Nature guides us at YSF, our love for the ocean drives our commitment to preserving our living environment. Our aim is to use this festival to lift environmental & social awareness.
At the Yallingup Surfilm Festival 2010 we will host a number of fundraising initiatives for SurfAid International.
SurfAid’s mission is to improve the health, wellbeing and self-reliance of people living in the Mentawai and Nias islands, off Sumatra, Indonesia, where it runs health, disaster preparedness, and water and sanitation programs.
The infant mortality rate (children under five) in the Mentawai Islands is 93 per 1,000 live births – nearly one in 10. In Nias, the rate is 66 deaths per 1,000 births. In industrialized countries, on average, there are six deaths for every 1,000 live births.
SurfAid’s main goal is to empower the communities so as to foster health and resilience that is sustainable.
SurfAid’s website is: www.surfaidinternational.org
SurfAid also has a Schools Program, supported by Billabong, in New Zealand, Australia and the USA which aims to develop global citizens using the humanitarian challenges and achievements of SurfAid as an example for action. http://schools.surfaidinternational.org