As you may have noticed, our name has changed. We have added the word “International.” We are Canadians helping orangutans in Indonesia and to make that clear we have decided to make our foundation name better reflect this. We are still the same people doing the same work here in Canada. Our work in Indonesia […]
Sam – The Strong Silent Type
I had the pleasure of meeting Sam while working as a ‘daily forest release’ intern at the OFI Care Center and Quarantine in the village of Pasir Panjang in Indonesian Borneo. During my first month in this volunteer position, I spent a lot of time getting to know the orangutans while they spent evenings and […]
Meeting Maxine
I had the wonderful opportunity to work with OFI as a ‘forest release’ intern for six months this past year at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) in Central Indonesian Borneo. It was my first time working with orangutans and I didn’t know how I would connect with them. My first four weeks at […]