Rosa’s endangered species trip wins her praise - and cuddles
By Chris Briddon
29th July 2007
Rosa Dodd came and visited Nyaru Menteng and had the opportunity to meet Lone Droscher Nielsen and the orangutans.
Rosa’s report on Gibbons and Orangutans and the challenges facing their natural environment in Borneo, Indonesia was screened on BBC Two.
Rosa won a competition to visit a country where species are under threat by the actions of humans. She describes the trip as “a once in a lifetime experience to visit and help an dangered environment on the other side of the world”.
She helped in a local Gibbon and Orangutan sanctuaries, releasing animals back into the wild, providing care and injections to sick and young wildlife and feeding young primates.
Rosa felt a real affinity with the animals, she said: “feeding the animals really made me think how much they are like us and it was a real pleasure to win the competition and produce a report for the BBC.”
Rosa wants to stress that we can all do our bit. She said: “it is as important to check product labels and avoid palm oil products as it is to make documentaries.
“We can all do our bit by protecting the tropical rainforest from destruction for palm oil plantations by being careful over the type of products we buy in the shops”
The Green School is delighted and proud of Rosa’s achievements. Headteacher Mrs Pam Butterfield said “We were thrilled to see Rosa’s report on television and hope to use her outstanding work as part of our wider global citizenship education programme.
“Opportunities like this are essential in raising the profile of the plight of world endangered species and in linking classroom learning to real student concerns and experiences in the wider world’.”
Despite all the environmental education, Rosa says the best part of the experience was getting to cuddle the animals.
Source: Richmond and Twickenham Times
