If you would like to help raise awareness about the palm oil crisis and raise funds for orangutan centres, take a look at the ideas and suggestions below.
We must work together to give the orangutan a voice! 
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Donate, Adopt, Purchase & Volunteer

Centre for Orangutan Protection
The Centre for Orangutan Protection has a fantastic website you can visit to read about the great work they do and find out how you can support them by purchasing merchandise or donating money. Click here to visit their website 

Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation
The BOS foundation has a great website where you can purchase merchandise, donate money and adopt an orangutan to support their wonderful rescue, rehabilitation and release programs in Kalimantan. Click here to view their website 

The Orangutan Project
Adopt an orangutan today, with the The Orangutan Project! It is just $55 per year to cover the costs of one beautiful, little, orphaned orangutan. Click here to view their website. 



Orangutan Foundation International
The OFI site has is full of great images, videos, news and information on how you can help by going on their orangutan Eco-Tours! They also have a large variety of merchandise. Click here to visit their website


Sumatran Orangutan Society
Visit the SOS website to find out the latest news, information, projects and campaigns to help save our orangutan cousins and their rainforest homes! Click here to visit their website


Great Orangutan Project
Why not volunteer at one of the orangutan rehabilitation centres in Borneo or Sumatra? Click here to see the great volunteer programs run through The Great Orangutan Project 


RAW Wildlife Encounters
Want to trek through the dense jungles of Borneo or Sumatra and discover the unique wildlife within?! Click here to check out the RAW Wildlife website 


Orangutan Outreach
Orangutan Outreach is an organisation committed to saving the incredible orangutan! You can visit their informative website to learn about the crisis, shop for merchandise, adopt an orangutan or find out the latest news! Click here to visit their website Are you a young orangutan activist wanting to get involved?! Click here to check out Orangutan Outreach's 'Forest School 101'

Orangutan Land Trust
Help secure much-needed orangutan habitat in Borneo through Orangutan Land Trust: Click here 


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Students Making a Difference

If you're young and wanting to make a difference for species like the orangutan and their rainforest homes, there is plenty to get involved in! Youth power is one of the best ways to raise awareness about the plight of the orangutan due to deforestation in Borneo and Sumatra. 

A great thing you can do is to get in contact with orangutan activists and conservations to broaden your horizon and be opened up to a world of opportunities.
You can contact one of the fantastic organisations above, and find out how you can help by volunteering at fundraisers. Sign up with some of the groups and you will receive regular emails on up coming events, presentation nights and fundraisers, which are great to get involved in! Another way you can get a constant update of currently events and fundraisers is to join and follow the organisation's Facebook group/page, Twitter etc.

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Fundraising

Fundraising is a great way to financially support the fantastic orangutan centres across Borneo and Sumatra.
You can contact groups like BOS and AOP to find out how to get involved in fundraisers in your area. Or you could get your school or workplace involved with a fundraiser (such as a sausage sizzle) and donate the profits to one of the organisations. Maybe even make some pamphlets about the palm oil crisis containing a list of products that contain palm oil and hand them out to the public.

Also, aim to avoid purchasing timbers or furniture made from these types of wood: teak, ironwood, ebony, mahogany and sandalwood. They are all sourced from South-East Asian rainforests! If you're not sure - ask the person who is selling you the timber where it has come from. If they say Indonesia or Malaysia - it is most likely rainforest sourced wood!

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Complaining to Companies


Complaining to companies about the use of palm oil in their products is a great way to help! 
The reason companies like Nestle, Unilever, KFC and Cadburys have cleaned up there act when it comes to palm oil, is because people like yourself have contacted them and complained! 

It is simple, choose a company, go to their website, lodge a complain or find there phone number and give them a call. With customer pressure, companies make changes. By companies removing crude palm oil from their products, hundreds of innocent lives are saved, along with thousands of kilometers of rainforest. 

Most of the world's global corporate giants have taken action when it comes to the use of crude palm oil in their products, except a few. Coles & Woolworth's are some of the world's biggest palm oil uses, yet they haven't signed any forms to do with switching sustainable or removing palm oil from their products. Click here to complain to Coles! & Click here to complain to Woolworths!

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Signing Petitions & Sending Text Messages


Some other great ways you can help are to sign petitions and send text messages to save the orangutan. 


Text 'APE' to 20222 
- to donate $10 to the Orangutan Foundation International, so they can buy and protect rainforest land, homed to the beautiful orangutan! 

Text 'ORANG' to 70003 - to help BOS on their mission to save the orangutan and Borneo's rainforests!  

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Books, Films and TV Shows


There are many fantastic books, films and TV shows about the palm oil crisis, orangutans and deforestation. When you purchase these books, films or TV series, the funds will often go towards supporting a orangutan centres or organisations. But the real benefit is education. By watching films, shows and reading books about this catastrophic issue, you can learn about the truth concerning orangutan genocide due to the palm oil industry, and then pass that knowledge and information onto friends and family.

Here is a list of fantastic, recommended books, films and TV series to do with orangutans and/or deforestation in SE Asia:

BOOKS:

* Thinkers of the Jungle - By Willie Smits
* Orangutans and their Battle for Survival - By Leif Cocks
* The Intimate Ape - By Shawn Thompson 
 * Orangutan Odyssey - By Birute Galdikas
* Great Ape Odyssey - By Birute Galdikas
* Reflections of Eden - By Birute Galdikas
* Orangutans- Wizards of the rainforest - By Anne Russon
* Among Orangutans - By Carel Van schaik
* Orangutans - By Junaidi Payne & Cede Prudente
* Among the Great Apes - By Paul Raffaele

FILMS/DOCUMENTARIES:

* The Burning Season 
* Born to be Wild 3D
* The Last Trimate
* Green (click here to watch and download 'Green' the film for free)

TV SERIES:

* Orangutan Diaries
* Orangutan Island 


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 G Magazine Article - October November issue 2011

 

 Volunteer at fundraising events - such as The Orangutan Project stalls

 

 

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 CAMPAIGN POSTERS:

 Advert/campaign posters from Melbourne Zoo, COP, Jeff Baughman and Kalaweit.org

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