Mr Howard has pledged $500,000 over the next four years to save orangutans in Indonesian forests after a chance meeting with a 10-year-old cerebral palsy sufferer.
The Prime Minister met the "inspirational Australian" Daniel Clarke in May this year while in the players' dressing room after a rugby match between Australia and Wales.
During this encounter, Daniel expressed his passionate fears orangutans could become extinct in Indonesia and impressed Mr Howard.
This week the Mr Howard visited Daniel at his family's Terry Hills home in Sydney's northern suburbs to tell him he would commit money to save the Indonesian orangutans.
"I am hopeful the orangutans in Indonesia will have a brighter future," he said.
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