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No Water No Life expresses deep appreciation to its collaborating partners and sponsors: |
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Art for Conservation, working with Fine Print, promotes artists, conservation photographers and organizations helping protect the natural world. AFC creates and markets fine art prints to protect our planet’s cultures, creatures and climates. Owners Mark Lukes and Linda Helm printed 35 canvas giclee photographs for NWNL’s traveling exhibits in Canada and the US. They also selected NWNL as one of a few organizations that buyers can designate to receive a cost percentage of fine art photographs. |
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African Rainforest Conservancy – In eastern Kenya and Tanzania, ARC has pioneered local forest management and grass roots conservation. For the first time since the colonial era, local villages, rather than the central government, are managing and protecting the forests from timber poaching, cattle grazing and clearing while promoting agro-forestry and education. Every year NWNL donates images of forests from its 6 case-study watersheds to be auctioned at ARC’s annual benefit. |
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Direct Relief International focuses on strengthening existing fragile health systems in poor areas with resources that enable the trained health workers already there to address the tremendous needs. Forbes Magazine rated Direct Relief 99% efficient in its 2009 fundraising, for the 8th straight year. Thus NWNL is honored to be working with Direct Relief to document the start-up of their new program, the Lake Victoria Basin Integrated Health Initiative. This will coordinate efforts of health organizations working in lakeshore regions of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda – all part of the White Nile River Basin. |
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The Explorers Club granted NWNL the honor of carrying its Flag #93 on its ’07 Columbia River Basin Expedition and ’09 Mara River Expedition. As well, its Scott Pearlman Field Awards program has extended 3 fiscal awards to NWNL expeditions. |
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Global Information Network (GIN) is a not-for-profit news and world media operation. Its African News Briefs and other leads supplied by Executive Director Lisa Vives have been very helpful to NWNL’s research efforts. GIN is the largest distributor of Developing World news services, supplying wide ranging coverage news, analysis, features, breaking stories, including how events and trends in Europe or the United States affect developing countries. |
Global Water for Sustainability (GLOWS) is a consortium of international and local partners working in the developing world to provide sustainable clean water to people and ecosystems. In the NWNL case-study watershed of the Mara River, scientists Amanda Subalusky and Chris Dutton work with GLOWS to establish baseline measurements of water quality and flow levels.
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The International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) has honored Alison M. Jones, Project Director of NWNL, as one of its Fellows. As well, Cristina Mittermeier, Director of ILCP, is an Advisor to NWNL. |
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International Rivers works to protect rivers and rights, and promote real solutions for meeting water, energy and flood management needs around the globe. The IR focus is on raising awareness that large dams and diversions are the primary culprit for the massive changes to ecosystems and communities dependent on our rivers. NWNL has shared with IR experiences and images from the Lower Omo River Basin, where the livelihoods of indigenous residents are threatened by the construction of 5 massive hydropower dams upstream. |
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The Mara Conservancy – The mandate of the Mara Conservancy, worked out with the Maasai, agrees that it will undertake all aspects of protected area management. The Conservancy is the first public/private sector partnership of its kind in the region and has led to an active and cooperative partnership between conservation professionals and the local Maasai community, as it initiates conservation efforts within the Maasai Mara NR. NWNL Founding Director Alison Jones has actively supported the Mara Conservancy since its inception in 2001. |
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WINGS WorldQuest has extended to NWNL its fiscal sponsorship and its 501c3 nonprofit status. As well, WINGS WorldQuest granted NWNL its Flag #13 to carry on the ’07 Columbia River Basin Expedition, the ’07 Blue Nile / Omo River Basins Expeditions, the ’08 Omo River Basin Expedition, the ’08 Upper Columbia River Basin Expedition, and the ’09 Mara River Basin Expedition. |
