The ceremony scheduled for June 20, will take place at the foot of the Virunga Mountain. The guests will join the Rwandan population in the naming of 18 rare baby gorillas. There is no doubt, it a big boost to tourism, one of Rwanda’s leading foreign currency earners. In 2008, Rwanda earned $200m. Proceeds from this year’s Kwita Izina, will go into community building projects, in the districts of Musanze, Burera and Nyabihu. This is how it should be between our fauna and flora and us, a healthy cycle of looking after and preserving each other.