The story of baby Baim

His face has traces of dried baby formula and his wrinkled frame is surrounded by a nimbus of soft rust red hair. His eyes hold the gaze of the humans peering down at him while he keens, terrified to find himself separated from his mother.

Baim will live! Thanks to you.

Because an orang-utan mother would never willingly give up her baby, there is almost no other conclusion than that she may have been poached.

If little Baim had not hidden, or been able to get away, he would have been sold as a pet or trophy to someone who cares little for the species, and everything for their own vanity. That’s the way it can be in these forests.

But because you care enough about the forest home of the orang-utan,
deep in the Heart of Borneo, we are on the way to creating a giant conservation area covering approximately 220,000 km2 so that orang-utans like Baim are spared the wrath of bulldozers ripping out trees to establish palm oil plantations.

We will also create a network of protected areas, in which poaching is rendered all but impossible.

Poaching and unsustainable palm oil plantations, the twin scourges of the forest, will eventually succumb to your consistent and compassionate support. Together, we will win the battle for the future - for Baim!

The power of one

Holding Baim is such a powerful, emotional experience. He is too young to know about the disappearing forest habitat. He cannot know that his subspecies is now considered to be endangered according to the IUCN Red List of mammals. But we know. And, as we make contact with those doleful eyes, Baim becomes for us a powerful symbol of our commitment to never stop - ever - until these forests and these creatures are safe.

We can do this because you care. Thank you.