Raincoats campaign - Thank you!!

In September the running cost campaign went towards buying new raincoats for the staff of CRPL. 350$ dollars was donated and a big thank you goes to:

Marcia D, Amelia S, James T, Tracey B, Brenton H, Joseph M, Melanie K

 

Thank you!!!

 

 

 

 

Dontions in August!

A big thank you to everyone that donated towards running cost in August!! The money will go towards buying food for the animals and paying local caregivers! 625$ dollars were raised!

A big thank you to Holly C, Laura L, William B and Brenton H!!

 

 

Kitoko says Thank You!!

Donations on the blog!

We want to thank everyone that has donated on the blog and facebook for the last three months!

In March we got 60$, a big thank you to Ryan K and Brenton H for supporting us!!!

In April we got 45$, a big thank you to Brenton H and Alison B for your support!!!

And May was a fantastic month for donations! Which matches the fantastic month it has been for the chimps:) We got 720$!! This is a huge help, as all the changes this month also has meant more money spent. A big thank you to; Linda V, Linda H, Iris W, Daniel H, Frances M, Heidi Q, Marcia D and Tracey B!

A big thank you from Maiko for all your support :)

Thank you, AWARE Germany!

A big thank you to AWARE Germany and their donors for raising 2000 euros for the CRPL! A special thanks to the Hamburg- based company "Markensturm.com", and their business manager Timo Kusian, for their generous donation of 500 euro! The money will go towards running cost of the CRPL, food for chimps and monkey and salaries for Congolese employees.

AWARE Germany is one of the CRPLs longest standing supporters and we are very grateful for their dedication to helping the primates in Lwiro!

Thank you Diane!

We would like to say a big thank you to our friend Diane, who in the event of her 60th birthday in August, fundraised 1469$! She asked friends for donations instead of presents, and she also had a marked stall where she sold items and raffle tickets. What a great initiativ, and we are so grateful! We would like to thank all the people who supported Diane, and a special thanks to
Jenna & Jon K --- Phyllis C -- Lory L --- Fran K ---- Pauline T --- Chrissa O

Maiko and all the others in Lwiro says a big thank you! :)

Dontations update

The urgent appeal is updated, and we would like to say a huge thank you to all our supporters on this blog and Facebook! A special thank you to the people that have donated this last month or so!
You really are making a big difference!! THANK YOU!

Ryan K - 60 $
Vanessa A - 15$
Steve C - 20$
Saskia K - 50$
Timo K - 25$
Teresa S - 50$
Diane H - 100$

And we would like to thank AWARE Germany and their supporters, which we received 1000 euros from this month! Thanks so much guys for your continuous support!

And a big thank you to Bianca for raising 360 euros for the primates in Lwiro!


Keepers Kahole and Jaques with Bavo the baboon

Donations, thank you, update on the fence and urgent appeal

Time for a update on the fence and urgent appeal again! We are very happy with all your donations on this blog and Facebook, they are really helping! The money from these donations have now been used to buy all the metallic fence posts needed to build the fence! These are ordered from Kenya and is one of the most expensive posts on the fence budget, they cost 34000$. But we didn't have quite enough to order them until we got the money from you guys, so thank you!! You've made it possible for us to continue the work with the fence! Pictures of the new fence posts will be posted as soon as they arrive in Lwiro!

We also have some larger grants that we are very hopeful to that we will receive, so watch this space!!

But thank you so much for you donations the last month! It really helps and soon we will see the chimps of Lwiro back climbing trees were they belong!!!

Laurence D - 30$

Lisa C - 25$

Steve C - 45$ + 40$

Jennifer F- 15$

Laura B - 100$

Ryan K- 20$ + 10$

Jessica T- 30$

Diane K - 50$

THANK YOU!

Baheny says thank you!!

Thank you! Update on the urgent appeal!

Our Urgent Appeal has been going for a bit over two weeks now, and we are very happy with the response! A huge thank you to the people that have donated these last two weeks, EVERY donation is very very important to us!!

Maria D - 25$

Cleve H - 40$

Lesley M - 25$

Jordi C - 90$

Cristina T - 60$

Athena B - 100$

Karen M - 25$

Marianne G - 15$

And a special thanks to Danny H for donating 1000$!

All the money donated will be used to continue building the new forested enclosure for the chimpanzees in our care.

Please consider helping us! Every dollar is important!!

Here is a cute picture of Mangay for you all ;)

Donations!

Thank you so much to the people that have donated money!

Aurora P - 65 USD

Simone H - 20 USD +15 USD

Claudia R - 30 USD

Theresa S - 25 USD

Thank you so much guys! It means so much to us!

Everyone that donates gets a personal thank you and a nice photo of one of our primates on email, please consider helping us!

Lola, the red-tailed monkey

Thank you!

We would like to thank PAAW for their donation of $1000! This money will go toward the forest enclosure. Every donation goes such a long way here, and your support is so appreciated! http://www.paaw.org.au/

Mangay!

Donations

Thank you for the donations we have recived the last few months, all the money will go towards getting the new enclosure built and the chimps in the forest where they belong. Your support means a lot to us, thank you!

