Comments on: Packing the painting http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2009/09/packing-the-painting/ Tales from the front line of our work to eradicate poverty worldwide. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:54:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2009/09/packing-the-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-26078 Peter Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:02:20 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=2637#comment-26078 It's so nice of you to take a contribution about Rwanda. They are very useful. It's so nice of you to take a contribution about Rwanda. They are very useful.

]]> By: Halima Begum http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2009/09/packing-the-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-26030 Halima Begum Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:52:13 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=2637#comment-26030 Martin It's been really interesting following your Rwanda posts , and just to confirm what you say in your previous post, yes, people are talking a lot about the land programme in Rwanda. "Guhonda. He is one of only 786 mountain gorillas left in the world. He has been generating tourist revenues for the country for over 29 years" This should be Rwanda's tourist strap-line... Martin

It's been really interesting following your Rwanda posts , and just to confirm what you say in your previous post, yes, people are talking a lot about the land programme in Rwanda.

"Guhonda. He is one of only 786 mountain gorillas left in the world. He has been generating tourist revenues for the country for over 29 years"

This should be Rwanda's tourist strap-line...

]]> By: Martin Leach http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2009/09/packing-the-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-25787 Martin Leach Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:17:01 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=2637#comment-25787 Serge Thanks for this, and I appreciate your comment. I think that it was a different Silverback who died - he was Titus, the 'Gorilla King', not Guhonda, as far as I can work out from the press coverage - see http://gorilla.wildlifedirect.org/2009/09/16/silverback-titus-has-died-in-rwanda/ . Martin Serge

Thanks for this, and I appreciate your comment. I think that it was a different Silverback who died - he was Titus, the 'Gorilla King', not Guhonda, as far as I can work out from the press coverage - see http://gorilla.wildlifedirect.org/2009/09/16/silverback-titus-has-died-in-rwanda/ .

Martin

]]> By: Serge http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2009/09/packing-the-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-25761 Serge Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:41:21 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=2637#comment-25761 Thank you for your contribution to the development of Rwanda. Your time at DFID Rwanda has been very useful. Unfortunately,I have also bad news, Silverback died few days ago. Serge Thank you for your contribution to the development of Rwanda. Your time at DFID Rwanda has been very useful.

Unfortunately,I have also bad news, Silverback died few days ago.

Serge

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