Galdikas’ Angels: Bali Anyone staying in a foreign country for a certain amount of time is bound to experience some cultural differences. Please let me give you a small example. I can’t imagine a woman back in my own home country of the Netherlands, telling me that she is trying to eat more in order to become big and heavy. But to quote an anonymous caregiver at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) in [...]

  Orangutan of the Month   Balli, by Rowan Klaassen.

Mr. Heppy gives a very honest answer when I ask him about what he remembers from his first days working for Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) in Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia (province of Central Indonesian Borneo): “I felt like a man, you know. I had a job, I earned my own money and I was able to buy the things I wanted.” Mr. Heppy initially worked at Camp Leakey but then moved to the Orangutan Care Center [...]

  Employee of the Month   OFI rangers, by Rowan Klaassen.