Handmade figures in DR Congo

2021-02-21T10:15:09+01:00Sunday, 21 February, 2021|

Here at SOS Primates we have many figurines handmade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by a group of disabled women at the Heri Kwetu Centre. They make them from African fabrics and they represent the Congolese woman, carrying her baby on her back while working. There are also figurines of many beautiful animals [...]

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Don’t miss the point with Anna Sevilla’s bookmarks

2021-02-21T10:36:45+01:00Sunday, 21 February, 2021|

SOS Primates doesn't have a physical centre where you can visit primates and adopt them. To see chimpanzees and other monkeys you would have to travel to Lwiro Primates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That's why it's a lot harder to raise money for the centre, which means we're constantly having to reinvent [...]

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Silvia Nieto, graphic designer and collaborator

2021-02-21T09:55:14+01:00Sunday, 21 February, 2021|

The people who make running SOS Primates possible have in common a love for nature and primates, a desire to help and unshakeable altruism. Our colleague Silvia Nieto is an example of how you can help not only financially but also by offering your experience, knowledge or artistic abilities. Silvia is an illustrator and graphic [...]

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The Green Mist, by Gonzalo Giner

2022-11-22T20:50:13+01:00Saturday, 6 February, 2021|

Today we encourage you to take part in the online activity in which you can discover the novel La Bruma Verde, by Gonzalo Giner, which won the Fernando Lara Novel Award of 2020. It is organised by La Casa Encendida, in Madrid. The author addresses the environmental problem focusing on Africa, inspired by female primatologists [...]

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A month of our partnership with Dani Muñoz

2021-02-13T17:32:45+01:00Saturday, 6 February, 2021|

It’s now been a month since we began our partnership with Dani Muñoz and his handmade animal signs. Dani reuses pallets and personalises them with the silhouette of your favourite primate (or other animal) so you can display it in your house, following the aesthetic of the Australian posters warning of passing animalsYou can check out [...]

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Charity merchandise

2021-02-13T17:33:24+01:00Saturday, 6 February, 2021|

At SOS Primates we have many figurines handmade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by a group of disabled women at the Heri Kwetu Centre. They make them out of African fabric and they represent the Congolese woman carrying her baby and working. There are also beautiful animal figurines (giraffes, elephants, gorillas, chimpanzees, snakes, [...]

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