The Centre for the Rehabilitation for Primates for Lwiro was created in 2002 for two Congolese Institutions; Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) and the Centre de Recherché en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN). During the second war of DRC (1998-2004) the poaching increased frighteningly and they decided to give to the orphans a safe place where recover physically and physiologically. Due to the incessant number of animal arriving at the Centre, the cost of caring and nursing these animals becomes difficult to sustain. Is why in 2006 arrived COOPERA to provide financial and technical support. Since then, ICCN, CRSN and COOPERA have been working together, with the support of International donors, to provide the animals with the best care possible. The Centre for the Rehabilitation for Primates is an important conservation tool for Primates in DR Congo. They take care of 72 chimpanzees and 92 monkeys of 11 different species, all of them victims of the pet trade and poaching.