As part of our 2019 Steppes Fund for Change initiative, we partnered with 20 community-led projects helping to mitigate climate change through education, conservation and community development.
The who, where and how – explore the 20 small projects that we’re supporting as they make a big impact in their local communities. It’s a privilege to know that every tailor-made holiday or expert-led group tour that we create is making a difference around the world.
The Americas
Raincoast Conservation Foundation
This foundation works to protect the wildlife of the Great Bear Rainforest, by acquiring the commercial trophy hunting rights to the Kitlope tenure to stop such activities occurring.
The Galapagos Conservation Trust works with young girls to build -up their self-confidence and skills for a brighter future.
The Steppes Fund for Change will enable the Kichwa Anangu Community in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador to receive classroom resources to better early childhood education.
ECOAN is working to preserve the fragile Andean ecosystems, through the development of three sustainable women’s textiles associations in the Vilcanta Mountains, Peru.
The Albatross Task Force aims to reduce the bycatch of albatross and petrels through the education of fishermen, to ultimately improve the conservation status of threatened seabirds.
Africa
African Parks runs a mobile clinic in Odzala-Kokoua National Park, in the Congo, which provides quality education and healthcare to women.
The rangers of Virunga National Park, in the Congo, sacrificed their lives to protect the wildlife of the park; consequently, the park has a duty to take care of those left behind via the Widows Workshop.
Conservation Through Public Health
Conservation Through Public Health aims to protect gorillas in Bwindi, Uganda by providing household-level health services to community members.
The Steppes Fund for Change supports the Masizakhe Youth Art Project (MYAP) in Gugulethu, Cape Town, which provides educational support and development through dance, singing and drama.
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Durrell is working with local communities in Madagascar’s Menabe-Antimena Protected Area to preserve and restore forest habitat through community-led patrolling and reforestation efforts.
Indian Subcontinent
Sambhali Trust
Sambhali Trust empowers marginalised women and children from poor communities in Jodhpur, India by providing a broad education and vocational training in sewing.
Chhanv Foundation focuses mainly on the prevention of acid attacks and the welfare of acid attack survivors through free medical treatments and post-attack support in finding employment.
The Steppes Fund for Change will support the Wild Shaale environmental-conservation education programme, which aims to increase the tolerance and awareness of precious wildlife in India.
The Steppes Fund for Change will support the OSCAR Foundation’s #kicklikeagirl programme as it works to empower young girls living in Mumbai to stay in education.
The Rainbow Centre provides daily education, food, welfare, medical treatment and loving support to children living in extreme poverty in southwestern Sri Lanka.
South-East Asia
The Lampi Foundation runs various conservation projects, and offer mainland education for the children of Wa Ale Island, known for being a hub of illegal activities.
The Ponheary Ly Foundation works to provide meaningful education and a safe place to learn for some of the brightest, and yet most disenfranchised, young women in northern Cambodia.
The objective of Bali WISE is to empower poor, marginalised and at-risk young women by increasing their access to skilled employment.
The objective of Bali WISE is to empower poor, marginalised and at-risk young women by increasing their access to skilled employment.
Australasia
The Koala Clancy Foundation aims to create and protect koala habitat through the planting of thousands of trees to restore lost habitats.
