Sustainable Tourism: Europe

Please see below a list of charities we recommend in Europe, including contact details and how to donate.

David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation

 David Shepherd is known internationally as an artist and ambassador for wildlife. In 1960 he become a conservationist overnight when he came across 255 zebra lying dead around a poisoned waterhole in Tanzania. Since then, with the help of supporters across the world, the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF) has given away over £4million in grants to save critically endangered mammals in their wild habitat and benefit the local people who share their environment. Donations can be made via the foundation to specific projects.

Siberia' Amur Tiger Project, Russia

In 1993 Siberian tiger numbers had crashed to as low as 100 because of poaching for tiger body parts and a decrease in habitat and prey species. Since 1994 DSWF has been jointly funding an anti-poaching unit called 'Inspection Tiger. Collaboration with other wildlife law enforcement agencies became top priority as did relationships with the mass media and local people. Today 'Inspection Tiger', is widely recognised as a professionally trained and well equipped anti-poaching unit, made up of eight field teams who regularly patrol in Siberia's Amur tiger habitat. By the project's tenth anniversary, the wild tiger population had reached a sustainable level of almost 450.

To donate: www.davidshepherd.org/help-us/donate/
Website: www.davidshepherd.org/project/000005/tiger/
Email: dswf@davidshepherd.org
UK registered charity number: 1106893

The Chernobyl Relief Foundation in the UK for Ukrainian Children

This charity was set up in 1995 to provide essential medical, material and social support for children in the Ukraine who have been affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster which took place in April 1986. Unfortunately the catastrophe didn’t just affect the people living in the area at the time. Many of the children who managed to survive Chernobyl now have children of their own who have also been touched by the disaster and born with handicaps and chronic diseases. The Chernobyl Relief Foundation in the UK uses its funds to provide humanitarian aid, including medical equipment, food and clothing to hospitals and institutions which care for Chernobyl children. It also organises cross-cultural exchanges between children in England and Wales, with children affected by the disaster in the Ukraine.

To donate: Please contact the charity
Website: www.chernobylrelief.com
Email: www.chernobylrelief.com/Default.aspx?pageId=3
UK registered charity number: 1044411