Countdown to the New Year—and to saving bonobos. Final day! This is your last chance of the year to protect bonobos—and your gift is TRIPLED. Don’t miss the final hours ⏰ Donate here: savebonobos.org/TripleMyImpact Fast Fact: Bonobos are one of our closest living relatives. #FriendsofBonobos

2 days left to triple your impact! Your support right now helps bonobos survive and thrive—and is matched 3×. Donate here: savebonobos.org/TripleMyImpact
 Fast Fact: Bonobos use tools, including for nut cracking. 📸 by Leon Haberkorn #bonobos #bonobosconservation

3 days left to triple your impact! ⏰ Time is running out to secure a safer future for bonobos. Our triple match is still active - donate here: savebonobos.org/TripleMyImpact Fast Fact: Bonobos use over 30 different vocalizations to communicate. #bonobos #friendsofbonobos

Countdown to the New Year—and to saving bonobos ⏰ 4 days left! Stand with bonobos before the year ends—your gift is tripled and protects an endangered species. Donate: savebonobos.org/TripleMyImpact Fast Fact: Bonobos can live in groups of up to 100 individuals.

Countdown to the New Year—and to saving bonobos 🗓️ 5 days remaining! Help orphaned bonobos heal and grow at Lola ya Bonobo. With our match, your gift becomes 3×, but only until December 31st! Donate here: savebonobos.org/TripleMyImpact
 Fast Fact: Bonobos are the least-studied great ape.

Countdown to the New Year—and to saving bonobos ⏰ 6 days left! Protect bonobos from trafficking and habitat loss. Our triple match means your impact is multiplied. Donate here: savebonobos.org/TripleMyImpact Fast Fact: Bonobo infants stay with their mothers for at least 4 years. #lolayabonobo

Countdown to the New Year—and to saving bonobos. 7 days to make a difference! Support the only bonobo sanctuary in the world and community-led conservation, your gift will be tripled until Dec. 31st. Donate here: savebonobos.org/TripleMyImpact Fast Fact: Bonobos live in matriarchal societies.

Countdown to the New Year—and to saving bonobos. 8 days left! Help rescue, rehabilitate, and rewild orphaned bonobos. Every gift goes 3× as far right now. Donate here: savebonobos.org/TripleMyImpact Fast Fact: Bonobos resolve conflict with cooperation over aggression.

As the year comes to a close, the staff and bonobos at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary have a special holiday message for you all. Thank you for supporting the rescue and care of bonobos throughout the year, we wish you happy holidays and a joyful New Year! #HappyHolidays #HappyNewYear #LolayaBonobo

A birth at Lola ya Bonobo is always a joyful occasion. Last year, Furaha ya Lola was welcomed at the sanctuary, born to Mobondisi in forest enclosure 3. Learn more about the conservation efforts you’ve been able to support by reading our impact report: www.bonobos.org/your-impact/

Urgent - there is still time to rescue a baby bonobo and triple your gift before the year ends! 🚨 You can provide sanctuary, medical care, and a surrogate mother to help baby bonobos survive. Donate now: savebonobos.org/TripleMyImpact #BabyBonoboRescue #TripleYourImpact

Lombo loves playing and climbing in the trees 🌳 Because of you, orphans like Lombo, who arrived at Lola ya Bonobo as fragile infants, received expert veterinary care and the care of surrogate mamas. Learn more about your impact: www.bonobos.org/your-impact/ #YourImpact #LolaYaBonobo

In 2024, orphaned bonobos grew up in the nursery at Lola ya Bonobo. Because of you, they received expert veterinary care and the care of surrogate mamas who helped them recover from early life trauma. Learn more about your impact: bonobos.org/your-impact/ #YourImpact

You protected rainforest and supported the only site in the world for rewilded bonobos. Your impact includes 120,000 acres of protected forest, local job creation and the first provincial protected area in the DRC created by and for Congolese people. Learn more: savebonobos.org/2024 #EkoloyaBonobo

Rescue a baby bonobo! Right now, your donation will be tripled. A baby like Moba faces the wildlife trade alone and scared. You can give her sanctuary, medical care and a surrogate mother. Donate: savebonobos.org/TripleMyImpact

Thanks to you, Ekolo ya Bonobo Reserve’s 2024 mammal diversity study is complete. The team identified 28 additional mammal species, and the camera traps captured a thriving ecosystem! Learn more about your impact: savebonobos.org/2024 #YourImpact #EkoloYaBonobo #WildlifeConservation

