Yesterday we watched a Goya award ceremony full of emotion, and we were attentive to see the award winner for the best documentary short, which finally and as we wished, was for MAMA, by Pablo de la Chica. It was very emotional to see the entire team receive the award and our colleagues Itsaso Vélez [...]
Today we want to introduce Luisa Martínez, a friend and volunteer who, besides loving primates, helps SOS Primates in tasks like organising talks and delivery of merchandising or lottery tickets. Having worked with primates in her career as a veterinary assistant and also in many collaborations with zoologic institutions (veterinary interventions and caretaker) and was [...]
Yesterday we wrapped up the SOSlidary 2022 calendar campaign as we sent out the last order. As we told you, we collected a total of 2,007.34 euros in donations for Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary , Friends of Bonobos, in DR Congo. We have surpassed the number of calendars distributed in 2020 thanks to our teams and people [...]
On the International Day of Hugs, we'd like to announce that we have sent the Primate Rehabilitation Centre of Lwiro (CRPL), Lwiro Primates, 12,741.85 euros collected in 2021. This donation will help fund the centre for its expenses in food for the more than 200 orphaned primates that it fosters, including tiny babies that still [...]
Today we bring you MAMA, the documentary directed by Pablo de la Chica. In 2020, De la Chica spent almost a month in the CRPL, Lwiro Primates, in DR Congo, filming the story of Mama Zawadi, one of the centre caretakers. Her experience highlights the extreme vulnerability of women in general but especially in this [...]
Today we bring you these mugs that volunteer and artisan Nuria Llorens has made entirely by hand. It is great to see how anonymous people invest their time, energy, materials, and economic resources to help a cause like ours. SOS Primates grows thanks to everybody. You do not want to miss out on these mugs [...]
Today we want to thank another charitable person, Luis Sánchez Villavecchia, for wanting his place of business to become part of our family. The Luis Sánchez Villavecchia Osteopathy Centre has offered our SOS Primates calendars to its clients for some weeks now. Thus collaborating on this occasion with the Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Friends of [...]
Do you remember Tamu, the baby chimpanzee that came with a bullet in his head? He has progressed wonderfully, thanks to the care provided in the CRPL, Lwiro Primates, and everyone that helps us. Today we want to thank another friend and volunteer at SOS Primates, Paula Arranz, a biologist who [...]
In these past few days, we have delivered the prize for the 2022 SOSlidary raffle of December (the winner last digits were -695). SOS Primates organises four raffles a year. This time the prize includes primate related goodies or something unique and special. To participate, you only need to ask for the numbers you prefer for a [...]
Didn’t get your SOS Primates calendar yet? We don’t have many more calendars, and we would like to send all of them out to transfer the donations to the Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, in DRCongo. We send them to another organisation that helps them, called Friends of Bonobos. Order yours for a donative of 10 [...]
