Help the oceans, help Juara Turtle Project
Fundraising campaign by
Joseph Wagner
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US$1,865.00raised of $10,000.00 goal goal
No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities
Juara Turtle Project (JTP) is a conservation NGO located in Juara (Tioman Island), on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It has been working on the sea turtle conservation for more than 10 years, with more than 200 volunteers, school groups and university students from all over the world coming every year to increase our conservation efforts. There are several human threats affecting globally the sea turtle populations; in Tioman Island we can highlight illegal egg collection, overfishing and beach development as the most important threats.
Over time, JTP has been diversifying its working areas, including a recycling program, a coral rehabilitation project and building an Animal Welfare shelter to control the stray population of cats and dogs in Juara. Right now, JTP is working in:
1. SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION
- Beach and boat patrols. Different nesting beaches are surveyed from March until October to collect the eggs and relocate them into a turtle hatchery.
- Egg protection and hatchlings release. JTP lets the hatchlings go to the ocean immediately after hatchling.
- Sea turtle Photo-ID program. To estimate the number of juvenile sea turtles that use Tioman Island as a feeding ground and establish hotspots in order to get more protection.
2. CORAL REHABILITATION
- Rehabilitation of damaged reefs. JTP is using concrete blocks in damaged areas to establish a new substrate where coral fragments can grow.
- Fish data.
- Coral Reef surveys.
3. RECYCLING PROGRAM
- Collection of recycling items (plastic bottles, cans, glass bottles, cardboard) from local restaurants, dive centers and resorts.
- Beach and coastal clean-ups
4. JUARA ANIMAL WELFARE
- Stray cat population under control
- Medical care is provided when is needed
- Neutering programs
- Information about the impacts of having cat overpopulation in the island
It cost approximately RM100,000 to build Juara Animal Welfare and a further RM50,000 annually to cover the maintenance costs, food, medical supplies and treatments, neutering programs and staff salary. With appropriate funding the Juara Animal Welfare can grow to accommodate more stray animals and grow its volunteer base to have a greater impact on the island.
WHY DO WE NEED FUNDING?
As these additional programs (Coral Rehabilitation, Recycling Program and the Juara Animal Welfare) continue to grow and develop there is a concern that JTP may not be able to afford the maintenance and continuity of them without sufficient funding.
As a NGO, we do not receive any funding from Government Institutions, and therefore we rely heavily on funding from our volunteer sea turtle program, single donations and outdoor education programs. We are reaching out to those that are willing to help in any way so that all this hard work does not go to waste. Could you help make a difference?
WHERE IS YOUR MONEY GOING?
Rewards
Adopt a hatchling and receive a personal certificate of adoption
Receive an annual newsletter and a soft toy
Receive a handmade turtle necklace in addition to receiving the newsletter and the soft toy
Nest sponsorship. Receive pictures and information from your nest.
Get a week for free at JTP (2 people)
Donors
- Huda Sudin
- Donated on Mar 29, 2019
- Luke Kernan
- Donated on Mar 12, 2019
This project looks amazing! I had a friend who visited the island in the summer of 2018 to help with a sea turtle hatchery.
- Anonymous
- Donated on Mar 01, 2019
Updates on the sea turtle project
Update posted by alberto garcia at 01:40 amThese days we have been busy building our new hatchery, the place where all the turtle nests will be protected from several threats such as poaching and predation. We are trying our best to reuse as many materials as possible, as well as minimize the plastic usage. We are still
The 2019 season just started!!
Update posted by alberto garcia at 06:38 amThe 2019 sea turtle nesting season just started! Some few good news are there was a hawksbill nest laid for the first time in few years during the monsoon season in Juara; another hawksbill turtle laid a nest in Penut Beach in early March; and more than 90% of the
Donors & Comments
- Huda Sudin
- Donated on Mar 29, 2019
- Luke Kernan
- Donated on Mar 12, 2019
This project looks amazing! I had a friend who visited the island in the summer of 2018 to help with a sea turtle hatchery.
- Anonymous
- Donated on Mar 01, 2019
- Anonymous
- Donated on Feb 08, 2019
I visited JTP last year with VegVoyages and hope this small contribution will help.
- Elia Lepori
- Donated on Jan 18, 2019
- Ignacio Salazar
- Donated on Jan 15, 2019
From friens of Beto snail brai to JTP. Samu estela jorge marta alfre silvi rafa laura pablo rocio eus igna paula
- Roisin O'Connor
- Donated on Jan 10, 2019
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- Guest
- Donated on Jan 10, 2019
- Petrumila Zhendova
- Donated on Jan 10, 2019
I wish good luck to the campaign! ♥ From a Bulgarian girl in Germany
- Sarah Nettemann
- Donated on Jan 10, 2019
I stayed at JTP in 2016 and I still think a lot about my time there and the important work you are doing. I hope I can come back one day to volunteer again! I will try to get my friends and family to donate as well! All the best wishes from Germany. Sarah