There are many charities working hard in Seychelles, in everything from supporting the local wildlife to environmental conservation. Here are some of the best ones.
Their long-term collaborative project supports local partners focused on marine conservation in Seychelles, which relies upon tourism and fisheries as its principal industries. The project supports the management of Curieuse Island National Park and conducts research on several threatened species including sharks, turtles, and endemic species such as the Aldabra Giant Tortoise and the Coco de Mer, whilst working to strengthen local capacity and regulation.
Their collaborative project supports critical marine conservation in the Seychelles, surveying coral reef ecosystems, including megafaunas such as sharks and turtles. The project conducts marine research, environmental education, and capacity-building workshops, and works towards attitude, regulation, and policy changes, through activities operated in collaboration with NGOs, universities, and government agencies.
Hesperian strives for a world in which people and communities are equipped to achieve health for all. Their mission is to provide information and educational tools that help all people take greater control over their health and work to eliminate the underlying causes of poor health.
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) is managing the GSTC Criteria, global standards for sustainable travel and tourism; as well as providing international accreditation for sustainable tourism Certification Bodies. GSTC’s mission is to be an agent of change in the world of sustainable travel and tourism by fostering the increased knowledge, understanding, adoption, and demand for sustainable tourism practices.
The Charity seeks to advance education for the public benefit. They provide advice and consultancy services on education matters to governments and others. They teach, provide counseling and guidance to young people and adults, undertake or commission educational research and provide training and support for educators.
WWT works to save wetlands for wildlife and for people by inspiring people to connect with and value wetlands and their wildlife, by demonstrating and promoting the importance and benefits of wetlands, by countering threats to wetlands and their wildlife, by creating and restoring wetlands and protecting key wetland sites and by savings threatened wetlands species.
They engage people worldwide in scientific field research and education in order to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment.
ASDAN’s aim is the advancement of education, by providing opportunities for all learners to develop their personal and social attributes and levels of achievement through the use and attainment of ASDAN awards and qualifications, and the relief of poverty, where poverty inhibits such opportunities for learners. They have now developed more than 80 programs of educational activity.
There are lots of wonderful charities working in Seychelles that deserve your support. This list covers only a few. You could also support AAM National Care. AAM Nation Care is committed to helping poor or less fortunate people to grow. They want to see people of all walks of life succeed and make the nation a better place for all.