Viva Maya 1
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About the project
Viva Maya 1
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The San Luis estate is a center
of Environmental Education with a strategic location, in the “Mundo Maya
Tourist Corridor”, adjacent to some Archaeological areas. Yucatan has lost 80%
of the original vegetation cover and associated fauna and flora in the last
decades.
Given this context, this project is created to
be a space to address the problem of ecological deterioration based on comprehensive
educational programs with emphasis on science, technology and productivity,
forging a lifestyle in which a rationality prevail on the one hand, an
environmental orientation guided by ethical and moral principles and, on the
other hand, a social rationality that makes possible the satisfaction of the
present human needs with attachment to the sustainable management of the
natural resources.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers
will be involved in the different areas of the farm, such as organic agriculture
(cleaning of the site, incorporation of compost, collection of materials,
stones, dried tree trunks, disused containers, pots, seeds, plants,
installation of rustic irrigation);
Conservation and maintenance of the site (construction
of breccias against fires and trails for bird watching). Gaps of 1.20 m wide
will be opened with the double purpose of avoiding in the event of a fire that is
spread and can be controlled, besides it will also serve for the observation of
birds and fauna and environmental research (labeling of plants and trees,
monitoring of fauna and flora taking photographic samples for research
purposes, taking biological samples for their classification. Investigate
possible cave that has been found ancient remains, rest of vessels etc.)
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be staying in tents inside the center.
📍 About the location
The San Luis estate is located near the city of Valladolid in the Yucatan state.
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteers with a particular interest in environmental
issues will be very much welcomed.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
VIVAMAYA-1-2017
09/04/2017 → 22/04/2017
VIVAMYA-4-2017
23/07/2017 → 05/08/2017
VIVAMAYA-2-2017
11/04/2017 → 24/04/2017
VIVAMAYA-5-2017
06/08/2017 → 19/08/2017
VIVAMAYA-3-2017
02/07/2017 → 22/07/2017
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
15–99 years old
Solidarity donation
174.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico
Mexico
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Mexico Peso (MXN / Mex$)
Exchange rate
1 MXN = 0.048171 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Central Standard Time
Local time: 21:17 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken