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Your Membership Is Vital!

By becoming a member of the Great Baikal Trail Association, you are not only supporting a unique environmental non-profit and a variety of grassroots trail-building, educational, and social activities around Lake Baikal.  You become a part of our extended family of friends, supporters, and volunteers, joining a global community of idealists working to bring sustainable development to one of the most beautiful areas of Planet Earth.  Every cent you donate directly contributes to preserving pristine wilderness of Lake Baikal - and gives local people a chance to lead their lives with dignity.  Finally, every donation over $15 is tax-deductible!

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At this time we can process only checks, so please make your contributions payable to "Friends of the Great Baikal Trail" and send them to the following address (after filling out the membership form above):

c/o Ariadna Reida

409 Madrona Way, NE

Bainbridge Island, WA   98110
 

 

You can help us!

Being a young grassroots non-profit in a country that lacks an established charity culture, we appreciate all types of support – financial, in-kind, and item donations are very welcome.  At the present moment, we need the following for our volunteer camps:

  • Tools (pulaskis, pick axes, saws, chainsaws, pruning sheers, hatchets, etc.);

  • Cooking equipment for campfires - for example, kettles and trivets (a trivet is a metal stand used for holding a kettle over an open fire);

  • Camping and hiking gear (tents, sleeping bags, tarps, ropes, etc.);

  • Biodegradable soap (not available in Russia);

  • Sports gear (balls, paddles, etc.);

  • Snowshoes! (surprisingly, also not available in Siberia);

The GBT Club also works with children in various cities and villages of the Baikal region, conducting environmental education projects, history and English lessons, nature outings, and simply having fun.  For this work we need the following:

  • Electronic equipment (computers, printers, scanners, etc.);

  • Stationary and art supplies (paints, brushes, paper);

  • Board games for children;

  • Educational DVDs and CDs (on environmental and social topics, leadership development, history, art, documentaries, etc.).

And of course, we always need VOLUNTEERS who want to take part in our projects and make a contribution to our work!

NOTE:  One of the easiest ways to get big bulky or expensive items (like tools or computers) to us is to send them along with someone who is traveling to Lake Baikal (of course, the preferred option is to bring them yourself when you come to volunteer on the Great Baikal Trail!).  Otherwise, please email us at ariadna_gbt@mail.ru for suggestions.

As for lighter, smaller items, we would greatly appreciate it if you could first email us at lagel@mail.ru describing the donated items and estimating the time of their arrival, and then send them directly to Siberia at the following address:

Russia, 664043
Irkutsk, Dorzhi Banzarova 29-8
Roman & Elena Lagutina

  

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