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Gorillas in her midst

Primate encounter: Joanne Smith took a copy of the Burnaby NOW along to Uganda, where she is volunteering using her specialized hand therapist skills to help train doctors and health-care professionals in Africa.

Primate encounter: Joanne Smith took a copy of the Burnaby NOW along to Uganda, where she is volunteering using her specialized hand therapist skills to help train doctors and health-care professionals in Africa. Here she's seen visiting silver-backed mountain gorillas in the jungle in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda.