HumanKompass NGO · Styria, Austria
A floating education initiative for women, maritime tourism, and coral reef conservation in the Red Sea — an invitation to partnership.
Our Vision
The Ocean Bloom Academy is an international education initiative empowering women in Africa within the maritime tourism sector, while protecting the marine ecosystems of the Red Sea.
"We unite vocational training, ocean education for children, and scientific coral reef research into one integrated model."
At the heart of the project is a 25-metre wooden motor vessel, serving as a floating training platform and research base — a visible symbol of women's role in maritime tourism.
The project creates sustainable livelihoods in coastal communities while contributing to the protection of one of the world's most precious marine ecosystems.
Three Pillars
Each programme reinforces the others — training creates income, education shapes values, research preserves knowledge.
Hands-on professional training for women from coastal communities to become maritime stewardesses in the tourism sector.
An educational programme for children from coastal communities, building a new generation of Ocean Guardians.
Science-based restoration of damaged coral reefs in the Red Sea with long-term monitoring and university partnerships.
The Floating Academy
The wooden motor boat is training ground, research base, and living symbol of women in maritime tourism — anchored in the Red Sea.
The Academy is pursuing partnerships with internationally recognised certification bodies to open up the best possible employment opportunities for graduates in the global tourism sector.
Specific partnerships are currently in negotiation. Interested certification organisations are warmly invited to get in touch.
Expected Impact
Goals for the first 10-year initial phase — measurable, concrete, and transformative.
trained stewardesses from coastal communities
international certifications awarded
children in ocean education programmes
long-term scientific data collection & reef restoration
We are looking for investors, institutional partners, and corporate supporters who share our mission. Every contribution creates measurable impact — for people and for oceans.