Chris Thompson
Chris Thompson's Skydive
Fundraising for Survival International
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On the 4th of April I'm off to throw myself out of a perfectly good aeroplane all in the name of raising money for charity! - Well it does looks quite fun too, but that's only a minor consideration of course...
I’m raising money for Survival International, a charity working for ‘tribal’ people’s rights worldwide.
Giving ‘tribal’ people themselves a platform to address the world, Survival work closely with local indigenous organizations, and focusing on tribal peoples who have the most to lose, usually those most recently in contact with the outside world.
Survival also plays a major role in ensuring that humanitarian, self-help, educational and medical projects with ‘tribal’ peoples receive proper funding. A good example is the Yanomami medical fund, which succeeded in virtually eliminating malaria from some Indian lands in the border area of northern Brazil and Venezuela.
Survival provides a platform for ‘tribal’ representatives to talk directly to the companies which are invading their land. They also provide information to ‘tribal’ peoples, telling them how other peoples are faring and warning them about the threats posed by multinationals. In this way, they give access to the information indigenous people need to make their voices heard.
Survival is the only international pro-tribal peoples organization to have received the prestigious Right Livelihood Award, known as the 'alternative Nobel Prize', as well as the Spanish Premio Léon Felipe and the Italian Medaglia della Presidenza della Camera dei Deputati. Most importantly, their work has been applauded by countless ‘tribal’ peoples and their organizations throughout the world.
This is a cause close to my heart, having been present at the official declaration of a Shipibo Reserve along the Rio Ucayali (a people helped by Survival). So please sponsor me to do this jump a help support a good cause. Thank you.
I have paid for the jump in full therefore all money raised will go straight to Survival.
Oh, and a free kiss to anyone who sponsors more than £10! - that ought to entice you!
On the 4th of April I'm off to throw myself out of a perfectly good aeroplane all in the name of raising money for charity! - Well it does looks quite fun too, but that's only a minor consideration of course...
I’m raising money for Survival International, a charity working for ‘tribal’ people’s rights worldwide.
Giving ‘tribal’ people themselves a platform to address the world, Survival work closely with local indigenous organizations, and focusing on tribal peoples who have the most to lose, usually those most recently in contact with the outside world.
Survival also plays a major role in ensuring that humanitarian, self-help, educational and medical projects with ‘tribal’ peoples receive proper funding. A good example is the Yanomami medical fund, which succeeded in virtually eliminating malaria from some Indian lands in the border area of northern Brazil and Venezuela.
Survival provides a platform for ‘tribal’ representatives to talk directly to the companies which are invading their land. They also provide information to ‘tribal’ peoples, telling them how other peoples are faring and warning them about the threats posed by multinationals. In this way, they give access to the information indigenous people need to make their voices heard.
Survival is the only international pro-tribal peoples organization to have received the prestigious Right Livelihood Award, known as the 'alternative Nobel Prize', as well as the Spanish Premio Léon Felipe and the Italian Medaglia della Presidenza della Camera dei Deputati. Most importantly, their work has been applauded by countless ‘tribal’ peoples and their organizations throughout the world.
This is a cause close to my heart, having been present at the official declaration of a Shipibo Reserve along the Rio Ucayali (a people helped by Survival). So please sponsor me to do this jump a help support a good cause. Thank you.
I have paid for the jump in full therefore all money raised will go straight to Survival.
Oh, and a free kiss to anyone who sponsors more than £10! - that ought to entice you!