Your support grounded conservation in community 🌿 You made it possible to hold open meetings where residents could listen, ask questions, and be heard. This process helped the Bokakata chief and villagers commit to expanding the protected area. Learn more: savebonobos.org/2024

Thanks to your support, local farmers grew fresh produce for the bonobos at Lola and expanded long term food security. Your support is helping both the sanctuary and nearby communities. Read the full impact report: savebonobos.org/2024 #YourImpact #LolaYaBonobo

Thanks to you and our partnership with Rainforest Trust, Ekolo ya Bonobo Community Reserve is expanding from 120,000 to 200,000 acres 🌿 This expansion is a future built by people and wildlife. Learn more: savebonobos.org/2024 #YourImpact #RainforestProtection #EkoloYaBonobo

Thanks to you, the 70 bonobos at Lola received the care and medical support they needed throughout 2024. Your generosity supported our veterinarians, caretakers, and education team, who lead four tours a day to help share the bonobo story! Learn more about your impact: savebonobos.org/2024

Meet Andji, our warrior spirit. 💚After arriving as an orphan in 2021, he became known for his bold personality. Now 4, he’s graduated to one of Lola's forested groups and has bonded with Semendwa, the group’s matriarch, a beautiful milestone on his journey. Read more here! Savebonobos.org/2024

Rescued baby bonobos begin their journey in the nursery at Lola ya Bonobo, cared for by loving surrogate mamas. When they’re ready, they graduate to forested enclosures where they learn to live like wild bonobos again! Check out their stories in our most recent annual report! savebonobos.org/2024

Happy Birthday to our founder, Claudine André! 🎂 Her wish? That people talk about bonobos “so they get to know them... We have only one planet and we are all responsible for it.” Share her story! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzxe... #ClaudineAndre #FriendsOfBonobos #BonoboLove #ConservationHeroes

Every rescued baby bonobo begins here in the nursery at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary. With love, care, and your support, they'll grow strong enough to join a sanctuary group and then return to the wild at Ekolo ya Bonobo Community Reserve. #Bonobos #SaveBonobos #BonoboNursery #WildlifeConservation

Life in the nursery is about second chances. With play and love, bonobos grow past trauma and take their first steps toward independence. ⭐ Bonobos are NOT pets. Only trained professionals care for them at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary. #Bonobos #BonoboRecovery #BonoboSanctuary #SaveWildlife

🌕 Three beautiful souls, three haunted journeys, one shared sanctuary. Emongo, Djeka, and Lombo have endured more than any baby should. But in the nursery, they play like imps, feast like goblins, and learn to trust like witches in a coven. #Bonobos #SpookySeason #WildHalloween #HauntedHearts

Mwenga and Mama Yvonne share an unbreakable bond. Mwenga is blossoming with Yvonne’s love and round-the-clock care. ⭐ Bonobos are endangered wild animals, never pets. At Lola ya Bonobo, trained professionals care for them to ensure their safety and wellbeing. #Bonobos #BonoboRescue #SaveWildlife

In the nursery, the orphans grow stronger and closer. Lombo and Lenda are learning to climb, swing, and play together — practice for the life skills they’ll need to be returned to the wild someday! #Bonobos #BonoboFriends #BonoboNursery #PlayfulPrimates #WildlifeConservation #SaveBonobos

Kenge arrived in April, too weak to walk or cling. Covered in rashes and barely one year old, he needed constant care and focused attention. Thanks to Mama Niclette’s devotion, Kenge is slowly growing stronger each day. We can already see his personality is coming out!

It’s a full house here at Lola ya Bonobo! Nearly a dozen orphaned bonobos have found safety, care, and hope in our nursery this year. Every face has a story of survival. Over the next weeks, we’ll introduce you to all these new faces! Which new friend of ours do you see yourself in the most?

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay — a reminder that healing takes time, connection, and care. At Lola ya Bonobo, every rescued bonobo learns to trust again through gentle, patient love. May we all offer ourselves the same compassion.

Have you heard? A new baby has been born at Lola ya Bonobo! Ndjili and her newborn are healthy and thriving... a powerful sign of resilience and hope for bonobos, the world’s most endangered great ape. Read here: www.bonobos.org/blog/a-new-b...

