Passing of OFI Board Member and Hollywood Legend: Norman Lear
Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) is greatly saddened by the passing of Norman Lear, a legendary television and film producer and writer, as well as longtime friend of OFI. Norman was… Continue reading Passing of OFI Board Member and Hollywood Legend: Norman Lear
Fall Appeal 2023
Dear Friends of OFI, The babies need our help! Each day, thousands of acres of tropical rain forests are clear‐cut, burned, and reduced to ash. The scorched earth, once home… Continue reading Fall Appeal 2023
Fall – Winter Appeal 2022
For the last 51 years, Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) has been working to save orangutans and their endangered tropical rain forest habitat. Without forest, wild orangutans cannot survive. During the… Continue reading Fall – Winter Appeal 2022
Kusasi: Survivor
Kusasi was an extraordinary orangutan. Unlike most orangutans living in the wild, he was the star of his own film called “Kusasi: From Orphan to King,” which initially aired on… Continue reading Kusasi: Survivor
Spring 2022 Appeal: Protect and Patrol
You would be hard-pressed to find people more dedicated, resilient, and selfless than the Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) patrol rangers. Stationed at remote wilderness posts across more than one million… Continue reading Spring 2022 Appeal: Protect and Patrol
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: IBU RENIE
Jakarta, the current capital of Indonesia. A city famed for its hustle and bustle, roads jam packed with motorbikes and cars each vying for space, sidewalks overflowing with street vendors… Continue reading EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: IBU RENIE
2021 Seed And Sapling Appeal
As I sit here at my desk writing this letter to you, I reflect on where I was almost exactly fifty years ago this month. It was November 1971 when… Continue reading 2021 Seed And Sapling Appeal
Threats to the Park Escalated in the 1980’s!
In the 1970s the situation facing orangutans and the existence of rainforest seemed somewhat bleak. Little did I know! The situation in the 70s was actually the calm before the… Continue reading Threats to the Park Escalated in the 1980’s!
First Mother: Siswoyo
In the mid 1970s, two retired Indonesian Army Generals, one of whom had been the very popular Chief of Police for all of Indonesia, gave me their four orangutans. One… Continue reading First Mother: Siswoyo
Akmad – the chosen highlight orangutan of the first decade
Akmad impacted me not only because she was the first orangutan female whom we rescued but also because of her very genteel and serene nature. She was a wild orangutan… Continue reading Akmad – the chosen highlight orangutan of the first decade
