 Jane Goodall's story

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Young Jane had a dream. Her dream was to go to Africa to watch chimpanzees in their natural habitat so she started saving money for her trip to Africa by working as a hotel receptionist.

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Jane Goodall is a noted humanitarian, environmentalist and primatologist. She spent many years observing the behaviour of Chimpanzees in their native habitat.

With great patience, the chimpanzee’s behaviour slowly revealed some fascinating habits. These included meat-eating – (Chimpanzees had been assumed to be vegetarian).

Also, Jane saw Chimpanzees making a ‘tool’ out of tree bark to use when extracting termites. The study of chimpanzees in their native habitat was a groundbreaking event, leading to many new observations.

In 1956, Jane jumped at the opportunity to travel to a friend’s farm in Kenya. While she was there, she met the famous anthropologist and palaeontologist, Dr Leakey, who offered her a job studying chimpanzees. Jane, very excited, moved to the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania and began to observe the Chimpanzees.

Jane Goodall has been travelling tirelessly all over the world, speaking to people about climate change and encouraging the younger generation to be actively involved in their communities.

Jane Goodall's latest project is 'Hope cast', a series of podcasts featuring a fascinating array of guests with herself as host. From world-renowned musicians to activists, leaders in global coalitions, and the heads of major companies, Jane’s guests are representations of all the ways in which every single one of us has a role to play to turn hope into action for a better world.

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In 1977, Jane set up the Jane Goodall Institute which promotes initiatives to look after chimpanzees and their environment. She has since been campaigning and acting as an advocate for environmental charities

She has received numerous awards for her humanitarian and environmental work, including being made a Dame of the British Empire, on February 20th, 2004; and in 2002, she was made a UnitedNations Messenger of Peace.

She was born on April 3, 1934, in London, England. As she was growing up, she loved animals, particularly&nbsp;chimpanzees. She had a toy chimpanzee which she always kept by her side.

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