HELP US REUNITE OUR FAMILY THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON

The deadline to transfer the remaining orangutans from our old Nyaru Menteng centre to the new one is approaching quickly. However, before we can proceed with the move, we need to build a facility that will serve as the operational heart of the centre.

Do you remember our beloved Big Boy Beni and his unforgettable sneak into the banana storage? If you were impressed by the enormous mountain of bananas Beni climbed and rolled down, you should see the many other piles of food we need to keep our orangutans healthy and happy.

To ensure the welfare of the 233 rescued orangutans at Nyaru Menteng, we require about 4.5 tons of nutritious food every month, 80 per cent of which is fruit!

That’s why we urgently need your help this Christmas to build a facility that will serve multiple important purposes. It will offer secure storage rooms for food, tools, and firefighting equipment. Additionally, it will feature dedicated meeting and break rooms for guests and staff, as well as functional workspaces for building and maintaining critical infrastructure, such as enrichment structures for our unreleasable orangutans.

The versatile building will include rooms vital for the effective functioning of the whole centre.

For example, our beloved Beni wouldn’t be where he is now—on a pre-release island just one step away from freedom—without a supporting infrastructure like this vital building.

With 233 hungry mouths to feed, including our little forest school students eagerly awaiting their well-deserved fruit breaks each day, your help is invaluable. Climbing, building nests, and learning to avoid predators require a lot of energy from our students, so they need plenty of fruit to regain their strength while learning and playing.

To successfully rehabilitate our orangutans, it is essential to provide them with fresh, nutritious food, regularly build, repair and maintain their enrichment structures, and ensure that firefighting equipment is readily available during threats of fire, both to our centre and the surrounding forest. These efforts give our orangutans the best chance to return to their natural habitat and help foster the growth of a new generation of wild orangutans.

Embodying our commitment to the care and protection of our beloved red cousins, this building will truly be the heart of our entire operation.