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Below is a small sampling of some of the organizations
we with work with, including a brief description of their efforts within our world and
communities. We look forward to growing this list, and also enabling your local
communities with additional efforts to promote health and wellness, conservation of land
and species, while also adding to the benefit and welfare of the destinations we
visit. We hope you find the same kind of satisfaction and fulfillment working with
these groups as we do.
For more information, please contact LUX World Travel
1-866-269-2659
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Defenders of Wildlife
(www.defenders.org)
is dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants
in their natural communities. They focus on programs on what
scientists consider two of the most serious environmental threats to
the planet: the accelerating rate of extinction of species and the
associated loss of biological diversity, and habitat alteration and
destruction. Long known for leadership on endangered species issues,
Defenders of Wildlife also advocates new approaches to wildlife
conservation that will help keep species from becoming endangered.
Their programs encourage protection of entire ecosystems and
interconnected habitats while protecting predators that serve as indicator
species for ecosystem health.
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Heifer
International (www.heifer.org)
operates on the simple idea of giving families a source of food
rather than short-term relief. This belief has caught on and has
continued for over 60 years. Today, millions of families in 128
countries have been given the gifts of self-reliance and hope. Because
of Heifer International, millions of people who were once hungry will
be nourished by milk, eggs and fresh vegetables. Families who for
generations knew only poverty will build new homes and start
businesses. They will send their children to school instead of to the
fields to do backbreaking work. Best of all, each partner family
experiences the dignity of sharing as they give one or more of their
animal’s offspring to another family in need.
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The
International Fund for Animal Welfare, or IFAW, (www.ifaw.org)
rejects the notion that the interests of humans and animals were
separate. Instead they embraced the understanding that the fate
and future of harp seals-and all other animals on Earth-are
inextricably linked to our own. Thanks to IFAW's continued
vigilance, it is now illegal to hunt whitecoat seal pups for
commercial purposes on the ice floes off Canada's east coast. This
is a fragile victory, however, for Canada's commercial seal hunt
persists. IFAW continues to document and expose abuses of the
commercial hunt and press for an end to this cruel, unsustainable
slaughter. IFAW begins its fourth decade of operation with
more than 200 experienced campaigners, legal and political
experts, and internationally acclaimed scientists working from
offices in 15 countries around the world.
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Trees
for the Future (www.treesftf.org)
We are people helping people improve their livelihoods through the
introduction of environmentally sustainable land management
projects protecting the environment that we all share. Since
1988, Trees for the Future has helped thousands of communities in
Central America, Africa, and Asia improve their livelihoods and
their environment by planting nearly 50 million trees in
agroforestry and reforestation projects. Each year these trees
remove over one million tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. We
are also active locally, educating students and communities about
global issues, our role in the environment, and energy efficiency. |
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The
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund (www.gorillafund.org)
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International funds and operate the Karisoke Research Center
in Volcanoes National Park. The staff continues to monitor three gorilla groups,
carry out anti-poaching patrols from their base outside the park, and been involved in
habituating park revenues can be earned through the sale of trek permits. |
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The
Center for Ecosystem Survival,
(www.savenature.org)
is dedicated to creating global partnerships to inspire broad based
participation in the preservation of biological diversity through
ecosystem protection worldwide. CES works in partnership with schools,
universities, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, natural history
museums, and science centers worldwide to protect wildlife and nature.
CES
has three signature programs - Adopt
an Acre, Adopt
a Reef , and the Award Winning Conservation
Parking Meters. Teacher
guides help students to learn about the environment in classrooms,
with the aid of fun projects. See the web site for details. |
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Joining
Hearts and Hands, (www.joiningheartshands.org)
The primary goal of this organization is to support the educational
and healthy living opportunities of African orphans by sponsoring
sustainable development initiatives and building cultural bridges
between Kenya and the United States. Initially, the focus is on the
Mbaka Oromo Primary School in Maseno, Kenya. Working
collaboratively with Reach the Children, USA and Reach the
Children, Kenya, Reach the Children, Inc. is a
not-for-profit organization that provides underprivileged children
opportunities for self-reliance by strengthening families and
communities of Africa, so they can build a brighter tomorrow. |
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Sansanee.Org
was created by Mae Chee Sansanee Sthirasuta, a Buddhist nun, is the founder and Director of
Sathira - Dhammasathan Center, in Bangkok. The Center, under Mae Chee Sansanee leadership, believes that Dhamma is holy, when it can be applied in the normal way of living. We also believe that every human being has the potential to live a life that is free from suffering. We believe that people can be different and that, that difference should be respected and accepted. |
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Manna From Heaven
Community Outreach (www.kerdowney.com)
Manna from Heaven Community Outreach is designed to bring the message of love, healing and
hope by meeting the basic needs of the poor, sick and terminally ill. Through
donations, Manna from Heaven helps local AIDS sufferers cope with the devastation of the
disease. |
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Galapagos
Conservancy (www.galapagos.org)
formerly known as Charles Darwin Foundation, Inc., advocates for the
lasting protection of the Galapagos Islands through programs of
constituency building, education, and fundraising in North America. GC
raises more than $2 million annually to fund the conservation work of
the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) and the Galapagos National Park
Service (GNPS), and supports local actors in Galapagos that work in
partnership with the CDF and the GNPS. Galapagos Conservancy manages
$4.5 million in endowed funds to support conservation in Galapagos.
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The African Wildlife Foundation (www.awf.org)
The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) was founded in 1961 and is the world's foremost
authority on African wildlife. In 1999 AWF launched African Heartlands™, a unique
long-term solution for the survival of the wildlife and wild lands of Africa that
emphasizes the co-existence of wildlife and the people who share the land.
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The African Elephant Conservation Trust (www.elephanttrust.org) The African
Elephant Conservation Trust and its important program the Amboseli Elephant Research
Project work to protect elephants in Amboseli National Park and across Africa. Under the
direction of Cynthia Moss, our program, currently in its 29th year, is vital to elephant
conservation around the world.
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Rainforest Action Network (www.ran.org)
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the
rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent
direct action.
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The Breast Cancer Fund (www.breastcancerfund.org)
Founded in 1992, The Breast Cancer Fund works to uncover and eliminate the preventable
causes of breast cancer, particularly those in the environment, and to support the
development of safer, more effective methods of detection and treatment.
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