AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND CLEANING TO PRESERVE THE TOURIST MALECON OF THE AGUAYTIA RIVER

Name: AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND CLEANING TO PRESERVE THE TOURIST MALECON OF THE AGUAYTIA RIVER
Start: 2023-07-15
End: 2023-07-29
Location: Aguaytía, Peru

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Peru Education Environment Renovation Education Environment +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Brigada de Voluntarios Bolivarianos del Perú, is a national youth volunteer organization, non-profit, founded 40 years ago, on November 23, 1982. We are one of the most important volunteer organizations in Peru, with representation in 12 regions. We are committed to the International Voluntary Service since 1999, with short, medium and long-term programs.

💼 What the programme involves

Create awareness of love for nature, respect for the attractive places that symbolize and represent the culture of the province of Padre Abad and its preservation, with the task of raising awareness among the general population about the care, cleanliness and conservation of the tourist boardwalk of the Aguaytía River that is located in Aguaytía, developing joint co mmunity work, with the residents of the area, children, youth and adults in the jobs specified in the project. In addition, the project will develop an approach and experiential knowledge of life in the jungle of Peru. During the development of the project, the volunteers will be in permanent contact with nature and places in the province.

PROJECT’S ACTIVITIES
• Cleaning of the tourist boardwalk of the Aguaytía River, in all the space occupied by the tourist boardwalk.
• Reforestation and embellishment of the ornamentation within the tourist boardwalk of the Aguaytía river, with fruit and ornamental species and plants that prevent soil erosion.
• Educational talks in schools and institutions to create awareness of respect and love for nature and care for the tourist boardwalk of the Aguaytía River.
• The volunteers together with the members of the project and the community will organize activities to draw the attention of the authorities and the population so that they are aware of the importance of conservation and care of the tourist boardwalk of the Aguaytía River.
• Preparation and installation of posters with slogans and drawings, alluding to the cleaning and conservation of the environment and the tourist boardwalk itself.
• Installation of clean points (placement of bins for solid waste) and awareness about the proper use of these.
Volunteers will work daily from Monday to Friday, except on weekends where they can carry out activities of their own interest, cultural activities.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteers will be housed in a house with all basic services. It is necessary that the volunteers bring sleeping bag, and the food will be healthy

📍 About the location

The project will be carried out in the jungle, in the City of Aguaytía, Province of Padre Abad, Department of Ucayali. The province of Padre Abad is one of the four that make up the department of Ucayali in eastern Peru. Its capital is the city of Aguaytía. To travel by land (Lima Aguaytía): From the capital of Peru, Lima to Aguaytia by land is 16 hours, crossing the Andes of Peru. To travel by air (Lima – Pucallpa and then Pucallpa – Aguaytía): From the capital of Peru, Lima to Pucallpa takes 45 minutes and then taking a land taxi from Pucallpa to Aguaytía takes 3 hours. Aguaytía is a welcoming city, tropical climate, diversity of tourist sites.

🎒 Leisure activities

During leisure, volunteers can visit "El velo de la Novia", located 1 hour from Aguaytia - waterfalls in the middle of the jungle. other activities is to visit the native communities of the jungle.

⚠️ Requirements

Volunteer in the project requires above all the ability to be flexible and adapt to local culture, and the ability to work as a team. The ease of interaction with children and young people will help you a lot, and the experience in cultural and artistic activities is also very welcome (music, dance, theater, etc.). Peru is a Spanish -speaking country, and communication in daily life is in Spanish. But you can participate in the activities with little Spanish. We require unless you try to learn Spanish, so you can integrate the community and your host family. It is not necessary to speak fluently and your Spanish will surely improve while you are here

ℹ️ Additional information

The participation fee in the Work Camp is €240 euros, this covers accommodation, meals, project expenses, administrative expenses, certificate of participation, communications for coordination before, during and after the camp. The participation fee does not include the costs of picking up the airport, and transportation from Lima to the city of Aguaytia.

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