Nakuu
Est. Date of birth 2001
Female
My name is Nakuu and I arrived at Ngamba in 2002. My name actually means ‘sorrow’ in Lugandan because when I first arrived the caregivers were very sad over the loss of another chimp and also sad because I had been taken from the wild. I was being held by a solider but after he read an article about chimpanzees and that it is illegal to keep us as pets, he turned me over to the Uganda Wildlife Authority. My best friend in Nani because we spent 5 months together in quarantine before arriving at the island.
My Story
Nakuu (Profile of Ngamba Island’s symbol of sorrow)
In a place where you find many orphaned Chimpanzees, expect to find a girl named Who, a boy named Big Stomach and a lot of sorrow.
My name is Nakuu; in English you can call me sorrow. I arrived at Ngamba Island days after Yiki a male Chimpanzee had died from pneumonia. The care givers were all engulfed in sorrow and it seemed like they had given up on their fight to rescue and save Chimpanzees.
Then I arrived, me— their big ray of hope, when they looked at me they all chorused Nakuu and I looked up. Then one of them said this is a symbol of all the sadness we feel right now.
I was the reason they smiled again and the reason they had renewed hope in rescuing and saving us. Every single year I stand up tall, just like the statue of Liberty as a reminder of the painful past.
It’s been 14 years now and so many Chimpanzees have come after me and together we have continued to cement and bide the care givers hearts.
Do you want to see how many Chimpanzees were brought to the island since 24th March 2002? Find us at Ngamba Island.
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Nakuu
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