Volunteer Programmes In Costa Rica
Amigos de las Aves , 32-4001 Rio Segundo de Alajuela (tel 441-2658). Works to establish breeding pairs of scarlet and great green macaws. Volunteers help care for the birds; no food or lodging offered. ANAI , Aptdo 170-2070, Sabanillo (tel 224-6090 or 224-3570, fax 253-7524, anaicr@correo.co.cr ). Based in southern Talamanca, ANAI trains people to farm organically and manage forests sustainably. There are also volunteer programmes to help protect the Gandoca-Manzanillo Refuge and the turtles that come to the Caribbean coast each year (May-July), and working on ANAI's experimental farm (officially for a minimum of six months, but three-month stays can be arranged). Lodging and food included. ASVO (Association of Volunteers for Service in Protected Areas), contact the director of International Voluntary Programmes (tel 223-4533 ext. 135-182). Government-run scheme enabling volunteers to work in the national parks, helping guard protected areas, write reports and give environmental classes. Minimum two months. DINADECO (Office of National Community Development; tel 235-0896, fax 253-1745, l.fallas@gobnert.go.cr ). Costa Rican government institution which promotes citizen participation, family development, human-rights awareness and sexual equality. Foreigners are invited by the institution's International Cooperation Programme to get involved with individual development in small towns. Humanitarian Foundation (tel 282-9862, gnystrom@racsa.co.cr ). Volunteers are placed in various programmes helping orphans, battered women, indigenous people and street children. $200 initial fee plus $225 per month for room and board. Monteverde Institute , Aptdo 69-5655, Monteverde (tel 645-5053, fax 645-5219, mvipac@racsa.co.cr ). Volunteer projects in the Monteverde cloudforest including teaching, fieldwork on trails and other conservation efforts. Volunteers must know Spanish and commit for six weeks.
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