📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
In the Amazon there are communities and ecological reserves which are protected by the natives where volunteers can help with reforestation, agriculture, environmental protection and community tasks. This program is dedicated to true nature lovers who want to experience an eco- adventure and who would be willing to adapt to the modest accommodation offered by these communities.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers have the opportunity to learn about jungle thanks of the 'Jungle school' here they learn how to catch birds or any kind of animal of the Forrest, fishing, travel by canoe, jungle food, night walks through the jungle, Medicinal plants cultivations. When there is the opportunity the volunteers can help in the communities or in the Indian Reserves, in the constructions of houses, cleaning of pads, in the construction of latrines, making a development project in benefit of the community.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will be staying at the native's chozas (houses), its infrastructure is very simple; there are latrines near the houses. The kitchen is very simple, three pieces of wood and a pot hanging from a piece of branch which is supported by a rope, is all they need to cook, they don't have stoves. Access to water, showers, electricity or telecommunications may be unavailable. Volunteers can enjoy swimming in the nearby river. The inhabitants collect rain water, to prepare their food. Their basic diet includes papayas, bananas, and bitter cane, cooked by the locals with leaves, noodles, tuna fish, and a special kind of fried bread made with flour.
📍 About the location
Our destination is located in the Amazon near to one of the Shuar communities. This is a very beautiful natural area, an ideal placement for volunteers who can adapt to live with very limited comfort.
ℹ️ Additional information
Fee 400 ' (or 480$) is for 4 weeks of volunteering. Open all year, arrival date is free, minimum stay is 4 weeks.