PLAY A MEANINGFUL ROLE IN PRESERVING ABUSED, THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES

You can help in many ways, for example, by working with the Kenya Wildlife Department, assisting to protect turtles, or collecting valuable data on the Hump-backed dolphin for use in research to ensure we don't endanger the species. Or helping to preserve the hitherto untouched coral reefs off the coast of Brunei ... before it's too late. Or you could gain valuable diving experience and at the same time learn how to run a Dive Centre and what part it plays in Malaysia tourism sector.

As with all voluntary projects, they are an excellent entry on your CV and they put you ahead of your competitors in the job market.

The type of work varies depending on the project and country you choose. We have projects which include aspects of the following: field research, observation, night watches, boat maintenance, cleaning duties, enrichment projects, diving, learning, educating, photographing, building, painting and much more depending on the requirements of the project.

Whatever you find yourself doing, it will be worthwhile and satisfying. The consequence of your contribution, the bond you develop with nature and the memories that you’ll take home with you, are immeasurable and they last a lifetime. Make a difference - get involved!

CONSERVATION MATTERS… NOW!

Travellers appreciates the urgent need to educate the people of today about our world’s endangered species and eco-systems. The people who need educating on the importance of conservation are consumers in the Western world, the local people who live close to wildlife, and local authorities and councils who have the power to protect their immediate environment but not the knowledge of how sacred our endangered species are.

We are actively involved in many important conservation initiatives around the world. We believe that protecting our animal species and our planet is of vital necessity. Taking action and increasing awareness now is necessary for our future generations. If action is not taken immediately, the repercussions in a generation or two will be cause for global emergency. By then, however, all of nature’s precious resources will have been used up, destroyed by the fundamental problem of human greed and a critical lack of awareness.

According to the World Conservation Union (IUCN), 15,589 species of animals and plants are threatened with extinction and many ecosystems – wetlands, forests – are being degraded and destroyed…

The World Conservation Union, along with its affiliates, is vigorously promoting scientific research into eco-systems. What is needed urgently, however, is to spread awareness and to educate the world. There is no better way to do this than to send motivated and conscientious people like YOU out into the wilderness to absorb and appreciate nature at its most glorious, and at it’s most vulnerable. Travellers promotes and enables first-hand experience and education of conservation issues for everyone and anyone who cares. Creating interest and an awareness of conservation amongst people is critical… as critical as the hands on help in research, rehabilitation and animal welfare development that you physically provide on these placements.

TRAVELLERS' CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CONSERVATION:

• Identifying worthwhile conservation work around the world that requires hands on assistance and/or funding assistance

• Initiating and implementing conservation projects around the world

• Continuously monitoring the work to ensure that it provides adequate support, structure, comfort and satisfaction for the volunteers

• Continuously seeking to ensure future development of a worthwhile program.

• Providing structured and safe conservation projects for inexperienced volunteers with an interest in conservation

• Marketing these opportunities to make people aware of how they can help despite time or money restrictions

• Recruiting self-funding volunteers from around the world

• Providing and arranging the opportunity of short-term work in established conservation roles for paying volunteers (meaning no cost at all to the projects, because their funds are limited and need to be retained for purely conservation aims)

• Providing funds to all conservation projects that we work with. Many of these projects would not be able to continue if it weren't for the funding they receive from Travellers.

• Ensuring valuable, worthwhile work that develops the volunteer, the animals and the local community (a win-win-win situation!)

• The Phil Perkes Trust, established in memory of Phil Perkes, Travellers Founder, provides valuable funding towards meaningful projects in conservation for each and every volunteer that does a Travellers’ placement.

Just some of Travellers donations to worthy conservation causes (see also Making a Difference) include:

• Supporting the staff and the work of the Endangered Species project in South Africa during a financially troubled time in order to continue its valuable research into endangered species in Africa and allowing volunteers to continue to help with this crucial work. - It’s the little things that matter.

• Continuous donations per volunteer to Sepilok’s Orang-Utan Rehabilitation Centre in Borneo.

• Enabling research and education by sponsoring the Director + team of Sri Lanka’s Zoo to attend an international symposium in the UK on zoological enrichment.

If you care about Conservation,
If you would like to learn more,
If you'd like to leave your mark on the planet...

Make a Difference... Get involved!