Grant bodies, sponsors, scientific bodies, dive clubs, camps and authorities: Turbeings is non-profit, and there is a place for every kind of partner.
Rescue, treat and release injured wildlife, above all the green and hawksbill sea turtles of the Red Sea.
Monitor and help restore coral reef habitats in the Gulf of Aqaba, together with the competent authorities and scientific bodies.
Run a rapid-response and environmental emergency network, on land and at sea, covering the whole Gulf of Aqaba sector.
Bring the local Bedouin communities into environmental guarding and sustainable ecotourism, as rangers and partners.
Two sites are planned under a non-profit environmental usufruct, built from light, eco-friendly materials that suit Sinai, running entirely on solar power and without harming any reef or shoreline.
Veterinarians on shifts, field emergency coordinators and environmental rangers from the local tribes.
Each letter of T.U.R.B.E.I.N.G.s is a department of the foundation, to be led by a specialist in its field.
The marine intensive care unit in Dahab: treatment protocols and training for the medical teams.
Coral farming and propagation labs, and monitoring of climate change in the Gulf of Aqaba.
Field plans to repair damaged coastal and land ecosystems across South Sinai.
Inventory, documentation and protection of the endangered plants and animals of the Sinai peninsula.
A solid national database, built with research centres, to keep resources in balance.
Bridges with the tribes of Sinai and their traditional knowledge, the volunteer network and awareness programmes.
The wildlife hospital and quarantine wards in Nuweiba, for land animals, birds and desert falcons.
Coordination with the Ministry of Environment, the Environmental Affairs Agency and the protectorates; legal follow-up and licences.
The financial model, international grants and strategic partnerships that keep the work going.
Mahmoud Farag
Founder and CEO
Haya Celeimy
Sea Turtle Rescue Lead and Marine Conservation Coordinator
The foundation is under establishment. Licences and memoranda of understanding with the Ministry of Environment and the South Sinai Protectorates sector are in progress. The facilities described on this site are the planned set-up.
Partners who join now help shape the first sea turtle rehabilitation centre in Egypt from the start.
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