NEWS & EVENTS
NEWS
Orangutan Foundation is celebrating 35 years!
We are celebrating 35 years of Orangutan Foundation! Visit the anniversary page to watch the video and see the difference we have made together in numbers.
WELCOME TO EPENG!
Epeng, around twelve months old, was handed over by his owners after being kept as a pet. He is already settled in well to the soft-release programme, climbing and even foraging!
TWO ORANGUTAN BIRTHS!
Ex-captive Acuy and her eldest offspring Amina have both given birth to two females! All four are healthy and being monitored by our team.
Ian Wood Prints
A variety of prints for sale by friend, supporter, and award-winning photographer Ian Wood. 25% of orangutan print sales are donated towards Orangutan Foundation’s conservation programmes.
by Ian Wood
Ian Wood trips
For the past 15 years, award-winning photographer Ian Wood has been running photography trips to see orangutans in Borneo’s tropical forests with contributions to Orangutan Foundation. Find out more via Ian’s website.
by Ian Wood
MONA RELEASED INTO THE WILD!
After eight years in the soft-release programme, we are delighted to announce that Mona has stared her next chapter in the wild! Having learnt all the skills necessary to survive independently, she was released into the protected Lamandau Wildlife Reserve in mid-May.
NEW GUARD POST CONSTRUCTED IN LAMANDAU WILDLIFE RESERVE!
Following illegal logging activities in the South of Lamandau Wildlife Reserve, we have constructed a new guard post together with BKSDA and the support of Ozone and Jenny Power. This will deter further encroachment in the area and improve habitat monitoring.
Face to Face: With the Great Apes
In 60 fascinating photo portraits, the two nature photographers, Anup Shah and Fiona Rogers, show chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and bonobos in close-ups taken in the animals' natural environment. For this, the renowned and multi-award-winning wildlife photographers lived together with the apes in the jungle for a long time and built up an intimate relationship of trust. Only in this way was it possible to capture these intimate portraits of the wild animals.
UPCOMING EVENTS
GREEN MATCH FUND 2025
Keep an eye out for the Big Give Green Match Fund in April, where all donations made towards our campaign will be DOUBLED for one week!
PAST EVENTS
BIG GIVE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE
3 - 10 DECEMBER 2025
Our campaign in celebration of our 35th anniversary raised a total of £26,825 with all donations doubled by The Reed Foundation! Funds will help continue our critical conservation programmes.
ORANGE FOR ORANGUTAN 2025
12 November
Join us in wearing Orange for Orangutan Day! It’s a day to gather your friends, family, or work colleagues together and show how much you care about orangutans by hosting your own event and have everyone wear as much orange as possible!
SPONSOR AN ACRE APPEAL 2025
12 - 19 august
This year, a record number of 4,115 acres were sponsored, raising a total of £8,230! All funds go towards our Habitat Protection Programme, including guard posts and a habitat monitoring team, as well as the Reforestation Programme, which aims to plant 46,500 trees annually into areas of degraded forest.
BIG GIVE GREEN MATCH FUND 2025
22 - 29 APRIL 2025
The Green Match Fund is an annual week-long appeal for climate-focused campaigns. All donations made towards our campaign ‘Empowering Indonesia’s Youth for Climate Change’ were doubled by The Reed Foundation, raising a total of £9,072 for an educational programme on climate change - 113% of our target! The programme will be delivered to youth clubs, schools and universities.
BIG GIVE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE
3 - 10 DECEMBER 2024
Our campaign ‘To Prevent Human-Orangutan Conflict’ raised a total of £34,462.75 with all donations doubled by The Reed Foundation! Funds will support workshops to raise awareness of the correct response to displaced orangutans and orangutan rescues.
ORANGUTAN CARING WEEK
10 - 16 November 2024
Orangutan Caring Week is a chance to collectively recognise the need for orangutan conservation. This year’s theme is ‘Orangutans Leading the Way: One Planet, One Future’.
Image Credit: Andrea Monyeaux
With only 800 individuals left in the wild, the Tapanuli orangutan is the most endangered species of orangutan - and with recent floods in Sumatra many individuals have gone missing. Orangutan Foundation has sent emergency funding to Scorpion Foundation who work to conserve Tapanuli orangutans in Northern Sumatra, to help rebuild the facilities destroyed by the flood.