Barefoot Conservation Ltd
Barefoot Conservation is a small UK based not-for-profit organisation that takes a fresh look at marine conservation and community awareness.
About
Make a difference. See a difference. Be the difference
A small UK not-for-profit doing marine conservation properly: hands in the water, feet in the sand, no corporate fluff.
Barefoot Conservation is a small UK nonprofit doing marine conservation properly: hands in the water, feet in the sand, no corporate fluff. We run our expeditions in partnership with our Indonesian project partners, PT Ayo Raja Ampat and Yayasan Jejak Kaki Konservasi, based on Arborek Island in the heart of Raja Ampat. Together we train volunteers as citizen scientists to survey and protect one of the most biodiverse reef systems on Earth, while working shoulder to shoulder with the local Papuan community on education, healthcare, waste management and sustainable livelihoods. We believe conservation only works when it's built from the ground up, so every volunteer who joins us doesn't just watch the difference happen, they make it.
Three organisations, one project
PT Ayo Raja Ampat
PT Ayo Raja Ampat has been successfully operating the diving and accommodation for our volunteers over the last 7+ years, with extremely experienced and professional staff (both Indonesian and Western), all vetted by Barefoot Conservation UK.
Yayasan Jejak Kaki Konservasi
Our local Yayasan project partner Yayasan Jejak Kaki Konservasi (Yayasan meaning 'foundation' in bahasa Indonesian language), was founded in 2018, with the Chief of Arborek village (where the project site is located) Bapak Daud Mambrasar, being the Head of this Yayasan/Foundation. The focus of Yayasan Jejak Kaki Konservasi is grass roots conservation and community action. Our aim through our local project partners is to engage, educate and empower the local community to make sustainable conservation a way of life, not just a project.
Where the name comes from
“When you walk with naked feet, how can you forget the earth”