Causes: Animals, Education, Environment, Forest Conservation, International, International Development, Wildlife Preservation & Protection

Mission: the mission of the Orang Utan Republik Foundation (OURF) is to save the orangutans of Indonesia through conservation education, outreach initiatives and innovative collaborative programs that inspire and call people to action. We are also the USA chapter of TOP that supports numerous wildlife and habitat conservation programs.

Results: Funds raised and administered have provided:* 244 scholarships to Indonesian students over the past 17 years; 144 students have graduated in the fields of Biology, Forestry & Veterinary Science;* 8 fellowships to Indonesian and international students over the past 12 years;* programs to thousands of grade school students in N. Sumatra and Jakarta;* formal and informal education programs to villagers in numerous communities near Gunung Leuser National Park; * Orangutan Caring Week activities in Indonesia and venues around the world (since 2005)* Support for the Sumatran Orangutan Education Conference, Workshop, and Summit (2006) that crafted curricula specific to reduce the killing of orangutans;* Support to the Orangutan Caring Foundation of Indonesia and Sustainable Green Sumatra Foundation to build institutional capacity to further the mission of the foundation (since 2006).

Target demographics: low-income college bound students in North Sumatra, Aceh and West Kalimantan, Indonesia; grade school through high school students in N. Sumatra and Jakarta, Indonesia; people at all levels of Indonesian society that threaten the survival of orangutans.

Direct beneficiaries per year: 82 college students with scholarships; and hundreds of villagers in N. Sumatra.

Geographic areas served: Indonesia

Programs: * Orangutan Caring Scholarship program, a collaboration with the Orangutan Information Center in Sumatra & Yayasan Palung, Borneo Nature Foundation, and Center for Orangutan Protection in Borneo, that provides 3 or4-year scholarships to needy students in Biology, Forestry, and Veterinary Science;* LP Jenkins Memorial Fellowship provides funds to graduate students conducting field research on orangutans and rainforest;* Community Education & Conservation Program (CECP) with the Sustainable Green Sumatra Foundation provides education, training, and livelihood enhancements to villagers living near orangutans to reduce the human-wildlife conflict and improve their quality of life; conducts tree-planting in and around Gunung Leuser National Park. * Orangutan Caring Week, a collaboration with orangutan groups, zoos, and others to call attention to the plight of the species each November;