Businesses, partners, members and individuals – can support the UIAA on a one-off or ongoing basis by donating to specific projects or causes.
Highlight
Appeal
2024 UIAA Support Project
Information on the highlight appeal for this year’s UIAA General Assembly will be published shortly.
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Appeal
Coming Soon
Details of the second appeal supported by the UIAA will be communicated after the 2024 General Assembly.
Through its Commissions, the UIAA spearheads a number of key initiatives including:
ONE
Safety
Resources
Creating and developing safety resources for climbers and mountaineers
TWO
Mountain Protection
Protection of the mountain environment
THREE
Youth Development
Encouraging youth development
FOUR
Mediating Access
Mediating in access issues
FIVE
Mountain Communities
Supporting mountain communities
You can support the UIAA as a whole or specific areas or projects. Furthermore, the UIAA uses this resource to raise awareness about projects organised by its member associations. Please select General UIAA support when donating.
UIAA Supported Charities
CLIMBING FOR PEACE
ClimbAID
The UIAA began supporting ClimbAID in early 2019. ClimbAID is a non-profit organisation founded in September 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland which focuses on humanitarian projects with an emphasis on climbing and other alpine sports activities. In particular, ClimbAID focuses on the holistic development of youth into autonomous, social, self- and environmentally aware actors. ClimbAID brings the joy of climbing to communities impacted by war and poverty.
FOUNDED BY JOHN ELLISON
Climbers Against Cancer
CAC is a not-for-profit charity that raises awareness and funds for cancer research through the worldwide climbing community. The charity was created by the late John Ellison, a British climber who after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, established a charity that has since raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from climbers and mountaineers. In May 2014, Ellison was honoured by the UIAA at a meeting of the UIAA Management Committee in Munich. Ellison was feted for his outstanding efforts to bring together the global family of climbers and mountaineers to raise funds for research to fight and beat cancer. The UIAA has supported CAC ever since.