Alongside our conservation journey partnership with World Wildlife Fund established in 2003, Pure Habitat Adventures helps quite a few philanthropic initiatives within the locations we go to. Our steadfast dedication to conservation and sustainable improvement serves because the bedrock of our management function in amplifying grassroots efforts in locations our vacationers have come to cherish. We champion revolutionary endeavors which can be devoted to defending nature and selling the welfare of native communities, in our mission to safeguard the attractive range of our world.
Group Library for the Galapagos and the World
Books “enable kids to think about, uncover, journey and study in regards to the world round them.”
—Sandie Salazar, AGIPA member
The Group Library for the Galapagos and the World, also called the Agipa Group Library, proudly stands as the only real communal library throughout the Galapagos Islands. This monumental endeavor was dropped at life by the Affiliation of Interpreter Guides of the Galapagos Nationwide Park (AGIPA). As a legally constituted nonprofit group, AGIPA operates beneath the auspices of the Surroundings and Water Ministry.
In 2005, AGIPA was the recipient of a nonrefundable mortgage from the Japanese Embassy in Ecuador. This monetary increase facilitated the development and furnishing of the inaugural public library in Puerto Ayora, positioned on Santa Cruz Island. The conclusion of this endeavor was made potential via a collaborative effort with the municipality of Santa Cruz, leading to a 50-year bailment contract because of expire in 2055, as verified by a notarized public file.
AGIPA, armed with its personal sources and fortified by strategic alliances with esteemed establishments such because the Charles Darwin Basis and beneficiant donors, together with Yacht Assist World, IGTOA, Galapagos Conservancy and Ifotoncorp, efficiently launched the library. At this time, it serves as a vibrant group house and has earned recognition in Ecuador for example of library finest practices beneath the umbrella of the Programa Iberbibliotecas.
Nat Hab vacationers had been ‘tremendous blissful about your entire mission’ upon a go to to the library with Nat Hab Expedition Chief Sofia Darquea De Witt, Vice President of AGIPA and one of many mission’s volunteers.
In a group comprised of roughly 20,000 residents, 11 faculties and constrained cultural shops, a public library of this caliber is indispensable. It gives the important house and wealth of knowledge essential to foster an array of cultural, academic and leisure actions. Integral to its mission is the supply of Web entry and spare time activities for all age teams and sectors of society.
Nat Hab emblem on the wall of the Library of the Galapagos © Sofia Darquea De Witt
Help from Nat Hab Philanthropy
Annually, Nat Hab Philanthropy helps sustainable tasks around the globe. Assist from Nat Hab has stored the Agipa Group Library’s doorways open and its mission thriving.
With a donation of $2,500 in 2025, the library delivered 10 dynamic workshops that utilized artwork and literacy to interact kids aged 8–12 with the IUCN Crimson Listing of Endangered Species. These interactive classes blended studying, creative expression and biodiversity conservation, inspiring the subsequent era of younger environmental stewards.
In 2023, the funds had been allotted to assemble exterior visors on the constructing’s home windows. This measure prevented rainwater from flooding the library’s inside, thereby defending the construction, furnishings, books and tools from potential harm. Our 2023 donation of $2,500 funded 82.7% of the whole mission price!
Six of Nat Hab’s esteemed Expedition Leaders have devoted themselves as volunteers to the mission—Sofia Darquea De Witt, Giancarlo Toti, Andres Vergara, Veronica Maruri, Luis Vinueza and Joseline Cardoso. Their dedication underpins the success and continued evolution of this beloved library.
Conservation Journey & The Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands, revered as one of many cradles of ecotourism and a mannequin for sustainable journey for the reason that Seventies, proceed to encourage nature fans from around the globe. At this time, the mantle of safeguarding this fragile surroundings falls on our shoulders. Whereas conservation journey innately contributes to the preservation of the surroundings via the unfold of advocacy, financial contributions to the Galapagos Nationwide Park Service, and each direct and oblique contributions to native communities, we at Pure Habitat Adventures are proud to be concerned in conservation and group initiatives throughout the islands.
A haven for wildlife for 3 million years, the Galapagos Islands are some of the distinctive nature locations on the planet, the place animals discovered nowhere else on Earth present no worry at shut vary. Dwelling to an astounding array of colourful endemic species, from the enormous tortoise to the blue-footed booby, the protected areas of this volcanic archipelago embrace Galapagos Nationwide Park, Galapagos Marine Reserve and Galapagos Biosphere Reserve. Comply with within the footsteps of Charles Darwin and be part of us on a fascinating journey via this biodiversity hotspot and UNESCO World Heritage Web site.
