Help Nadia go on a Sea Turtle Conservation trip in Bali!

Nadia Khan Start Date: Jan 10, 2023 - End Date: Aug 20, 2023
  • Bali, Indonesia

My Travel Story

by: Nadia Khan Start Date: Jan 10, 2023 - End Date: Aug 20, 2023
Hi! My name's Nadia Khan, I'm 17 years old and I live in Devon, England. This summer, I have been presented with the life-changing opportunity to partake in a volunteer trip to Bali, Indonesia in which I will be working on Sea Turtle Conservation - as I'm aware that's quite a vague topic, here's a little insight into what your (greatly appreciated) donation would allow me to do! In Indonesia, the endangered Hawksbill and Green Sea turtles face a number of threats to their survival, including overfishing, pollution and human consumption of their eggs. Young turtles are especially vulnerable and for every sea turtle that hatches, only one in 100 will survive to adulthood. Often they die after eating plastic bags they’ve mistaken for jellyfish or when they get a flipper stuck in a six-pack ring. This devastating reality is one of the many reasons that these turtles need our help, and this means that efforts to help the turtles include protecting their eggs, nurturing young turtles, rescuing injured turtles and cleaning trash from the ocean, which all contribute to the goal of increasing the turtle population and ensuring that these fascinating creatures are around for many years to come. 
IVHQ’s Sea Turtle project on Nusa Penida also collects turtle eggs from fishermen and keeps them safe until they hatch and grow big enough to have a good chance of survival back in the sea, with locals also helping by finding injured turtles which are treated and rehabilitated by volunteers on this project. Volunteers are vital to the project’s ongoing success and its impact on marine life and that's why I truly believe this trip will really help me to make a difference - no matter if that's to 100 turtles or just 1 - as well as introduce me to the world and the good that can be done in it if given the chance... This project in particular also holds a special place in my heart due to the fact that living by the sea, it's clear to see that sea pollution and its effects on our reefs, animals and nature is, in fact, a much larger issue than some people realise; growing up in London I see now that I too was ignorant of these issues until I was staring them in the face, and I'd love to make up for some of that time in which I lived naively by helping to conserve some of what we have left. Right now. 
I hope you can help and regardless of if you can or not, thank you very much for taking the time to hear me out!



  • Bali, Indonesia