ACICRC06-21 ASVO SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION TORTUGUERO Solidarités Jeunesses

Description

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 these beaches are: Green turtle, Hawksbill, Leatherback, Loggerhead, Black turtle depending in which season you visit.

PARTENAIRE

ACI is a non-profit organization founded in 1967, whose main goal is to promote programs of intercultural learning and international volunteer service (IVS) for people from all around of the world, facilitating their experience in social and ecological projects, developing global citizens. ACI wants to contribute to solidarity and friendship between the different societies of our globalized world, to sustainable human development, and personal growth of our participants.

Localisation

Tortuguero

Informations supplémentaires

Basic Spanish Level and basic English
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.
To be respectful towards the internal rules 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 and the jungle walks
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
Volunteers must be ready to work independently even when the coordinator is not present.
Honest, responsible, punctual, positive person.

Remarques

All volunteers must bring: bed linen (2 sheets, blankets), insect repellent/after bite cream, sunscreen, and water bottle. Also dark clothing with long sleeves and closed and comfortable shoes for evening walks, waterproof, additionally bring a hat, flashlight with red filter (mandatory), and fly block (mosquito net).
Allowed minimum stay is 2 weeks

The cost of the volunteer project : 175 USD per week. (700 USD p/month)

Each project has a different cost, which includes lodging and 3 meals a day. Note that the program does not include daily local transportation.

The cost of the administrative ACI Fee will depend of the number of weeks of your project :

1 - 4 weeks : 165 USD

5-8 weeks : 265 USD

9 - 12 weeks : 365 USD

12 - 16 weeks : 465 USD

16 - 20 weeks : 565 USD

The in Person Orientation Meeting is compulsory for all ecological and social short-term international volunteers, this meeting will always be offered at the beginning of the program, before volunteers start their projects.

If needed, ACI Costa Rica will help you to organize your accommodation in the local hostel before the beginning of the project. Arrangements for lodging once you arrive: hostel 2 nights: $ US 29 Food for 2 days $ US 40 (because hostel only has breakfast).

Travail

40 or 48 hours per week, 6 or 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. Sundays off.

Protect the flora and fauna of the jungle and the ocean turtle nesting at Tortuguero beach
Monitoring and maintaining of the ASVO Tortuguero reservation
Day and Night patrols in collaboration with the National Park Tortuguero and other organizations for collection of information about the sea turtles.
Day walks to secure the safety of the eggs and hatchlings
Boat/ATV rides into the wildlife refuge areas and the national park to assist the park rangers
Inform tourists on how to deal with the hatchlings, what to do and what not to do
Construction and reparation of the trails for public use at Tortuguero beach.
Maintenance of the infrastructure of the project
Cleaning of the beach and surrounding area of the Town
Assisting the national park in his projects and his daily work (monitoring of animals, tramp-cameras, administration work, investigation work, social work etc.)
Collecting seeds from the jungle for the greenhouse project
Reforestation of the beach in order to protect the hatchlings from the light of the town
Support in environmental education activities and communal protection
Community activities (schools, high school workshops, festivals “Day of the Jaguar” etc.)
Night patrols (3-5 days a week, 3-6 hours per night, depends on the season)

The high season is from May to December in this project. You can come the rest of the months since there is work in the project. Activities like reforestation, cleaning the beach and community work are done all the year. There is always something to do.

Logement & nourriture

The place is a building (normal house) with rooms, it has electricity, potable water and a phone. There is no hot water. The volunteers will live in “simple” conditions and in a shared dorm.

Emplacement & temps libre

On Sundays (your day off) you can explore Tortuguero. The village is situated on a sandbar island, separated from the mainland by Tortuguero River and bordering the Caribbean Sea. Tortuguero is renowned for its navigable canals that run through the rainforest in the national park, and has such earned the nickname of 'Central America's Amazon'.