Yayasan Jejak Kaki Konservasi
Conservation and community. Headed by Bapak Daud Mambrasar, Chief of Arborek village. The marine biologists who run Barefoot’s science and fieldwork work here.
The village
Conservation only works when it’s built from the ground up
Barefoot’s basecamp sits on Arborek Island, in the village rather than next to it. The community work is designed with local government, elders and community groups.
Who runs this
PT Ayo Raja Ampat
Runs the diving operation and the accommodation that Barefoot’s expeditions are built on.
Barefoot Conservation Ltd
A small UK not-for-profit. Runs the expeditions and funds the science and community programmes.
Local governance is the point, not a footnote. The head of the conservation foundation is the village chief.
What’s running
Because reefs don't recover without the people who depend on them being part of the solution. Ongoing community work includes teaching English at the local school, beach clean-ups, environmental education and youth engagement activities, and waste management and biodigester toilet installation — all designed with local government, elders and community groups, not imposed on them.
Teaching English
Teaching English at the local school
Beach clean-ups
Regular beach clean-ups at permanent monitoring sites around Arborek Island
Environmental education
Environmental education and youth engagement activities
Waste & Sanitation
waste management and biodigester toilet installation
Indonesian Universities Scholarship Programme
Indonesian marine biology students study and work with Barefoot free of charge. Indonesia’s reefs, studied by Indonesia’s scientists.
Designed with, not for
Every community project is designed with local government, elders and community groups, rather than imposed on them.
This is what the work looks like up close.
Volunteers work on these projects alongside the survey diving, not instead of it.