📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Foundation Chiriboga is a NGO, legally established by Agreement N 47 of the Department of the Environment of Ecuador. Foundation Chiriboga runs and assists different projects in several Provinces of Ecuador. The Chiriboga project is located 50km southwest of Quito, at Chiriboga town. Reforestation and other forms of ecological work are the activities in the project, individuals who won't make a work camp; they will work in the Reserve with the project's workers. Due to the community of Chiriboga is no interested to protect the environment of the region WE DO NOT WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, JUST IN THE CHIRIBOGA PROJECT.
💼 What the programme involves
Physical or manual work.- The volunteers will work helping the workers of the Reserve, they will help the workers in: construction and renovation of the infrastructure of the Reserve and the restoration of the defenses and water channels in the project and make ecological and environmental work if the workers need to do it. We also will continue with the construction of the 'Salon Multiple' a big room where in the future we will give Environmental classes for students and volunteers, Seminars for the volunteers and a comfortable dining room for the volunteers. Study part.- In the meeting day, the Coordinator of the Foundation gives the volunteer/s a small Introduction about the activities and localization of the Proyecto Chiriboga. The volunteer/s next day travel to the Proyecto Chiriboga, as soon as they get there, they have lodging, know the place, food schedule, and work itinerary. The volunteers will work from Monday or Tuesday in the afternoon, and will work until Saturday noon, but this schedule can be agreed with the volunteers.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation will be provided at the modest comfort of safe and clean homes with a warm family atmosphere. Keep in mind that our Project assists to the least fortunate; therefore we can not offer the type of comfort that you may be used to have at your country of origin. This will be a great opportunity so that the volunteers show their appreciation for different life styles and traditions. A volunteer must be sensitive to our culture and avoid treating our people with disrespect and discrimination. Accommodation.- Accommodation and food in Quito and in the Proyecto Chiriboga sharing rooms and toilettes with other volunteers. Fee includes: Four weeks of lodging, breakfast lunch, dinner in the Reserve and breakfast and dinner in Quito if the volunteers need to have lodging during weekends and administrative support at the Foundation's office. Placement Fee does not include: Any kind of transportation, bottled water, phone calls, internet access, soap powder and laundry, but we have an available place to do the laundry in the Project in Quito and in Chiriboga.
📍 About the location
Chiriboga
ℹ️ Additional information
250' is for one month. Minimum 2 weeks up to 12 weeks. From January to June 15th and from August 20th to December 31st of every year, from Tuesday to Saturday or previous agreement.