Various Projects in Venezuela
Placement number:
Location: Venezuela
Preferred Languages: Spanish or English
Date: All year
Minimum Period : 2 weeks
Our Eco-lodge is a Colonial style house, with red tiles roof, two new
wings with eight rooms, each with private bathroom. Very safe and quiet
surroundings, 25 min walking distance from town
center.
Projects
All our projects are located in the Gran Sabana in the south-east of Venezuela, between the Orinoco and Amazon river basin. The highland area includes the huge National Park Canaima with its famous table-top mountains, Angel Falls and innumerable rivers that flow on jasper river-beds.
The Gran Sabana is home to the Pemón Indians, an ethnic minority, which are finding that the soil is very acidic with a low mineral content, making cultivation - and consequently their livelihoods - very difficult. This means that after a relatively short period of time communities resort to 'slashing and burning' further parts of the forest. This, combined with increasing population pressures, illegal mining and new population settlements leads to fragmentation of the forest which has a strong negative impact on the balance of the ecosystem. Areas are becoming deserts, many species of flora and fauna are being menaced of extinction. Therefore there is an urgent need for environmental protection and sustainable development in the area.
Every project has been developed with complete respect for the ancestral culture
of the Pemón. Our volunteer programs are run in co-operation with these indigenous
communities, the CVG-Edelca and the local authorities. We work in the areas
of Community Development, Conservation, English teaching and Health Care. You
can work in one or more of our projects, according to your preferences. Our
projects are running the whole year and we participate also of different "Misiones"
of the "Gobierno Bolivariano", like Mision Piar(educacion popular), Mision Arbol(reforestation),
where you can express your skills, personality and independence.
Role of Volunteer
ˇ Environmental education in schools and
indigenous communities: this is a work for raising the awareness of the students
on ecological issues, with theory and practice of conservation .
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Greenhouse work and reforestation: preparation and care of
the seedlings, creation of fire cutting areas along forests and morichales
(humid areas where Mauritia Palms grow), terracing and planting work .
ˇ Work on sustainable eco-tourism projects:
Here the volunteers will be required to use their initiative and creativity.
Imagine a beautiful valley, a small village where 200 Pemón people live,
waterfalls with natural ponds, clay baths, trails in the forest and savannah,
birds and wildlife, all to discover and to cooperate , with the help of the
project coordinator, with the community to
start and let become a reality a
sustainable eco-tourism project.
ˇ Organic
agriculture with perm culture method with local cooperatives.
ˇ Community work, maintenance of the school
and basic sanitation in the indigenous communities in cooperation with the local
authorities.
ˇ Digging a compost
hole and planting trees in the new schools in cooperation with the Ministry of
Environment.
ˇ English teaching,
playing with children, sport coaching
ˇ Work
with special kids, in cooperation with the Ministry of
Education.
Cost
Inscription fee of Euro 50,--(which covers computers,
internet, telephone and part of the administrative costs.
Participation
fees: Euro105,-- per month . This includes placement, presence of project
coordinator, room with private bathroom, water and electricity, cooking
facilities
We can accept volunteers also for 2-3 weeks, but they have to pay the
minimum fee of Euro 105+Euro 50, to cover costs related
with their placement.
Food : food is not included (for your
self-catering calculate with Euro 50 - 90 per month depending on your
diet and preferences)
Accommodation: two new wings with eight rooms,
each with private bathroom. Very safe and quiet surroundings, 25 min
walking distance from town center.
We are a non-profit Organization,
and all the raised funds are
destined to cover costs and to finance the projects in the communities and those
for environmental preservation.
Travel
Volunteer meet the volunteer coordinator at Hotel Michelle, Santa Elena. The costs for travel to Santa Elena are covered by the volunteer. Detailed directions to Santa Elena will be given to you.
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