Wild Frontiers

Responsible Travel

Responsible travel and sustainable tourism is an ethos Wild Frontiers has been committed to since our birth. Our adventures are designed with the local people, culture and eco-system in mind. We believe that a successful trip not only delivers a unique and unsurpassable journey for our clients, but that it also benefits the peoples whose lands we are privileged to visit.

The Wild Frontiers Foundation

In order to facilitate an enduring support structure for the communities we visit, and to show a commitment to these values, in January 2009 Wild Frontiers set up a charitable foundation through which we can channel funds to both existing NGOs and our own development projects. In addition to organising ethically sensitive tours, having our own charitable foundation allows us to raise money – through the cost of our tours, charity trips and fund raising events – which can then be used to fund various projects in education, sanitation, reforestations and a number of other important issues facing developing communities. Wherever possible we are happy for our clients to visit these projects to see for themselves where and how this money is being spent. This is a very exciting development for us and something we hope in time will become a major part of our organisation.

If you would like to donate to the Wild Frontiers Foundation, please click here

K2 Charity Trek 2010

Education in the remote northern region of Pakistan is haphazard at best. Government funding is often unforthcoming; hamlets, villages and entire regions can have little in the way of educational facilities leaving thousands of children unable to gain even a basic level of tuition. Thankfully there are a number of excellent international charities who bridge the gap by building schools and financing their overheads, and we aim to help them.

As an inaugural fund raising trip, in September 2010, we went back to our roots and travelled deep into Northern Pakistan to trek to K2.

Wild Frontiers founder Jonny Bealby lead, what was an amazing charity trek that raised inexcess of £10,000.  All funds raised from the trek will go towards a school project in the small Northern Pakistan village of Baleygon, in the Hushey Val...ley, through which the Indus River passes, but little else. As a result of its isolation it is often overlooked and were it not for the exceptional work of Mr Hussain Abdal, the principal and sole teacher, the 73 primary students would have no school at all. Among other things we hope to raise enough money to build another classroom, add desks and employ another teacher.

Read Jonny's blog from the trek & check out the K2 Trek photos on Facebook.

With the building work on the new classrooms now in full swing, the primary focus of the Wild Frontiers Foundation in 2012 is to continue our work to furnish and, supplying educational materials and uniforms for the Baleygon School. To help raise these funds we have decided to again run our 2012 K2 trip as a charity trek. If you would like to join us read more about Pakistan:K2 Concordia Charity Trek on our website and JustGiving page.

Charity Information

Wild Frontiers Foundation has charity number 1141795.  We now have a page on the justgiving website accessible by clicking here

Please see below a list of some of the aid agencies and NGOs we help support.

Tesfa: Founded and run by former Wild Frontiers guide Mark Chapman, Tesfa is an excellent community based tourist project in Ethiopia. Visit their website at http://community-tourism-ethiopia.com
 
Adopt-a-Minefield: With more than 830 square kilometres of land left to clear of this deadly menace, Afghanistan is the most heavily mined country in the world. Find out more at: http://www.landmines.org.uk
 
The Hope Foundation, Calcutta: The Hope Foundation works to help the street children of Calcutta by providing education, nutrition and health care and ultimately removing them from the street into better lives. www.hopefoundation.ie
 
Ladakh Project: Established in 1975, the Ladakh Project has been helping the people of Ladakh explore sustainable patterns of development, based on the use of local resources and indigenous knowledge. For more info, please click here

Mines Advisory Group, Cambodia: The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) clears and destroys the landmines and weapons that make areas unsafe after war. Today, they have field activities in Angola , Azerbaijan , Cambodia , northern Iraq , Laos , Lebanon , Somaliland, southern Sudan and Vietnam. www.mag.org.uk

Shuxiong Schools Fund:  Wild Frontiers Leader and Tibet expert, Carol Turner, has set up schools and educational projects for culturally Tibetan children for many years in Eastern Tibet, Bhutan and recently in the harsh environment of Zanskar, Ladakh where the community school in Rangdum has been given a vehicle to transport the children to school in all weather conditions.

Children of the Caucasus: Set up and run by the British Georgiaphile, Peter Nysmith, this is a great little charity that helps orphaned children of Georgia and the Caucasus through art, theatre and education. www.childrenofthecaucasus.com