Adventures

Adventures for a cause

To unlock our true strength and reach our fullest capabilities, we constantly push ourselves; every challenge we embark on contains the seeds for growth and opportunity. Even our smallest efforts have the power for great change and everyone holds more potential than we realise - we can all make a difference with our actions. 

Our intrepid founder, Leo, started with his own small, personal challenge - he started running, even though he initially didn’t particularly like running. And on this seemingly small-scale human act, he had a transformative lightbulb moment - having witnessed the good that could be done at a grassroots level with The Gorilla Organization, Leo decided that he was going to run a marathon to raise money to start a clean water project for the communities living around the mountain gorilla’s habitat. And in that instant, the seed was planted for That Gorilla Brand’s Adventures For A Cause. 

Leo’s one marathon burgeoned into seven fundraising adventures so far, with the eighth taking place this year, and all the funds that have been raised from these challenges have gone into initiating, building and growing the Bwindi Community Projects, which include safe access to clean water, hygiene and sanitation within schools and solar energy. All of these projects benefit the communities surrounding the gorilla's habitat, allowing them to live in a way that doesn't make entering the forest that is the gorilla's habitat a necessity.