Community Relations - Africa
In addition to the work carried out in specific countries throughout Africa, the following non-country specific organisations are supported by British Airways.
The Bethany Children’s Trust
The Bethany Children's Trust (BCT) is a charity that acts and speaks with and on behalf of children at risk, and encourages others to do so.
BCT's vision is to see every child in the world loved, safe, nurtured and free to reach their potential. BCT partners with projects working with orphans, street children and children affected by disease, war, poverty and abuse.
It supports these projects with consultancy in project development, finance and information resources. BCT also trains overseas churches in HIV/AIDS awareness, care, prevention and orphan care.
Chain of Hope
Chain of Hope is a children’s heart surgery charity established in the UK in 1995 to provide children suffering from life-threatening heart disease with the medical treatment to which they do not have access in their own country.
Chain of Hope provides this treatment in two ways. The first, by sending out medical teams to treat children in-country and by setting up training programmes for local surgeons and medical staff and the second, by bringing children to the UK for operations as an interim measure.
Chain of Hope is based on the principle of a 'chain of volunteers' linking together to enable children to receive the vital treatment that they need. The chain includes the referring doctor, the airline, the host family, the hospital and medical team.
Chain of Hope currently works in Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, Lebanon, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe.
Visit www.chainofhope.orgFauna and Flora Intl
Founded in 1903, Fauna and Flora International (FFI) is the world's longest-established international conservation organization. FFI acts to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science that take account of human needs.
It currently support projects in more than 40 countries, building in-country partnerships with organizations, businesses, governments and communities, to ensure local ownership and long-term success.
Visit www.fauna-flora.orgFriends of Conservation
Friends of Conservation is a conservation charity. Established for more than twenty years, it works with communities across the world to help them protect their surrounding wildlife and habitats.
At present projects include working with local partners in the Caribbean, India, Iran, Namibia, Peru, Tanzania, Uganda as well as supporting its own field station and programme in the Masai Mara, Kenya.
Friends of Conservation's (FOC) mission statement is to: 'Join with local people and partners to support sustainable ways of living in harmony with wildlife, ecosystems and the environment' FOC is committed to working with local peoples to develop and promote a balance between their needs and those of the wildlife with which they share their natural habitat and ecosystems.
Visit www.foc-uk.comMAF
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) flies light aircraft in developing countries so that people in remote areas can receive the help they need. MAF provides practical care to many of the world's most isolated and vulnerable people, for example making it possible for sight-saving work to be carried out at eye clinics in otherwise in-accessible locations.
MAF works in some of the worlds neediest countries like Bangladesh, Tanzania, Sudan and Papua New Guinea. The light aircraft carry medical, relief, along with food and medicines where flying is not a luxury but a lifeline. Every three minutes, somewhere in the world an MAF plane is taking off or landing.
Visit www.maf-uk.orgThe Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is one of the largest conservation charities in Europe. It works to secure a healthy environment for birds and other wildlife. It is the UK member of BirdLife International, a partnership of national conservation organisations from more than 100 countries worldwide.
Internationally, the RSPB operates mainly by supporting and collaborating with partner organisations around the world; by delivering training to these and other organisations; and by working to influence policies in areas such as on agriculture, water use, fisheries, transport, trade and biodiversity protection.
It has formal, long-term relationships with partners in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia and southern and eastern Europe, and throughout the UK Overseas Territories. In addition, it collaborates with a number of other organisations on specific issues.
The work that the RSPB carries out with its partners includes research on key conservation problems and potential solutions; projects to conserve special sites and threatened species; and education to raise people’s awareness of the importance of the natural environment and the extent to which they depend on it.
Visit www.rspb.org.ukTools with a Mission
Tools with a Mission sends new and refurbished tools all over the world to whoever needs them regardless of nationality, creed or colour providing they have a bona fide need. These tools are used for work which enables families to feed and clothe themselves.
Visit www.twam.co.ukWorkaid
Workaid aims to provide practical assistance to vocational training centres and self-help schemes working with some of the world's most disadvantaged communities, mainly in East Africa. It achieves this by collecting and refurbishing unwanted tools and equipment in the UK and supplying the items to approved projects overseas.
Visit www.workaid.org