Speak Up For Blue

Speak Up For Blue is pround to be a social enterprise and help protect the Ocean through raising awareness; education; and, inspiring the implementation of solutions to reduce and eventually eliminate Ocean Issues occurring around the world. Andrew Lewin, founder of Speak Up For Blue, has been building great relationships with small to medium sized organizations who are doing fantastic work along the coasts and in the Ocean around the world; however, they tend to be limited by two things: resources and funding. Resources come in the form of able bodies to complete the work set forth by the organizations goals as well as equipment for the staff to use to collect vital information on the Ocean and its species. The organizations often encourage volunteers, but it's difficult to manage volunteers when there is ni one hired to manage them. This problem is often due to funding, which is crucial to the sustainability of the organization(s). Small to medium sized organizations cannot afford to hire fundraisers because they don't have the funds (a bit of a catch 22). These organizations face adversity everyday and must deal with the fact that they may not exist in a day, week, or month from now; however, their passion, dedication, and actions speak volumes as to what they would be able to do with just a little more support in resources and funding. It is why Andrew has continued to build relationships with these organizations and has now introduced a Speak Up For Blue partnership program.