Jordi C. - 90 USD

Jennifer M. - 50 USD

Alexa C. - 50 USD

Jill S. - 25 USD

Maiko (back), Misisi, Julius, Uvira, Mangay(back turned, hugging Misisi)

Donations on the blog in October

October has been a good month for donations on this blog and we would like to thank the people who contributed! Every donation means a lot to everyone in Lwiro!

So thank you very much for your help!

Kate O: 80 dollars

Cleve H: 30 dollars

Natalia R: 200 dollars

Bolungwa

New enclosure for the baby monkeys

People that have been following this blog might have noticed that we've had a lot of new monkey baby arrivals in the last few months. We did not have appropriate cages for them and the little cages was getting very crowded. We tried to introduce some of them to the existing bigger groups, but with now luck, as the cages are allready full of monkeys. We desided we had to build a new cage. Luckily we had some materials from former projects so we only had to pay for some, plus the work and it turned out quite cheap.

We want to thank Raúl Cabrera a member of AICAS (Asociación Ibérica de Cuidadores de Animales Salvajes) for his kind donation which helped us build this much needed cage for the monkeys.
Putting trees inside before putting the mesh on.

Starting to put on the mesh.

Cage almost finished, only the door missing.

Yesterday the cage was finally finished and we moved 6 young monkeys, Bamboo, Nunuse, Hombo, Bunyakiri, Coco and Malimingi in. Malimingi was the first one to explore the enclosure and Bamboo, Nunuse and Coco quikly followed. Nunuse and Coco was running around playing after only minutes, and Bamboo was finding insects and grass that she liked to eat. Hombo and Bunyakiri were more scared and went into the little cage we have put into the enclosure to provide shelter for the rain. They stayed there for a while, but watching the others having the time of their life they soon came out and started exploring and playing. Soon they were ready to enjoy their first meal in their new home. They look very happy with the new cage!

-Hilde-

Putting four of the new residents inside with their old cage.

All this space is a bit scary at first

Malimingi contemplating the new space.

Hombo and Bunyakiri feels safer in a smaller space at first.

Nunuse

First meal in new home, Bamboo, Coco, Hombo and Bunyakiri.

Bamboo

Thank you!

We would like to thank two people for donating on this blog the last month. It really means a lot to us and makes a big difference here in Congo. The money will go towards building the new chimpanzee enclosure! More news on this coming here soon!

Thank you so much!

Alexa C. - 80 USD

Kyle W. - 50 USD

Felixta

New toys for the babies

Today the nursery group woke up to a nice surprise. Last night after they had gone to bed we had put up some new “hammocks” made out of fire hoses in their cage. They loved the new addition and only just had time to drink their morning milk!

We would like to thank Laura Riera and her team, and the Mona Foundation in Spain for the hammocks, the babies will have a lot of fun with them!

Fizi enjoying the new hammock

Thank you!

We would like to thank Cathy Hancock for raising 118 dollars for CRPL. She celebrated her birthday in June, and asked everyone that came to her birthday party to make a donation for Lwiro instead of bringing her a birthday present! Great initiativ! Thank you so much! You are a star!

Also a big thank you for Christine G. for donating 50 dollars here on the blog!

All donations are really apreciated, and it really does make a difference!

Thank you!

The CRPL would like to thank the International Primate Protection League (IPPL) for their assistance in moving the Aketi Chimpanzees to Lwiro. We are so grateful for their support.

The story of the Aketi5 is also featured in IPPL's latest newsletter, you can see it here : http://www.ippl.org/newsletter/2000s/IPPL-News-May-2009.pdf#page=25

Thank-you!

We would like to thank some people and companies for thier continual support. Thanks to DARCHE for again donating hammocks for the chimpanzees to sleep on! Thank- you to Sheila and Rhoan for coordinating this and assisting with funds. And thank-you to Jetta Exopress for once again donating the freight to send these items. You are all wonderful!

Anyone who would like to donate items or raise money to help there amazing animals can contact Andrea at lwiroprimates@gmail.com. Thanks for reading the blog!

Thank you!

We've had a great month when it comes to donations on this blog! And we would just like to thank the people that have contributed! Your support means a lot to us, and we promise that your money will be well spent for the best of the primates in Lwiro!

Greg S. 25$

Kirsty D. 150$

Dan H. 100$

Nicholas O. 100$

Thank you so much!!

Beautiful little boy Muhungu!

We promise to have more updates on what is happening in Lwiro soon. It's very busy at the moment with the five new ones, and a bit short on people as Carmen is away on a well deserved holiday. She will be back by the end of the month, and Andrea will also be back in Lwiro soon! So we're hoping to be able to give you more frequent updates then!

Hilde

Thank you!

In a few days this blog has been going for 1 year. And we just want to say thank you to the people who have donated money through the paypal button on this page in the last year!

Carol G. 100 US$
David S. 25 US$
Helen W. 100 US$

Thank you very much! Your support is very important to CRPL, it's workers and primates.
Hopefully in the future even more of our readers will consider making a contribution.