How to help

Become a supporter or/and adopter

We can all help the Caretta caretta

If you really want to help the endangered sea turtles Caretta caretta survive, then you may adopt a baby hatchling! Of course, don't expect to carry it home! It's a symbolic adoption which aims to support the protection programs of these endangered animals that lay their nests every year on our beaches.

You however, will be given a little cute fluffy turtle, a poster, a sticker, an information sheet on sea turtles and ARCHELON, along with the special adoption certificate. Υou will also be receiving by email our four month newsletter "Turtle Tracks". So, adopt a hatchling (with 30€), give it a name and we will inform you on the date your hatchling left its nest and reached the sea as well as the number of "siblings" that were with it in the nest.

According to the adoption program, one may also adopt an adult Caretta (with 50€), a nest (with 80€) or an injured turtle that is currently under treatment at the Rescue Centre in Glyfada. Many injured turtles found all over the country are under treatment at the Rescue Centre each year. They are nursed by volunteers who come from different parts of the world and once they're better, are released back home to the deep blue sea.

These turtles are in need of food, veterinarian care and medicine which costs up to 150€ per month for each and every one of them. You can help their treatment by adopting one of these turtles for one month or more. You may also visit and see them up close every weekend between 11am - 5pm at the Rescue Centre of ARCHELON located at the 3rd Marina of Glyfada (TRAM stop: "Palaio Dimarhio").

A wild animal in danger is expecting your help.
Become a part of the Caretta caretta adoption program.
Contact Elly Tarabe for further information at 210-5231342.

Become a supporter to the efforts of ARCHELON to protect this ancient mariner.

Sponsor a baby turtle for € 30

You will know when your hatchling scrambled out of the nest and headed to the sea. If you sponsor a hatchling, apart from the personal sponsor certificate, you will receive a little cuddlesome turtle and other memorabilia.

Sponsor a mother loggerhead for € 50

ARCHELON works for the protection of sea turtles on the nesting beaches and in the open sea. During the nesting season, ARCHELON monitors the activity of adult female turtles as they come ashore to nest. If you sponsor a mother loggerhead you will also receive the history of the turtle since the first time she was observed nesting.

Sponsor a nest for € 80

A loggerhead nest may contain 120 eggs that incubate in the sand for about two months. Monitoring and protection of nests is vital to ensure safe hatching, especially in human frequented areas. If you sponsor a nest you will also receive the complete history of the nest, including hatching success.

Sponsor an injured turtle for € 150
(This amount will cover treatment costs for a month)

Fishing nets, speedboats and fishing hooks are some of the causes that often injure sea turtles. Many arrive at the ARCHELON Rescue Centre with severe head injuries. After treatment at the Centre, which operates in cooperation with the Municipality of Glyfada, the turtles are released. If you sponsor an injured turtle you will also receive the history of the turtle and will be invited to its release.

Become supporter for one year with only € 30

Become a supporter of ARCHELON with € 30 per year. In this way you will contribute to the maintenance and continuation of our efforts and programmes. Furthermore, you will receive every four months our Newsletter and you will be kept informed about the progress of our work.

Sponsor an Amvrakikos loggerhead for € 50

An on-going research programme, which began in 2004, evolved from the telemetry project. Researchers now catch sea turtles by hand in the shallow waters of the Amvrakikos Bay. The turtles are measured, photographed and tagged and samples are taken for genetic analysis. Adopting one of these study turtles will directly support the continuation of the Amvrakikos project

Fill the sponsor form here!