The story of a legend
This is not a made-up mascot. Budi is a real orangutan, and his story is wilder than any chart.
Life in a chicken cage
Budi spent the first year of his life in a chicken coop, and his entire diet was condensed milk. Yes, literally: condensed milk for breakfast, lunch and dinner. His portfolio was deep in the red, but even back then he was a world-class hodler.
10 hours of pain and hope
The International Animal Rescue team carried him to the rescue centre, more than 10 hours by boat and by road. Budi was so weak he couldn't even sit up. The vets weren't sure he would make it. He made it. Remember this moment: that was the bottom the pump started from.
Learning to chew, learning to fly
Budi had to relearn everything: chewing solid food, sitting up, climbing branches. The first thing he did was stuff himself with oranges and bananas (leafy greens were politely ignored, the ape knows what's good). Then came best friends Jemmi and Jacko, the first gang and the first community.
Baby School → Forest School
Budi graduated from Baby School and enrolled in Forest School, the Ivy League for future jungle kings. He learned to build nests, fish termites out of rotten branches, and became so popular that he now teaches the younger apes himself. From chicken cage to mentorship. Now that's growth.
Freedom. Full bags. Moon.
After 8 years of rehabilitation, Budi was released into the wild at Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park in Borneo. Four days of trekking through the jungle, and he was home. Free, healthy and unstoppable. Which is exactly where $BUDI is heading.
