My name is Mugyenyi Sadayo and come from the Mukono Village in South Western Uganda and I am married with two children. I first turned to poaching due to a lack of basic needs like food and money, and needed a way to support my family. I used to like poaching duikers, bush pigs, porcupine and civet. We had problems with Gorillas and I would fight them in defence but they were not our target.

The Bwindi Development Network helped me move away from poaching and incentivised me to conserve and protect wildlife. They educated me on the diseases you can easily get from eating wildlife animals and they continued to call us for meetings and training and we are always given lunch and a transport refund. The project continues to support us and improve our livelihoods so we no longer have to turn to poaching.

I now make money through growing crops, making crafts and selling them to tourists and lodges. I also provide an educational poaching experience at our Bwinid Reformed Poacher's Centre to tourists. The Bwindi Development Network is very important to me as they have improved my well-being and I have never thought of going back to poach and kill wildlife animals.