International Help Fund Australia is a non sectarian independent, not for profit, non governmental organization. We focus on assistance to Pacific Island Countries and Territories in the areas of environment, health, education, water sanitation and supply, economic sustainability and cultural preservation, and direct aid to the socially disadvantaged. We do not discriminate against religious, political, social, cultural, age or gender background.

We Value: Equality, ecological sustainability, cooperation between government, business, international bodies and the community, practical responsiveness, empowerment of the individual and community access to education, good health services and a clean environment.

Save Easter Island's Drinking Water

This unique Polynesian island, half of which is UNESCO listed World Heritage National Park, riskslosing its drinking water within a few years if urgent measures are not implemented now. As part of phase two of our program to prevent the loss of Easter Island's drinking water supply, we are appealing for the following:

1. Sponsor a Composting Bin Campaign
2. Funds for airline tickets for experts
3. Donation of wheelie bins for recyclable wastes

 
For further information click "Easter Island: Water Sanitation and Supply" or "Easter Island: on the Verge of a Second Environmental Catastrophe" and "Lan Airlines and Air Tahiti Nui Deliver Composting Toilets to Easter Island" under Films, or "Easter Island on the Verge of a Second Environmental Catastrophy", under publications.

SPONSOR A COMPOSTING BIN FOR EASTER ISLAND

Each 1 kg of composted waste saves 1 kg of greenhouse gas emissions!

Easter Island is one of the most unique yet remote islands of the Pacific Ocean, representing the most extreme example of forest destruction in the world. Famed for its gigantic collection of Moai statues, the island is now an ecological wasteland, its resource base having been destroyed by humans. It now faces the dual threat of desertification and contamination of its water supply due to landfill wastes.

International Help Fund Australia is an Australian-based non-governmental organisation, focusing on assisting our Pacific neighbours to find practical solutions to the these catastrophic environmental issues. One of these solutions is composting. Composting not only diverts organic wastes from landfill which threatens the Island’s water supply, but also provides enriched soils for subsistance farmers to grow healthy food for their families.  

Our goal is to provide a composting bin to each of Easter Island’s 1200 households in order to assist local efforts to clear the contaminated water supply and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Tumbleweed bins – which are rust, rat and dog proof and are 100% recyclable at the end of their life – provide the perfect solution. Tumbleweed is also providing 1 free bin for every 10 sponsored!

We need your help to make a difference on this beautiful, environmentally damaged island.

All it takes is a $150 one off payment or $15 paid monthly for ten months.

To Sponsor a Composting Bin on Easter Island or for further information,

please contact Petra Campbell on kpmm@ozemail.com.au or (61) 0415 243 066.

Download Order Form Here

Download Composting Bin Fact Sheet Here