SOS Primates Collaborates with “BOOM”

2022-04-13T09:31:08+01:00Sunday, 20 February, 2022|

The SOS Primates team is proud to have been consulted technical information about primates by some TV producers, specifically in competitions. For example,  in the television contest "BOOM", we were asked which was the correct answer. This demonstrates that we are trusted by these TV producers. Our NGO doesn't cease to grow. Primates of the CRPL center, [...]

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SOS Primates in Pallejà’s 5th Pro-animal Fair

2022-04-13T08:46:06+01:00Monday, 14 February, 2022|

Today we were also at the 5th Pro-animal Fair in Pallejà (Barcelona) with a stand where we shared our work and collected donations for the CRPL, Lwiro Primates, in the DR Congo. The fair was organised by  Sos ladridos and we would like to thank all of you who came and [...]

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science

2022-04-13T08:47:23+01:00Friday, 11 February, 2022|

Today, February 11th, marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Many male scientists and inventors are remembered, but very little is known about the great female scientists. At SOS Primates we believe in gender equality, in fact, 90% of our team is made up of women. On a day like today, one [...]

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Solidarity magnets

2022-04-13T10:47:44+01:00Thursday, 10 February, 2022|

Some people who help us want to remain anonymous. We like to put a face on them but we respect that, of course. This is the case of an animal lover who has wonderful hands for crafts. We believe that she should do this professionally, but at the moment she only does it for fun [...]

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Three people that help SOS Primates. Would you like to join us too?

2022-04-13T10:45:49+01:00Thursday, 10 February, 2022|

Today we bring you another video about 3 people who help us that are an example of solidarity and commitment for SOS Primates. Lucía Gandarillas, Xesca León and Carme Vidal, who encouraged us to create the project in 2012, in our volunteer experience at the CRPL, Lwiro Primates, in DR Congo. You can [...]

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Choosing postcards responsibly

2022-04-26T07:29:36+01:00Thursday, 10 February, 2022|

Little orphans need to rest and sleep for many hours, just like human primates. That is how they recover the energy to keep going. They also recover emotionally after the trauma of being snatched away from their mothers. You can see little Mazingira, in the photo, of the CRPL, Lwiro Primates, surrendering to Morfeo’s arms. [...]

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Mama wins the Goya

2022-04-13T08:43:47+01:00Friday, 4 February, 2022|

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 [...]

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Get to know volunteer Luisa Martínez

2022-04-26T07:28:20+01:00Wednesday, 2 February, 2022|

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 [...]

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2022 Calendar campaign wrap-up

2022-04-26T07:26:45+01:00Monday, 31 January, 2022|

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 [...]

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Total of donations obtained in 2021

2022-04-26T07:24:45+01:00Friday, 21 January, 2022|

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 [...]

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