ACICRC04-21 FUDEBIOL BIOLOGICAL RESERVE Solidarités Jeunesses

Description

This is a grass roots organization located in the small village of Quebradas, which is located near to the town of San Isidro in El General Valley. This valley is surrounded by high mountains such as Cerro de la Muerte (3491 meters above sea level) and the highest mountain of Costa Rica, Chirripó at 3820 meters.

The Biological Center of Quebradas is managed by FUDEBIOL (Fundación para el Desarrollo del Centro Biológico Las Quebradas), which is a non-profit grass roots organization launched in 1989. Their mission is to stop the deforestation of the Quebradas River basin, which is the source of drinking water for the whole town of San Isidro and most of the region of Pérez Zeledón. In the Center, they have also built an educational hub. The project site is located 3km uphill from the community of Quebradas, between 1000 and 2500 meters above sea level.

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

Las Quebradas

Informations supplémentaires

To be in good physical conditions
Be able to live under simple conditions and be willing to eat the typical food, probably rice and beans with other local vegetables everyday (the volunteer will receive three meals a day)
To work on hard duties such as maintaining of trails
Has to be an organized, structured person. (Very important).
To be ready to walk uphill for 50 minutes every morning in order to get to the project and walk back to the host family in town after finishing work every afternoon (if placed in host family)
Interest in environmental issues.
The volunteer should enjoy working with people and foster good human relations.
Volunteer must be ready to work independently even when the coordinator is not present.

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)

Please arrive to Costa Rica 3 days before you start the project.

The cost of your volunteer project(s) + Spanish Classes (if needed) + the administrative ACI Fee depending on the total amount of weeks that you would like to participate.

The cost of the volunteer project : 100 USD per week. (400 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

From Monday to Friday 8 hours a day (depending on tasks and weather)

To maintain the garden of medical plants
To maintain the (Butterfly) Garden
To maintain the channel around the lagoon
To maintain the trails inside the Reserve
To clean and to maintain green areas
To make new informative wooden signs for the trails
To plant flowers and trees and others on the access road
To paint and to maintain the buildings
To assist at the reception of the reserve (if a good level of Spanish is achieved)
To translate the web site and assist in social media (if the language is still missing)
To paint and decorate the houses (if the volunteer has artistically skills)

Logement & nourriture

The volunteers stay in a host family of the community, in Quebradas, Perez Zeledon

Emplacement & temps libre

During your leisure time you will have the opportunity to discover San José province. You can enjoy some walks and hike as you discover the nature of this marvelous part of Costa Rica.