📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
La Marina Wildlife Rescue Center is a privately funded Animal Rescue Center in Costa Rica. Animal victims of repossession, loss of habitat and accidents from all over the country are brought in by local officials. Many animals are nursed back to health at the center and released back into their natural habitat.
💼 What the programme involves
Breeding : The aim of the Breeding Program is to return to nature the offspring of animals that were removed from their habitat. Tapirs, spider monkeys, green macaws, scarlet macaws, and a few different types of felines are just some of the animals that are bred here. oe Liberation : This program benefits the animals born in the Wildlife Rescue Center that show characteristics necessary for surviving in a natural environment. The selected animals enter a rigorous program where they are taught how to obtain food, guaranteeing their health and well-being. oe Reintroduction : The Reintroduction Program applies to all animals that enter the Wildlife Rescue Center because of repossession, habitat destruction, hunting, or from being injured. These animals are placed in quarantine, rehabilitated, and if they fit the necessary profile, are released into protected wild areas. oe Rescue : The rescue program at the Wildlife Rescue Center La Marina Foundation has saved the lives of many wild animals that for different reasons have either been a threat to people, or people and their activities have been a threat to them. oe Conservation : This program concentrates on the daily maintenance of animals that have no hope of returning to their natural habitat. Here, they are given a lot of affection and the proper conditions that will hopefully improve their lives. oe Education : The animals in the Conservation Program lend a great service educating visitors with their stories and showing the need for change with some human practices and lifestyles that lead to unhealthy development. oe Possible tasks for the volunteer: 'e to clean cages, 'e to prepare the food for the animals, 'e to feed the animals, 'e to maintain infrastructure. There are opportunities to perform other activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Your will have your own room with a local host family. Volunteer must be ready to live in a very rural and small Volunteers at the project stay with local families. Lodging, typical food, and laundry are provided by the host family. The center has an internal system to assign volunteers to each family, which means that every single volunteer will have a host family that
📍 About the location
La Marina of San Carlos (Northern Plains of Costa Rica) The volunteers are expected to live in a community, with no clubs, bars, beaches nor cinemas nearby. The volunteer will have the opportunity to go to the town of Cuidad Quesada (30 minutes away by bus), where you will find all type of services from post offices, banks and internets cafes to health facilities and a hospital.
ℹ️ Additional information
EXTRA FEE : to pay on arrival: 255$ for the 1st week, minimum stay (camp fee 105$ + adm. cost 150$ for ACI Costa Rica).