Posted on November 27, 2009 - by boris

Village Enterprise Fund (VEF) has received $100 thousand from Arcus Foundation…

Village Enterprise Fund (VEF), an experienced micro-enterprise organization, has received $100,000 grant from the Arcus Foundation, a Kalamazoo, Michigan-based foundation that is the largest global funder of great apes conservation.

The grant will be used to fund an innovative, integrated development/conservation program in the communities surrounding Uganda’s Budongo Forest, an important conservation area in East Africa. The Budongo Forest, part of the Albertine Rift, is home to a wealth of plant and animal life, including more than 600 chimpanzees.

Founded in 2000 by President Jon L. Stryker, the mission of the Arcus Foundation is to achieve social justice that is inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity and race, and to ensure conservation and respect of the great apes. The Foundation works globally and has offices in New York City and Cambridge, UK, in addition to the Kalamazoo office.

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Source: http://www.seattlemicrofinance.org/microfinance-projects-to-support-wildlife-conservation/2009/11/23