LA MARINA 2017
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About the project
LA MARINA 2017
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
💼 What the programme involves
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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
Possible tasks for the volunteer:
• To clean cages
• To prepare the food for the animals
• To feed the animals
• To maintain infrastructure There are opportunities to perform other activities including construction, paint, art-work or other tasks that you may have the skills for.
🏠 Accommodation on site
📍 About the location
⚠️ Requirements
to have the maturity to work following the rules in a responsible way.
The project has internal rules that apply to the project, the community
and the host families, to be willing to work with and handle wild
animals. It is important for you as a volunteer to keep in mind the
risks that come with this kind of work. The animals that they receive
are partially tamed, but they remain wild and unpredictable. The project
assumes no responsibility on the volunteer’s health expenses; this is
why you are asked to come with personal health insurance, to work on
tasks such as: building cages and fences, digging ditches, raking, and
others, to adapt to outdoor work in a tropical climate with very modest
living accommodations and insects, to work with people from other
countries and age groups, to have the maturity to work in a foreign
country for an extended time period, to have the maturity to adapt to a
different culture with different manners, although it is not required,
Spanish knowledge will benefit you, to be eager to learn Spanish and to
share your life with Costa Rican farmers, to get up early in the morning
and work from early in the morning until the afternoon, five days a
week, to be able to live in a rural small community with simple
conditions, Important: to be vaccinated against Tetanus, Measles, Mumps
and other eruptive diseases. Although it is not absolutely required, we
suggest you getting a full set of Rabies vaccination prior to come to
the project.
ℹ️ Additional information
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
ACI/LAMARI2017
05/03/2017 → 18/12/2017
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
670.00 USD ≈ 600 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Alajuela Province, San Carlos, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Costa Rica Colon (CRC / ₡)
Exchange rate
1 CRC = 0.001986 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken