Chimfunshi
Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage is located in the northern “Copperbelt” region of Zambia. Chimfunshi is 24,000 acres of remote African miombo forest. The sanctuary is home to over 120 chimpanzees, a hippo, numerous monkeys, birds and approximately 300 Zambian residents. The center has “deluxe camping facilities:” solar power, sleeping cots, shower rooms (cold), pit toilets with shelters, a cooking area, barbecue pit, clean water, and a large outside “Boma” for meetings and meals.
Contact us
For additional information about Gonzaga in Chimfunshi please contact us:
Richard O. Menard
Director of Study Abroad
Gonzaga University
502 E Boone Ave
Spokane, WA 99258-0085
Tel: 509-313-3583
Fax: 509-313-5987
Email: menardr@gonzaga.edu
Dr. Mark Bodamer
Psychology Department
Gonzaga University
502 E. Boone Ave,
Spokane, WA 99258
Tel: 509-313-6494
Email: bodamer@gonzaga.edu
Gonzaga University at Chimfunshi
In the Jesuit spirit of developing “men and women for others,” the Psychology and Biology Departments, in collaboration with the Center for Community Action and Service Learning, offers international service-learning summer academic courses in Zambia, Africa. Zambia, a southern African country, is a “twinned province” with the Oregon Province of Jesuits which includes Gonzaga University.
To visit the Chimfunshi website, click HERE.
GONZAGA IN CHIMFUNSHI
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