Where your money goes when you stay with us

Nineteen of our twenty-two staff live within an hour's walk. Here is the rest of it, in plain numbers.

Where your money goes when you stay with us

Conservation only works here if the forest is worth more to Ruhija standing than cleared. That is not a slogan — it is the arithmetic every household on this ridge does.

Staff

The community fund

  • Two classroom blocks and a water tank at Ruhija Primary School
  • Boots and rain gear for the community forest scouts
  • A revolving loan pot for the women's weaving group

Food

What you can do

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Cottages on the ridge, gorillas five minutes down the road.

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