Just got back from the Friends of Bonobos board meeting in DC. The Jane Goodall Institute hosted us in their beautiful offices, for which we were very grateful. Our main issue for this year is that we only had eight adoptions last year! Not including the Wildlife Direct donations - which have raised over $3,000 in the last six months. We’re chalking the low adoption numbers up to the fact that all of us are volunteers with day jobs so we haven’t been able to dedicate the time to pushing bonobos - and in the US, hardly any one has heard of them anyway. But this year should be better, if only because it’s so much easier now on our NEW website!! check it out, www.friendsofbonobos.org It’s been a year in the revamping process and the best thing is that now you can adopt a bonobo with the click of a button on the How to Help page. Hopefully this should get the adoption numbers higher!
Your two best girls, Lomela and Kata are there, so if you don’t donate already to Wildlife Direct - adopt a bonobo!
3 Comments posted on "board meeting"
sheryl, washington dc on June 17th, 2008 at 8:15 am
You were here, in DC or out in Arlington? Either way you were very close by and we didn’t get a phone call! The new site is awesome. Very nicely done and the photos and videos are brilliant. s.
Wanda, Atlanta on June 17th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Love new site and plan to adopt soon -
Sherri S. on June 17th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
I just went to your site and adopted little Lukuru. Lomela & Kata are sure sweethearts, but I pick Lukuru. Now, if you can just get her over her initial problems. Readers: I’ve been planning to donate to Lola ya Bonobo for months now, but just hadn’t worked out how much, when, etc. Something always came up. After reading that there were only 8 adoptions last year, there was no way I could hesitate any longer. You know the bonobos are adorable and you know you want to help. JUST DO IT! Also, James Brooks Bowling for Apes drive is coming up (See previous posts here or got to http://www.apeaware.org). Support this great kid, OK? We “old people” have messed up this world so much that perhaps the children are our only hope. Post a comment
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