This year, the Orangutan Awareness Week is getting very exciting. In this video for instance, the Art for Gorillas team from the Art of Conservation Project joined their counterparts, the Orangutan Foundation, in celebrating this very important week for the conservation of the great apes by recording a message of goodwill. It is a great show of solidarity from people who work for the conservation of one species of great apes in the heart of Africa to those that conserve another ape species thousands of miles away in Borneo.
The Art of Conservation uses various forms of visual, auditory and performance arts to educate schoolchildren living adjacent to the endangered mountain gorillas in the Parc National des Volcans (Volcanoes National Park) in the Northern Province of Rwanda.
Under the leadership of Julie Ghrist, the team of Valerie Akuredusenge, Eric Mutabazi and Vincent Rukundo (who appear in the video) traverse the entire mountain region visiting schools and engaging the schoolchildren in a very interactive learning exercises. They make learning about the protection of the rare mountain gorillas fun.
Their message to the Orangutan Foundation is one of shared passion for great apes conservation.
Go to the Art for Gorillas blog at WildlifeDirect to see what other "postcards" they have sent to the Orangutan Foundation and explore deeper to find out what their typical day is like.
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What Others Had to Say
Added by rebecca on November 13, 2008
I am very excited to wear orange on friday. The orangutans are so cute!
Added by samuel on November 14, 2008
It is Friday today: Orange for Orangutan Day. Let's all dress up in orange and go out there to celebrate this great day.