Volunteers donate to the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Sanctuary
Volunteers donate to the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Sanctuary

Volunteers donate to the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Sanctuary

Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Sanctuary

Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Sanctuary

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Help to rehabilitate the largest number of rescued orangutans in the world by volunteering at this orangutan sanctuary – made famous by the TV show Orangutan Jungle School!

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Meet the Nayru Menteng Orangutan Candidates for BOSF's 44th Release!

Meet the Nayru Menteng Orangutan Candidates for BOSF's 44th Release!

The Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Sanctuary is preparing for the release of 6 rehabilitated orangutans. Meet the candidates for Borneo Orangutan Sanctuary Foundation's 44th release!

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Nyaru Menteng's Orangutan Super Mother - Du!

Nyaru Menteng's Orangutan Super Mother - Du!

Meet Du: Rescued from captivity in Thailand and brought back to her homeland, Du is one of Indonesia’s repatriated orangutans who has become a symbol of resilience. Learn how her journey to rehabilitation led her to motherhood and helped strengthen orangutan conservation efforts.

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Orangutan Jeffrey moves to the new island at Samboja!

Orangutan Jeffrey moves to the new island at Samboja!

Over the last few months, the volunteers have worked closely with the local staff to help the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation prepare and renovate the new island at Samboja Lestari. The new island is now ready for orangutans Jeffrey and Yuyun to call home! This incredible achievement showcases the power of teamwork.

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Posted by Chloe Amoo on 4th Jul 2019 2 mins

As we go into our 5th month of running the volunteer project at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Sanctuary, I want to look back over this time and some of the generous donations we have received from our fabulous volunteers and say a big thank you to them all.

One of our volunteers, Deborah Gaunt, stayed with us for a month back in April and won everyone over with her warm heart. After getting on so well with the enrichment team, whom she spent a lot of time working with, she saw how much they needed an extra freezer to store all the enrichment being made by both the local staff and team of volunteers. She was brave enough to jump out of an aeroplane to raise money for charities close to her heart and donated some of her funds to the fabulous enrichment team so they could finally get that much-needed freezer. Everyone would love to say a big thank you to Deb for her generosity and we hope to have her back on the team again one day!

Freezer donated by Deborah Gaunt

Here at Nyaru Menteng, we have had some wonderful volunteers come through our doors, all who created friendships with the people here and who are missed by everyone. Not only have the volunteers given their time to help enrich the lives of the orangutans, but they have also been extremely generous with helping to buy much-needed items for the staff here.

In just the first few months of running the project, the vets have had 20 pairs of Crocs given to them to wear when in the clinic by Phoebe Woodward...

Crocs donated by Phoebe Woodward

An electric dental scaler from Sarah Dursley...

An electric dental scaler from Sarah Dursley

And the welding team received a grinder from Brydie Stone.

a grinder for the welding team from Brydie Stone

We have also had numerous other donations from volunteers, including pill cutters from Daniel Harrison, and some new weighing scales for the enrichment team from Lucia Lambertino-Davis.

Many other volunteers have also donated funds to support the enrichment team and enable them to get any items they need for the orangutans. All of the support from the volunteers has been fantastic and I just wanted to say a big thank you to them all from me and the rest of the staff here, and we all hope to see them here again!!

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