The Great Projects Headed Out And About To Share Some Easter Treats!
The Great Projects Headed Out And About To Share Some Easter Treats!

The Great Projects Headed Out And About To Share Some Easter Treats!

Samboja Lestari Orangutan Volunteer Project

Samboja Lestari Orangutan Volunteer Project

12 - 26 Nights from $1,744.00

Work on enrichment for 112 orangutans and 72 sun bears at the world-renowned Samboja Lestari Rescue Centre

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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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Dawn's Orangutan and Pygmy Elephant Adventure

Dawn's Orangutan and Pygmy Elephant Adventure

Volunteer Dawn McIntyre has recently returned from The Great Orangutan and Pygmy Elephant Project in Borneo and has shared her experience and unforgettable memories. From amazing wildlife encounters to rewarding activities, Dawn emphasises her adventure was nothing short of amazing!

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Volunteer’s Achievements at Samboja This Month

Volunteer’s Achievements at Samboja This Month

This month, volunteers at the Samboja Lestari Orangutan Project have made some incredible achievements! They’ve renovated a platform for Fleur, the sun bear, and made significant strides in renovating the new orangutan island, where Jeffrey and Yuyun will soon make their new home.

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Posted by Connor Whelan on 15th Apr 2017 3 mins

This Easter we wanted to take the chance to spread a little bit of joy in the form of some chocolate care packages, so we headed out to London to meet some people, discuss some animal related issues, and most importantly hand out some chocolate! Let's take a look and see how the day went...

The day began with Leanne adding the finishing touches to some of the bags of Easter treats which needed to be prepped.

Easter Egg Preperation

As you can see there were a lot of eggs to be packaged up so she was certainly kept busy!

Easter Eggs

After everything was ready to go, the next step was to load up Ellie's tray and we began our journey into London!

The Great Projects Easter

We quickly discovered that the tube in London is not the easiest place to be carrying bags of Easter treats, but the girls smiled through!

London Tube at Easter

We finally arrived at our first destination, Regents Park, to talk to some animal enthusiasts who had been spending some time at the zoo. Ellie was on the lookout for somebody to grab an Easter bag!

Easter giveaway in London

After a lot of chats with some excited youngsters and enthusiastic adults, it was time to refill the treats tray and head to our next destination!

Easter Eggs in Regents Park

On the way back to our Hertfordshire home, we decided to pay a visit to the people of Stratford and giveaway the remaining Easter bags there! As soon as we arrived it was clear that our chocolate was going to go down a treat, and we chatted to a whole host of people!

Easter Stratford

Easter Treats

Eventually though we were down to our last couple of bags, and that was when we came across a duo of dynamic ladies, both of whom were very excited when they spotted Olivia the Orangutan sitting on her tray of chocolate! After sharing with them how they can help Olivia's distant relatives, the real orangutans in Borneo, the orangutan loving ladies were kind enough to pose for a picture, but only on the condition that Olivia took centre stage!

Orangutan in Stratford!

With all of our Easter bags distributed amongst all of the lovely people we saw on our trip to London, it was time to head home and get Olivia back to the office! We loved meeting everyone and hope that we managed to spread a little bit of Easter cheer. Keep your eyes peeled for the next time we are out and about, and if you see us make sure to come over and say hello!

Happy Easter from everyone here at The Great Projects!

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