The Baby Playground Is Complete At Samboja Lestari - The Great Projects Volunteers Hard Work Pays Off!
After months of planning and construction the new baby playground for the young apes beginning their rehabilitation at Samboja Lestari has been completed and it is now awaiting its new residents! Kate, the volunteer coordinator at the project, has been kind enough to send us some pictures of volunteers putting on the finishing touches to the playground so let's take a closer look!
The young orangutans need a lot of different structures to ensure they are enriched mentally and here are some volunteers painting a new structure!
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Some of the structures are a little higher than others!
Cementing is one of the tougher jobs at the site, but that did not stop these volunteers from getting stuck in.
As you can see moving ironwood takes a lot of effort as these poles are very heavy!
These poles are used to encourage climbing behaviours in the young apes as tasty fruits and other treats can be placed in the baskets.
It is only fair that after all of that hard work the volunteers get the chance to relax, and what better place to do that in than once of the orangutans hammocks!
Even Wik Wik, a member of the team at Samboja, got in on the act and relaxed in one of the orangutans new baskets!
We want to say a big thank you to our latest group of Samboja volunteers for completing the baby playground, and of course another big thank you to all of our previous volunteers who helped to get the ball rolloing!
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