🚨 Today’s the day! 🚨 It’s Giving Day for Apes — a worldwide event to protect our closest relatives. Every dollar you give rescues, rehabilitates, and cares for apes while helping sanctuaries win prize money. 👉 Give before midnight: https://www.givingdayforapes.org/organization/Lola-Ya-Bonobo

There’s still time to make your gift for Giving Day for Apes! Your donation rescues orphans, supports rehabilitation and reintroduction, and provides lifelong sanctuary care for those who cannot return to the wild. 👉 Give today: https://www.givingdayforapes.org/organization/Lola-Ya-Bonobo

Dr. Goodall's influence reached across species and generations. In 2010, she visited Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary with our founder Claudine André, sharing in the hope for bonobos’ future. Recently, she supported Claudine's nomination for an award, calling her “the unsung heroine of bonobo conservation.”

If you’ve been inspired by our #bonobo conservation work, or touched by the stories we share, we’d be so grateful if you’d take a moment to write a short review of our organization on Great Nonprofits. Every review helps us grow our impact! greatnonprofits.org/org/friends-...

In 2021, scientists discovered two wild female bonobos adopted infants from other social groups, the first case of such an adoption found in #greatapes. This rare act of cross-group adoption shows just how strong female bonds are in bonobo society!

They once tracked bonobos to hunt them. Now, they track to protect. At Ekolo ya Bonobo, former #poachers are joining our forest guard to become fierce wildlife defenders, using their forest knowledge to guard the very species they once hunted. ow.ly/gWRw50VOGrF #Bonobos #WildlifeConservation

Bonobos use tools just like early humans! In the wild, they’ve been seen cracking nuts, using sticks to dig for food, and even wielding stone tools. This ability was once thought unique to humans and chimpanzees, but #bonobos proved that wrong! 💡 Video by Frans Lanting

Please share our recent posts about the floods in Congo with your friends and followers. The more people who see what’s happening, the more support we can rally. #Emergency #SaveBonobos #FloodRelief

Our hearts are heavy. The floods in the Congo have severely impacted Lola ya Bonobo. Your gift will provide water and emergency supplies needed to keep the sanctuary going during this very difficult time. savebonobos.org/FloodRelief #FloodRelief #SaveBonobos #Emergency

Floodwaters overwhelmed Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary, putting bonobos and staff members at risk. Your emergency gift will provide repairs, food for bonobos and staff, and clean drinking water. Please, give what you can today. savebonobos.org/FloodRelief #FloodRelief #Urgent (Video shows restaurant)

Urgent help needed! 🚨 We've experienced severe flooding at Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary. Our team in the Congo urgently needs your help. Will you please send a special gift to help provide food, clean drinking water, and emergency supplies? savebonobos.org/FloodRelief #FloodRelief #SaveBonobos #Urgent

Meet Kamina! A New Arrival at Lola ya Bonobo 💚 Please welcome Kamina, a bold and curious 3-year-old bonobo rescued from Lodja, in Sankuru Province. Like many victims of the illegal wildlife trade, Kamina was kept as a pet—but now she’s safe and sound at Lola ya Bonobo. #BonoboRescue

Bonobos are known for their kindness, cooperation, and strong social bonds—and these sweet moments between Bola and Lokenye say it all! Sign up for our newsletter and get a bonobo screensaver to brighten your screen every month. www.bonobos.org/bonobos-emai...

Happy International Day of Forests! The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced the creation of the world's largest protected tropical forest reserve—the Dog Green Corridor Kivu-Kinshasa! 🌳

Our hearts are with our friends at Ape Initiative as they mourn the loss of Kanzi, a remarkable bonobo whose intelligence, and spirit touched so many. His death is an immense loss, not only to those who loved and cared for him but to all those inspired by his incredible abilities and gentle nature.

Using sex to manage social tension may date back over six million years to humans’ common ape ancestor, according to a new study. The use of sexual behavior during social tension may well be a common behavioral trait between #bonobos & #chimps durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Rare chance to hear ABC General Director Fanny Minesi ! On March 12 presents the first Barrows Conservation Lecture of 2025 @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social , "Bonobos, Matriarchs & Community Conservation: Facing Challenges in Congo." Get tickets ( in person or virtual) savebonobos.org/Lecture

Happy World Bonobo Day: A celebration of love, peace, and conservation! Please consider donating to @friendsofbonobos.bsky.social