21st of November: Celebrating fish and the strange species of Sebangau National Park
by Sara Thornton Today fishing communities around the world celebrate World Fisheries day to highlight the importance of maintaining the world’s fisheries and the rivers, lakes and oceans that sustains them. It is also Indonesia’s National Fish Day – so even more reason for us at BNF to celebrate! Across Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) fishing is […]
Letters from penpals: the children of Sebangau finally receive reply letters from Australia
by Petricia A. Hutasoit (BNF Education staff) Does anyone still remember about the exchange box activity that Anak Sebangau did with the Australian school last time? Well… finally we got the box from Australia, yippieeee!! Are you curious what is inside the box? When the box came, all of the Anak Sebangau members held their […]
Honeymoon Phase in Borneo
by Hayley Kopp (BNF Volunteer 2018) The hammock swayed gently as I wrote in my journal. Taps of rain hit the roof of the lounge area. I glanced up to see a gecko resting on a beam. I heard the laughter of my fellow volunteers engaging in their nightly card game. Empty cocoa cups lay […]
