• 中長期ボランティア
  • ACICRC02-20
  • コスタリカ

Turtle conservation in Montezuma

国 コスタリカ
コード ACICRC02-20
プログラム名 Turtle conservation in Montezuma
背景 The sea turtle conservation program is a scientific-based conservation activity in which the organizations involved try to increase the amount of sea turtle hatchings in order to give higher survival rates.

The camps are located within walking distances from the beach. Apart from the sea turtles, you will also have high chances of seeing tropical birds, iguanas and monkeys. The main goal of these projects is to help the recovery of sea turtle populations. The species of sea turtles that you can find on the Montezuma beach are Leatherback (very rare), Olive riddle (most common), Black turtle (more in December) depending in which season you visit.

International volunteers support:
Montezuma beach, which is located on the peninsula of Nicoya, province of Puntarenas and belongs to the conservation area of Tempisque.


The Extra fee indicated covers a period of TWO WEEKS, and includes:

- Transfer from the airport to a hostel in San Jose.
- Two nights in a hostel in San Jose, breakfast included.
- Orientation day, a day in which we give a cultural introduction to Costa Rica, safety and transportation recommendations, directions to the project and a tour of San Jose with lunch included.
- Accommodation and meals at the project.

The program has flexible dates depending on the availability of the project, with flexibility from 2 weeks to 4 months, but this includes an additional fee to the indicated fee.
仕事内容 Volunteers will be working in:
● Monitoring the ocean turtle nesting at Montezuma beach
● Signaling of the beaches and construction of the hatchery of the sea turtle projects
● Night patrols for protection and collection of information about the sea turtles.
● Construction and reparation of the trails for public use at Montezuma beach.
● Maintenance of the infrastructure of the project
● Cleaning of the beach
● Support in environmental education activities and communal protection
● Night patrols: 6 days a week, 3-6 hours per night (depends on how many volunteers are here)
● Community work (Schools education workshops, building community spaces, street signs)
宿泊 Hosting situation provided by the Project. The accommodation is very simple and not a luxurious hotel. You will be sharing your room with several volunteers, of course you will still be having your own bed. There will be 3 meals a day, which are quite basic.
場所 Montezuma, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Montezuma is a little village surrounded by a lot of nature (beaches, rivers, waterfalls), animals (monkeys, iguanas, birds, whales, sea turtles, coatis, racoons).
The turtle hatchery is about 5 minutes away from the house where the volunteers live.
In the village are 2 supermarkets, the next ATM and the next pharmacy are located in Cobano.

Some activities for volunteers to do in their free time would be surfing, hiking, horse-riding and going to Isla Tortuga. There is also a National Park called “Parque Nacional Cabo Blanco” located close to the project (about 9 km).
集合場所 Volunteers will be picked up at the airport.. Nearest airport is SJO. Nearest train or bus station is Volunteers will be picked up at the airport..
追加登録費 800 USD/ 月を現地到着時に現金払い。
資格 Age 18-99. ● Has to be an organized, structured person. (Very important).
● The volunteer needs to like it/needs to have the willingness to work in a natural tropic forest and beach and to work physically.
● Basic Spanish Level and/or basic English
● To be respectful towards the internal rules of the project
● To love nature, as the main goal of these projects is the protection of turtles
● To be in good physical condition as the patrols imply long walks along the beach at night
● To be open to share accommodation and bedroom with other volunteers
● To be very flexible and to do different tasks during the day which may involve cooking and cleaning as volunteers may be also responsible of taking care of the camp
● Interest in environmental issues.
● The volunteer should enjoy working with people and foster good human relations.
● Proactivity is a must.
● Volunteers must be ready to work independently even when the coordinator is not present.
● Honest, responsible, punctual, positive person.
● Leadership Skills.
● Good attitude.
● Open to flexibility of schedules.
● Optional skills (cooking-, carpentry-, electricity-skills etc.)
備考 The ASVO Sea Turtle Stations are permanent projects, so they receive volunteers all year long. They have a capacity of around 20-30 volunteers per week and there are no limitations in the number of female or male volunteers, but yes, we recommend volunteers to be adults (+18).
募集人数 30人
主催者・支援機関詳細 コスタリカの国際ボランティアNGO。多国籍NGO・ICYEと特に連携

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