Ua hoʻopio ʻo Rodney, ka orangutan, i kahi papa o nā keiki kula Pelekane i kēia manawa i kona hoʻolaha ʻana iā Sarawak ma UK. Ua aʻo nā kamaliʻi liʻiliʻi ma The Colleton School ma Twyford, Berkshire i ka wao nahele ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou haʻawina ʻāina i ka wā i hele mai ai ʻo Rodney i ka lā Rainforest a paipai i nā ʻōpio e kākoʻo iā Borneo a me kāna holoholona hihiu.
Ua hana a pena nā keiki i kā lākou mau maka ponoʻī e hōʻike ana i nā holoholona wao nahele like ʻole, a ua haʻaheo ʻo Rodney ma ke alo o ka laina conga i ka hula ʻana o nā keiki a me kā lākou mau kumu a puni ke kula e hōʻike i kā lākou hana lima.
"ʻO Rodney kā mākou mascot maikaʻi," wahi a Christina Wendt, ka luna o ke kūʻai aku a me ke kūʻai aku ma ka Sarawak Convention Bureau. "He orangutan mea pāʻani palupalu nui ʻo ia, a hoʻohana mākou iā ia i ka wā e mālama ai mākou i nā hanana hoʻolaha ma ʻEulopa i kāna hana ʻana i kahi kamaʻilio maikaʻi loa, a makemake nā mea a pau i kā lākou kiʻi paʻi me ia. Ua hui pū ʻo Rodney me ke Komisina Kiʻekiʻe o Malaysia ma Lākana i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ai mākou i ka Borneo Convention Center Kuching i ka mākeke UK i ka makahiki i hala.
Ma hope o ko Rodney kipa ʻana i ke kula ʻo The Colleton, ua noi ʻia nā keiki e hana i kahi papahana ma ka home e hōʻike ana i nā mea āpau a lākou i aʻo ai e pili ana i ka wao ua.
Ua hoʻoholo kekahi o nā keiki, he 6 makahiki, e lawe i ka orangutan mai ka papahana Heart to Heart hou e hoʻolaha ʻia ana e ka Sarawak Forestry Corporate Sbd Bld e kākoʻo ana i nā Semenggoh a me Matang Wildlife Centers.
"Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi palapala hōʻoia, a ke kakali nei au e aʻo hou aku e pili ana i nā orangutans ma Sarawak," wahi āna. "Ua hauʻoli nui mākou i ka lā i hele mai ai ʻo Rodney i ko mākou kula!."
"Ma ka Sarawak Convention Bureau, makemake nui mākou e hoʻolaha ʻia ka ʻāina o Sarawak a me Borneo i nā makahiki āpau a puni ka honua. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻo nā keiki ma The Colleton School paha ka hanauna hou o nā mea hoʻonohonoho hālāwai! wahi a Wendt.
No ka ʻike hou aku, e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona iā Julie Watterston, Watterston Associates Ltd, Lunamakaʻāinana UK - Sarawak Convention Bureau ma +44 118 934 5542 a i ʻole leka uila. [pale ʻia ka leka uila].
