Over 400 shirts have been distributed. Click here to purchase your own Bonobo T-shirt . Dedicated volunteers in Congo's capitol distribute educational materials by foot. Delfi Messinger A school in Wamba, a village in the interior of Congo. There is seldom paper or pencils to use and few books.
Congolese children write their lessons in cahiers, small notebooks with a picture on the cover.
The Society, along with other Bonobo SSP member institutions, has funded a Congolese educational group in Kinshasa, capital of the Congo, to produce a special bonobo cahier. This cahier features illustrations of bonobos along with natural history information on the inside covers. Unlike most available cahiers, the bonobo cahier is produced entirely in the Congo. In urban areas, the cahiers are sold, rather than freely distributed, in order to minimize the impact on competition within local markets. The Society and SSP have purchased several thousand cahiers at wholesale from the printer for free distribution to schools in bonobo habitat areas.