CHASE childrens hospice primate day
April 2009
CHASE Children’s Hospice Primate day for children
Children supported by CHASE Hospice Care for Children put on their monkey tails this month to take part in our Yebo Primate day.
On 26th April 2009 Yebo ran a primate day for siblings supported by CHASE Hospice Care for Children near Guildford in Surrey. The day took place at Losley Park and was supported by The Great Primate Handshake.
CHASE supports families with life-limited children and teenagers. We were lucky enough to spend a day with their siblings in April this year where we showed them pictures and videos of primates from around the world which included Bonobos, Gorillas, Vervets, Chimpanzees and Orangutans. The aim of the day was to relate primate feelings, behaviour and family dynamics to that of humans. Later in the day the children made puppets belonging to each primate group and made up a story about their group of primates which they performed to everyone. The Great Primate Handshake helped to create animated primates on the computer where the older children were able to make animated Bonobos. The day was a great success and lots of fun was had. Yebo is looking to run similar days like this in the future.
(Below) Animating primates
