Frankfurt Spring School Alumni has won the Bernhard-Grzimek-Price

We’re super excited to share that Andhani Hartanti a Frankfurt Spring School alumni has just been recognized with a major award: the KfW-Bernhard-Grzimek-Price 2024.

 

So who is Andhani? She participated in 2019 in the Frankfurt Spring School as a KfW fellow, developing a project on orangutans in Sumatra. For the past eight year she has been fighting to protect the last large lowland rainforest area on the island, working tirelessly to establish a new, self-sustaining orangutan population in the Bukit Tiga Puluh region. As a dedicated vet and head of the FZS’s jungle school, she’s been caring for orphaned orangutans and getting them ready to thrive in the wild again.

As Andhani came to Frankfurt for the award ceremony we were able to squeeze in an interview to look back at her time in the FSS.

She really liked the course, the mentors and the friends that she made from all over the world. As a KfW fellow her favorite part was working on her project with the group. The four weeks impacted her quite a lot, because they gave her lots of skills and tools to work in conservation. And also a huge motivation boost to continuously develop further skills and connect with other conservationists all over the world.

Her advice for the young generation is: if you love to work in the field and in conservation, join FSS, it’ll give you a head start for your career!

Her dedication is truly inspiring, and we’re so proud to celebrate her success.