Annenberg Foundation and explore.org

The Annenberg Foundation and explore.org, a philanthropic venture overseen by Vice President and Director Charles Annenberg Weingarten, have been instrumental partners to AWF since 2005. With their support, AWF accomplished a monumental feat by expanding Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park for the first time in 40 years. This milestone achievement is of great significance as it provides a core habitat for the world’s most endangered ape and the only great ape increasing in population, mountain gorillas. The Foundation and explore.org also underwrote the cost for renovations for the Manyara Ranch Primary School in Tanzania, providing a conducive learning environment for children who once attended school in a dilapidated building previously located in an important wildlife corridor which posed threats to their safety. Furthermore, Annenberg Foundation and explore.org are enabling the expansion of AWF’s Canines for Conservation program in Kenya and Tanzania and rhino conservation efforts.