Hello Class of Colorado! I am Aloma Major, the Congo Ranger working in Virunga National Park working to protect the Mountain Gorillas and other wildlife in the park.

As your teacher Libby told you I am 34 years old, and I have been working in the park for over 10 years. I was born in North Kivu province which is in the east of Congo. I am married, and my wife and children and I live in a village called Mutwanga which is just on the edge of the park.

This is the first time I have ever done a blog, so please forgive me if I make any mistakes. Plus my English is not that fluent so someone from Wildlife Direct helps me write this post!

I am really looking forward to hearing about you all - who you are, what you do, what it is like in Colorado. Please ask me all the questions you want about Congo and my life and I will do my best to answer them! I will also take more photos to show you - i think i look a bit serious in this one! I also want to show you more photos of the park, and my family!

Here also is a great photo of one of the Gorillas. It was taken just a couple of weeks ago during a patrol. Pretty soon we are going to have a profile of all the Gorillas on the website… they all have names, history, family and I think it will be great for you all to see this.

With my warmest feelings from Congo!

Aloma

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