Women for Conservation facilitates mobile healthcare clinics in hard to reach communities living around biodiversity hotspots. In 2024, help us provide over 300 women in rural Colombian communities with comprehensive reproductive healthcare and voluntary family planning resources. This initiative empowers women to plan their futures, stay in school, pursue conservation careers, and actively engage in […]

Join us in supporting Scientist Luisa Gabriela Diaz as she leads groundbreaking research on WHO priority antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in the waters inhabited by Endangered Pink Amazon River Dolphins and Giant Amazon River Otters. Your contribution will fuel an extensive study around El Jaguar Nature Reserve, addressing the urgent intersection of wildlife conservation and human health. […]

Fighting threats of poaching, egg harvesting, and habitat loss, our project, led by Herpetologist Lizzeth Viviana Pinilla Ortigoza, aims to safeguard the endangered Yellow Spotted River Turtle. Through habitat analysis and community engagement, we’re securing the future of this critical species. The Challenge: The Yellow Spotted River Turtle faces severe threats, including poaching and habitat […]

Help us train 100 more women in reforestation and plant 3,000 fruit trees in Sierra Leone. This year, we’re also providing access to family planning education and resources to further empower women and girls in the Waterloo community. Your donation will help create a sustainable future for Sierra Leone and protect its rich biodiversity. The […]

Women for Conservation urgently seeks $4,000 in 2024 to support 6 women forest guards protecting Madagascar’s Giant Baobab. Conservation Win: In 2023, Women for Conservation partnered with Fanamby in Madagascar to employ 6 women rangers to patrol and protect an 800 year-old forest of Baobab trees, known as Baobab Alley (Allée des Baobabs). Donors like […]

Women for Conservation’s partnership with the Jucumari Program promotes the conservation of Threatened Spectacled Bears in Bolivia. Focused on community-based sustainable weaving initiatives in Cochabamba, Bolivia, it addresses human-wildlife conflict (HWC) and fosters positive change. The Challenge: Human-wildlife conflict poses a direct threat to Spectacled Andean Bears in Cochabamba, where bears roam freely, leading to […]

Women for Conservation urgently seeks $3,000 to support girl’s education, providing 20 girls in need with scholarships that will allow them to attend school.  Project Summary: In rural Colombian rainforest communities, girls face significant barriers to education. Limited resources and cultural norms often result in their exclusion from schooling. A modest scholarship of $150 can […]

Restore a Wetland for Endangered Wildlife Project Summary: Support a group of 30 women in Anori, Northern Colombia, as they restore a wetland for endangered wildlife vital for endemic frogs and bird species living our ProAves Arrieitero Antiqueno Reserve.  Invasive grasses have taken over due to past mining. Women will lead native plant restoration, fighting […]

The World Needs Conservation. Conservation Needs WOMEN.   Project Summary Support women’s empowerment and wildlife conservation by sponsoring a woman forest ranger in Colombia! Partnering with ProAves, we train and employ rural women as forest guards in critical biodiversity hotspots. With your help, we aim to raise $9,500 to cover training, gear, and one year’s […]

Project Overview: While our family planning efforts are usually focused on providing women and girls with access to contraception, we have recently received significant interest from men in Carmen de Atrato who wish to have access to vasectomies. Our first ever vasectomy campaign took place in February 2022, when we provided access to vasectomies to […]

Nestled in the verdant embrace of the Amazon Rainforest, Colombia’s El Jaguar Nature Reserve stands as a sanctuary for a plethora of wildlife, including the endangered Yellow Spotted River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis). Facing severe threats like poaching, egg harvesting, and habitat loss, these freshwater turtles are vital to the ecological balance of the Amazon River […]

A Dream Realized Through Your Support We are thrilled to share a heartwarming success story that showcases the incredible impact of our generous donors. Thanks to your unwavering support, Women for Conservation has achieved a significant milestone by raising the funds needed to bring environmental education to blossoming young conservationists of Puerto Pinzón. Our campaign, […]

We are thrilled to announce that Women for Conservation has been chosen as a grant recipient by Daughters for Earth! This new partnership will empower us to move forward with the next steps of our  Amazon Rainforest Women’s Research station along the Guaviare River. This grant will support expansion of a biological research and conservation […]

Project Overview: Women for Conservation is excited to announce our first women-led conservation partnership with Fanamby Organization in Madagascar! Our incredible supporters helped W4C raise $3,600 to fully fund this project to support 6 new women forest rangers, who help to protect and restore degraded land for the benefit of both wildlife and rural communities. […]

Project Overview: In Women for Conservation’s first partnership project with Friday’s for Future Sierra Leone, we seek to launch a reforestation training project led by 100 local women and children. A 10-year rebel war, population pressure, and rapid deforestation have disproportionately burdened women, children, and other vulnerable groups in rural Sierra Leone. This grassroots, women-led […]

October 2020 Through the generosity of our supporters, Women for Conservation is now able to protect 79 acres of lowland rainforest in perpetuity! The land in question was at imminent risk of destruction. It lies within the Fundación ProAves Titi Nature Reserve in northern Colombia, except the acreage was privately owned and open to mining. […]

We are thrilled to announce that we have raised the funds to protect a unique Magdalena Rainforest habitat from destruction! Along with our partner organization ProAves Colombia, we were able to acquire 183 acres of strategic land, which will block a proposed road from cutting through the heart of our Pauxi Pauxi Reserve. Rainforests are […]