Hello, I’m Gaya, a forestry and environment student at IPB University. I just finished my internship at Little Fireface Project. It feels quite good to be able to share a little bit of my internship experience at LFP even though it was only 1 month.

There were quite a lot of activities that I did at LFP. On the first day of my internship, I was invited to a school to teach conservation education to children. I remember, at that time we gave material about the introduction of natural objects in the surrounding environment. I was very happy to see the enthusiasm of the children to learn at that time. On the next day, my team and I went to Darajat, Garut to monitor tree planting. We saw the farmers’ gardens and interviewed the farmers regarding the results of tree planting. It was quite exciting because we were able to travel quite far and interact directly with farmers.

Then the main activity at LFP is the observation of Javan slow lorises. We observed its behavior, confirmed its whereabouts, and checked its sleep site.  It was so exciting to observe the loris’ behavior, because we could see its cuteness and its silly behavior. There were some unforgettable moments when observing loris behavior. One of them was when we found a baby loris with its mother Suky. It was the first time we had seen the baby, and at the time it had fallen to the ground and Suky, its mother, rushed to pick it up and hold it in her lap. It was great to see the cute baby loris in its mother’s arms.

My internship experience at LFP was very memorable. In addition to the many fun things I did, the staff here are very humble and cool in teaching and accompanying me at LFP. The people in Cipaganti are also very friendly and open. I feel very happy to have the opportunity to intern at LFP, hopefully all the knowledge and experience I get, will be useful in the future.

Hello, saya Gaya, mahasiswa kehutanan dan lingkungan IPB University. Saya baru saja menyelesaikan magang di Little Fireface Project. Rasanya cukup senang dapat membagikan sedikit pengalaman magang di LFP walau hanya 1 bulan.

Ada cukup banyak kegiatan yang saya lakukan di LFP. Pada hari pertama magang, saya diajak ke sekolah untuk mengajarkan pendidikan konservasi ke anak-anak. Saya ingat, pada saat itu kami memberikan materi tentang pengenalan benda-benda alam di lingkungan sekitar. Saya sangat senang melihat antusiasme anak-anak belajar pada saat itu. Kemudian di hari berikutnya saya bersama tim pergi ke Darajat, Garut untuk melakukan monitoring penanaman pohon. Kami melihat kebun-kebun petani dan mewawancarai para petani terkait hasil penanaman pohon. Rasanya cukup seru karena dapat jalan-jalan yang cukup jauh dan berinteraksi langsung dengan petani.

Kemudian kegiatan utama di LFP yaitu pengamatan kukang Jawa. Kami mengamati perilakunya, memastikan keberadaannya, hingga mengecek sleep site nya.  Cukup seru melakukan pengamatan perilaku kukang, karena dapat melihat kelucuannya hingga kekonyolan tingkah lakunya. Ada beberapa momen yang tak terlupakan saat melakukan pengamatan perilaku kukang. Salah satunya yaitu saat kami menemukan bayi kukang yang sedang bersama induknya Suky. Bayi tersebut pertama kalinya terlihat, dan pada saat itu keadaanya dia sedang terjatuh di tanah dan Suky sang induknya bergegas mengambil dan memangkunya kembali. Senang rasanya dapat melihat keimutan bayi kukang yang sedang berada di pelukan ibunya.

Sangat berkesan pengalaman magang saya di LFP. Karena selain banyak hal-hal seru yang dilakukan, staf-staf di sini sangat humble dan Asik dalam mengajarkan dan membersamai saya di LFP. Kemudian masyarakat di Cipaganti juga sangat ramah dan terbuka. Saya merasa sangat senang dapat berkesempatan magang di LFP, semoga semua ilmu dan pengalaman yang saya dapatkan, menjadi bermanfaat dan berguna di masa depan.