Basecamp International Centers believe international volunteering promotes cross-cultural learning that helps create global awareness, understanding between cultures and provides the platform for positive change. Our volunteers have taught in schools, provided disaster relief support for the International Red Cross, conducted essential research to improve the management strategies of threatened environments, built homes for impoverished people, provided vocational training and programs for street kids and have worked in co-operation with hundreds of local organizations to distribute aid and improve the quality of life for people throughout Asia, Africa and Latin AmericaWe have volunteer placement on Social, Heath and Medical, Environment, Children and Building Projects in Nepal, Peru, Ghana, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Costa Rica and Ecuador.Basecamp International Centers welcomes all the interested volunteers from around the world to volunteer and make a difference.
ASVO is a non-profit NGO which places volunteers in Costa Rica's national parks and protected areas. ASVO's objective is to improve the conditions and amount of volunteer work performed at a national and international level.
Volunteers must be of age 18 or above with minimum education of high school. Volunteers with the following special skills are preferred for the placement:- Forestry Environmental Science Biology Volunteers are needed to help protect one of the most important marine environments in the area and its important coral reefs. This park is the home to an incredible marine ecosystem and without preservation efforts could be destroyed. The park is located on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, between Punta Uvita and Punta Panuela, in the province of Puntarenas. The park mostly contains beach land.
The park was created to maintain the critical habitats of many marine species for reproduction, and to preserve the productivity of the biological communities which are found within the park.
The park is home to species such as crabs, fish, lobsters, iguanas, howler monkeys, wild boar, and a number of different types of birds (among others).
There are whales between July/August and April (July-December from the Arctic, December-April from Oregon), and dolphins can also be seen at various points throughout the year.
Volunteers can assist by doing following tasks:- 1. Maintenance of the park's trails. 2. Cleaning and protection of camping areas. 3. Maintenance of park facilities. 4. For those who speak Spanish, dealing with the public. 5. Cleaning and collection of garbage from the beach and camping areas. Basecamp International welcomes all the interested volunteers from around the world to volunteer and make a difference. If you are interested in this placement then please contact us for the details: Email: info@ basecampcenters.com Website: www.basecampcenters.com Mailing Address 298 Bagot Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7K 3B4 Phone: 613.541.7862 Toll Free : 866.646.4693 Fax: 613.541.1604
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