Engaging local communities has been recognized as a key approach to tackling the illegal wildlife related activities. Poaching and the illegal tree cutting have been known to directly or indirectly devastate the populations of iconic species such as the Eastern chimpanzees and other primate species as well as the other less known wildlife. Wildlife management is important to balance both the needs of people as well as the needs of wildlife and is a key component in efforts to ensure the conservation, sustainable use and access and management of associated benefits and services derived from biodiversity. Many wildlife species including the chimpanzees are under threat and listed as endangered on the IUCN Redlist. The root cause is anthropogenic activities due to the lack of alternatives, poor knowledge of surrounding communities and lack of awareness. This is why this project was proposed with the aim of engaging and empowering the communities for the sustainable wildlife management and biodiversity conservation of Nyungwe National Park by improving its surrounding community’s livelihoods through creating the Income Generating Activities (IGAs) such as poultry rearing and making environmentally friendly cook-stoves for selling.