Rambo joining the nursery group

Finally the day for Rambo Rungu to join the others came last week! Lugushwa, Grace and Aketi was the chosen ones to meet him first, while the others were locked in their dormitory. It was quite a scary and intense experience for him, but he did well! The next day Uvira and Aketi was already grooming him, and he has now integrated well with the others! Well done Rambo Rungu, one step closer to becoming a real chimpanzee again!

A last check up from manager and vet Carmen Vidal

Aketi, Lugushwa and Grace are waiting for Rambo

Donations in January

We've raised 285$ for running cost in January! This is a big help and goes towards paying food for chimps and monkeys and sallary for caregivers among other things! A big thank you to the five who donated! Ryan K, Brenton H, Kelly J, Manuel Z and Christine W thank you so much for helping!

Grace

Donations in 2011

We want to give a big thank you to the people that have donated through this blog and facebook in 2011! We raised 322$ in normal donations. This is being used for food for the chimps and monkeys!

Ryan K, Athena B, Lynne B, Brenton H, Melanie K, Jacqueline M and Stephanie L. Thank you!

And for the community campaign for mattresses for the women hospital we raised 420$

Cheryl R, Ryan K, Laetitia C, Simon D, Karen M, Brenton H, Norhild J, Lucia S, Melanie K, Rebecca A. Thank you!

Grace

Big step for Sakina and Grace

Sakina and Grace have now moved in with the othere baby chimps in the nursery group! They have been there for two days and are doing well. We were a bit worried especially for Grace as he is so much smaller than the others, but it seems Sakina is the one that is most scared. Grace is a little fighter and puts the others in their place! We are confident that the two soon will be a well integrated part of the group.

Sakina and Grace

Sakina and Grace are doing very well! Sakina is playing all day long, Grace is a bit more careful, but also plays a lot. But he does think his new big sister is a bit too big and playing a bit rough sometimes. They've both had a bit of a cold this week, but not very bad.

Grace

Sakina

Sakina and Grace are doing well!

Sakina and Grace are both doing great! They eat a lot and play with eachother and their caregivers. Sakina is almost twice the size of Grace so she can be a bit much for him, therfore they have two caregivers like that one can play with Sakina while Grace needs a cuddle. Sakinas nose i a bit better, but still a bit swollen. We belive it is an infection from a tooth, so she might need to be anestetized to pull out the tooth before it can get properly well.

Grace

Grace and Sakina

Sakina

Sakina morning milk