‘Niretta the Caretta’ Creative Learning and Awareness-raising Programme, MEDASSET
Founded in 1988, the Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles (MEDASSET) is an international NGO working for the study and conservation of sea turtles and their habitats throughout the Mediterranean, through scientific research, environmental education, political lobbying and raising public awareness. Launched in 2008, its creative learning and awareness-raising programme ‘Niretta the Caretta’ received the 8th Mediterranean Honorific Award from Mediterrània-CIE and MIO-ECSDE for its innovative approach and social interest. The programme centres on a larger-than-life mascot, Niretta, who visits young students at their schools to teach them about the plight of sea turtles. In 2014, with the support for the A. G. Leventis Foundation, the programme reached over 3000 students and educators, with special emphasis on the devastating impact of rubbish on marine life.
Grants given:
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
