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Environmental Justice Foundation
$5,708.01 raised of $15,175.52 target
207 donations
My Target:
$15,175.52
$5,708.01 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/Environmental-Justice-Foundation
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Environmental Justice Foundation's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text ANDY71 £10
to 70070
My story
As Andy Giles saw in Toughest Place to be a Fisherman, many coastal communities in Sierra Leone are dependent on fishing to survive, and this livelihood is threatened by illegal fishing by foreign, industrial trawlers.
EJF works with fishing communities in the Sherbro River area of Sierra Leone to document pirate fishing by foreign industrial vessels.
EJF’s community surveillance boat responds to calls from fishers who witness pirate fishing or have their fishing equipment destroyed by industrial trawlers operating illegally in the Inshore Exclusion Zone.
During the next 5 years, EJF is seeking to expand the community surveillance project to 10 more communities and to provide fishermen that are dear to Andy with the equipment and training to document pirate fishing themselves.
£10,000 could:
Provide 15 local fishers with Android phones featuring the ‘trawler spotter’ app enabling them to document and report pirate fishing, as well as record their own catches (£1,500).
Provide training programme for local fishers in the use of the ‘trawler spotter’ technology (£1,500).
Provide lights and navigational equipment for EJF boat so it can pursue trawlers at night, when they are at their most active (£2,500).
Provide fuel for 30 long-range surveillance missions by the community boat (£3,000).
Provide a satellite phone for the community surveillance boat for use in emergencies and to alert authorities to pirate fishing activity (£500).
Contribution to medical healthcare fund for local staff and their families (£1,000).
Any support would be greatly appreciated.
EJF’s local staff in Sierra Leone take photos, video and GPS coordinates of offending vessels and submit evidence to the Sierra Leone government in Freetown and European authorities to ensure that the vessels are sanctioned and their catch cannot be exported to the world’s valuable seafood markets. This could make such a huge difference to fishermen like Kabba and Ishmael Kaine and give them a fighting chance of supporting their families.
Some of the EJF community surveillance project’s achievements so far:
Documented over 200 incidents of pirate fishing reported by over 23 different communities in Sierra Leone.
Investigated the laundering of pirate fish leading to the seizure of £4 million of seafood products in the Canary Islands.
Provided evidence to the Sierra Leone government leading to over 300,000USD in fines.
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Just to say a huge Thank you to Amy Butcher and her Entertainment team at Park Sean Looe for raising a massive £650 fir our appeal!!! Brilliant stuff.
My charity
EJF -Environmental Justice Foundation
Charity Registration No. 1088128
EJF is an environmental and human rights charity that empowers local communities in the developing world to protect their own environment. EJF tackles critical problems that are often ignored bringing beneficial social and environmental change to some of the world’s largest industries such as cotton and illegal pirate fishing
Donations 207
Donation by Anonymous on 28/07/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
You can watch the BBC programme Toughest Place to be a Fisherman to see all that this charity supports.God bless, Love Sandra and Adam
Donation by Adam Gale on 22/07/12
£3.00
+ £0.75 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 19/07/12
£1.00
Well done on your fundraising efforts!
Donation by George and Penny Owen on 19/07/12
£25.00
hi just like to say well done for bothering with other people god bless love sandra and adam
Donation by Adam Gale on 10/07/12
£1.00
+ £0.25 Gift Aid
Keep thinking of creative ways to raise money and advertise all over the place! God bless you all. Lots of love. From Sandra and Adam xxx
Donation by Adam Gale on 10/07/12
£3.00
+ £0.75 Gift Aid
Proclaim the good work trumpet sounds, shouting out the news! Donate donate, help a worthy cause!! God bless. Love Sandra and Adam
Donation by Adam Gale on 10/07/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 09/07/12
£2.00
Donation by Anonymous on 09/07/12
£1.00
Hi guys, we thought we would say hi and show our support for the charity. We want to show we care. Sandra and Adam
Donation by Adam Gale on 23/06/12
£1.00
+ £0.25 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 22/05/12
£1.00
Donation by Anonymous on 21/05/12
£1.00
Donation by Anonymous on 19/05/12
£1.00
Donation by Anonymous on 17/05/12
£1.00
Donation by Anonymous on 17/05/12
£1.00
Donation by Anonymous on 08/05/12
£1.00
Donation by Anonymous on 06/05/12
£5.00
Donation by Anonymous on 02/05/12
£10.00
Donation by Anonymous on 02/05/12
£2.00
Donation by Anonymous on 28/04/12
£1.00
Donation by Anonymous on 27/04/12
£1.00
Donation by Lisa Billington on 27/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 24/04/12
£10.00
Donation by Anonymous on 24/04/12
£1.00
Donation by Anonymous on 24/04/12
£1.00
Donation summary
- * Online donations$3,778.45
- Offline donations$1,327.10
- Text donations$602.47
- Total raised$5,708.01
- Gift Aid$413.44
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