Make a donation
Small and large donations help ARCHELON maintain the necessary staff, infrastructure and equipment at the Sea Turtle Rescue Centre and at the nesting beaches.
At the nesting beaches
Make A DonationMore than 5,000 Loggerhead nests are recorded in 100 km. of nesting beaches in Greece every summer. Of the thousands of the turtle hatchlings, less than 1/1,000 will reach adulthood and return to lay their eggs on the same beaches 20 years later. What will our beaches be like then? Help volunteers get to the beaches, monitor and protect the nests and make sure that the hatchlings reach the sea safely.
The Sea Turtle Rescue Centre
Make A DonationInjured sea turtles arrive at the Rescue Centre year-round. Help us remove plastic, nets and hooks from their stomachs, treat them and release them safely back into the sea. The Centre accepts over 30 sick or injured turtles every year and over 100 volunteers, from all over the world, help with their treatment and rehabilitation. Support them.
Adopt a sea turtle
Your symbolic adoption translates into real action with ARCHELON. We have been on the nesting beaches recording real nests, tagging turtles, helping tiny hatchlings reach the sea, since 1983. Choose the beach you prefer and adopt a nest, a mother turtle or a hatchling.
Or, choose to adopt one of the injured and sick turtles at the ARCHELON Rescue Centre, covering the costs of their feeding and treatment for a month.
With each adoption you will receive an e-package that includes your adoption certificate in printable form. You will also frequently receive our newsletter through your email to stay updated on our activity.
For more information about adoptions, contact us at tel. (+30) 210 5231342 or at info@archelon.gr using the word “ADOPTION” as the subject line.
Adopt a hatchling (40€)
Choose a nesting beach from Zakynthos, Kyparissia Bay, Crete, or the south Peloponnese, and give a name to your hatchling. We will then send you an online adoption certificate. We protect hatchlings to ensure they safely reach the sea, free from threats.
Adopt a “mother” turtle (70€)
Choose a nesting beach from Zakynthos, Kyparissia Bay, Crete, or the south Peloponnese, and we will send you an adoption certificate electronically. We monitor and protect the nesting beaches so that mother turtles can safely lay their eggs.
Adopt a loggerhead’s nest (100€)
Choose a nesting beach, and we will send you electronically an adoption certificate. Each nest can produce 70–100 hatchlings. The baby turtles will emerge at night or at dawn and make their way to the sea. We run projects to protect the nests, ensuring that the turtles hatch safely and reach the water.
Adopt an injured turtle (150€)
An injured or sick sea turtle was brought to the Rescue Centre, thanks to the efforts of many people from all over Greece. It now has a good chance to recover and return healthy to the wild, with your help. By covering its medical care and food expenses for one month, you directly contribute to its care and recovery, and we will send you the turtle's personal adoption certificate electronically.
Corporate Responsibility
Corporate Responsibility
Discover how your company can become part of an internationally recognized effort to protect sea turtles. Combine corporate responsibility with meaningful environmental action and purpose-driven visibility.
Sustainable Tourism
Tourism and nature conservation don't have to conflict—they can coexist and strengthen each other. Learn how your hotel can become part of the solution, offering unique experiences to guests who care about the environment.
Our supporters
Protecting sea turtles would not be possible without the support of companies, organizations, and individuals who believe in our mission. Here we honor those who actively contribute to rescuing sea turtles and preserving Greece's coastlines.
Corporate donations
- Contact
If your company is interested in becoming ARCHELON’s supporter, contact us at (+30) 210 5231342 or at info@archelon.gr. Learn more about our latest corporate donations here.
Ε-Shop Purchase
- Ε-Shop Purchase
In our e-shop you can find unique gifts for kids and adults, made by environmentally friendly materials, and designed specifically for ARCHELON.
Volunteering
- Volunteering
Since 1983, hundreds of volunteers from all over the world, inspired by love and respect for the environment, participate in ARCHELON’s research and conservation projects in Zakynthos, Peloponnese, Crete and the Rescue Centre in Glyfada, Attica.