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Getty Images photographer Dan Kitwood spent time last year visiting the Chimpanzee Conservation Center (CCC) in the Haut Niger National Park in Guinea, West Africa. Kitwood describes the 6,000-square-kilometer facility as a sanctuary and rehabilitation center for rescued orphaned chimpanzees.

The chimpanzees receive care and attention from keepers during a rehabilitation period that may take as long as 10 years, with the ultimate goal being self-sufficiency and a release back into the wild. At the time of Kitwood’s visit, the CCC was looking after 50 Western Chimpanzees.

French volunteer Audrey Lenormand, 27, holds ten-month-old Soumba at the Chimpanzee Conservation Center on November 27, 2015, in Somoria, Guinea. 

Keeper Daouda Keita collects the baby group from their enclosure for their first bushwalk at the CCC on November 26, 2015. 

Noel gets stuck in trees next to the River Niger during one of his daily bushwalks at the CCC on November 28, 2015.

Hawa, one of the baby group is fed after a morning bushwalk on November 26, 2015. 

Shelly stands in a tree in her enclosure at the CCC on November 27, 2015.

Ten month old Soumba is left alone momentarily for the first time since her recent arrival at the CCC on December 3, 2015.

Douda Keita, carries Noel during a daily bushwalk on November 27, 2015. 

Spanish veterinary volunteer Camille Lemaire (left) performs a health check on new arrival Kandar on November 28, 2015 in Somoria, Guinea. 

A portrait of Missy at the CCC on November 28, 2015. 

Keeper Fayer Kourouma interacts with Labe, one of the nursery group over sugar cane during a forest bushwalk on December 1, 2015. 

One of the baby group swings in trees during a bushwalk.

A detailed picture of one of Coco's hands at the CCC on November 22, 2015. 

CCC member Mamadi Camara conducts monitoring work using satellite tracking equipment on the River Niger at dawn near the CCC on November 23, 2015. 

Noel gets stuck in trees next to the River Niger during one of his daily bushwalks on November 28, 2015. 

Keeper Sekou Kourouma takes the nursery group on a bushwalk.

Hawa eats in her enclosure after a morning bushwalk on November 27, 2015.

French volunteer Anissa Aidat struggles with several of the nursery group during a bushwalk on November 30, 2015. 

Keeper Albert Wamouno interacts with Hawa during a bushwalk, at the Chimpanzee Conservation Center in Somoria, Guinea.