Fundación Aldeas de Paz    Venezuela - Brazil

Conservation & Environment

Conservation work is ideal for the hands-on, contemplative person

Do you enjoy the outdoors? How about trying your hand at tropical conservation? Helping to sustain our small-scale forest conservation tree planting project, you will work together with local grounds-work staff and possibly other volunteers. There is also potential for work in indigenous communities. Conservation is a wonderful way to make friends, get some fresh air, exercise, and help preserve Venezuela's natural beauty. Our conservation projects put you to work in a stunning location while surrounded by monkeys, toucans, parrots, butterflies and many other incredible species. This program also is a excellent opportunity for family volunteering!

Do you feel the need to make a positive impact on the environment?

Carry out environmental conservation to protect the fragile savannah ecosystem by helping us with maintaining our tree nursery and organic farming project on the Peace Villages foundations grounds. Twice every year, depending on how many volunteers we are able to mobilize, we clean natural beauty spots in the Gran Sabana national park and help preserve flora and fauna in this unique and fragile savannah ecosystem. Also, help passing on that passion for the environment to the young generation in public school based awareness programs. Help practice and teach hands on organic vegetable gardening, composting and green area maintenance in this school based teaching project side by side with children and adolescents.

Venezuelan biodiversity is among the richest in the world

Learn all about sustainable development and organic garden practices. We offer our database, books and our own experiences. Help us to grow trees, vegetable and medicinal plants and promote environmental conservation at the Aldeas de Paz foundations grounds. Conservation volunteers will help to sustain our small-scale projects, working with local grounds staff and possibly other volunteers. All that is necessary is enthusiasm, self-reliance, patience and an open mind.

Activities can include:

• Footpath construction and maintenance in nearby tropical forest (all year)
• Occasional trash collection projects inside the La Gran Sabana national park (S)
• Nurturing plant seedlings and maintain tree nursery on foundations grounds (all year)
• Planting and maintaining young trees on our Community Center grounds (RR)
• Help maintaining Aldeas de Paz grounds and its small organic fruit and vegetable gardens (all year)
• Photographing, recording and cataloguing as many as possible of the native species of Flora and Fauna (all year)
• Assisting to build an educational trail for schoolchildren (all year)
• Teaching or assisting in programs for environmental education and organic gardening in local schools (all year)
• (MR) Develop a comprehensive species list of the existing wildlife in the savannah park and biologic reserve (all year) 

Requirements:  

No previous experience or special skills are required. All that is necessary is enthusiasm, self-reliance, patience and an open mind. 
(Only activities marked with (MR) have the following minimum requirements: Experience; Conversational Spanish language skills; 2 Months minimum time commitment)
This program is a great opportunity for family volunteering!

Availability:

Seasonal (S) 
Rainfall required (RR)
 

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Fundación Aldeas de Paz
Lomas de Piedra Canaima via Sampai, Santa Elena de Uairén,
La Gran Sabana, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela
Phone: 0058 - 289 - 4160718  Email: info@peacevillages.org
We are a registered charity: RIF J-30872287-1 (Vz)    

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last update: 05/10/2009