WORKCAMPS IN THE PROYECTO ECOLOGICO CHIRIBOGA
Ecuador
Education
Environment
Education
Environment
Fixed dates
About the project
WORKCAMPS IN THE PROYECTO ECOLOGICO CHIRIBOGA
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Foundation Proyecto Ecológico Chiriboga is a non- governmental and no profit organization, working without any political, religious or racial discrimination, legally constituted by Ministerial Agreement N° 47 of the Environment Ministry of Ecuador –South America The Foundation has managed for more of a decade teaching, social care and environmental projects. Its main objective are: the protection and conservation of the environment, the promotion of the development of the community whose activities are related with the environmental scope and local economy development.
We organize Workcamps since 1998 in the Reserve of the Proyecto Ecológico Chiriboga, making reforestation and protection of its environment. Nowadays our principal task in the reserve is the inventory of the forest and to start to label the trees of the Proyecto Chiriboga Reserve; the volunteers will be divided in groups to make these activities with the help of the students of the Forestall Faculty of the Universidad del Sur de Manabí, who will manage the inventory and the labeling.
💼 What the programme involves
In the meeting day, the Coordinator gives a short Introduction with information about the activities and localization of the Proyecto Chiriboga, where the first part of the Workcamp will take place. The reserve of the Proyecto Chiriboga is located 50.5 kilometers south west of Quito.
The next day the group travel to the Proyecto Chiriboga, as soon as they get there, they have lodging, know the place, food schedule, and work itinerary.
The activities organized for the summer Workcamps on July and September in the Proyecto Chiriboga will be;
- The inventory of the forest and to start to put on the labels on the trees of the Proyecto Chiriboga Reserve; the volunteers will be divided in groups to make these activities with the help of the students of the Forestall Faculty of the Universidad del Sur de Manabí, who will manage the inventory and the labeling .
- To help in the tasks of the reserve
The second part of the Workcamp, is executed in a community of the Coastal region, to make intercultural interchange with students, making environmental awareness and community work in benefit of the village.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation.- In the first part of the workcamp, accommodation and food (three meals per day) in Quito and in Proyecto Chiriboga, is provided at the “houses” of the Foundation Proyecto Ecológico Chiriboga, sharing rooms and toilettes with other volunteers.
During the second part of the placement, accommodation and food is provided with middle class families of the town.
📍 About the location
The Reserve of the Proyecto Ecologico Chiriboga, is located 50.5kms in the south west of Quito, the meeting point is at the office of the Fundacion Proyecto Ecologico Chiriboga, the volunteers will travel the next day to the Reserve.
LEISURE
There is the possibility to travel in the second weekend to Otavalo the biggest market of Indian handicrafts in South America, this could be arranged if the volunteers agree this proposal.
In the second part of the Workcamp is possible to visit other places, that is up to the volunteers.
⚠️ Requirements
Fee includes: Lodging, breakfast, lunch and dinner in the foundation in the project, and with host families, during working days, administrative assistance in the foundation offices, and maintenance of the Reserve.
Fee does not include: all types of transportation, bottled water, extra food, extra beverages, laundry, phone calls and internet, lunch on days off, like the visit to Otavalo or the travel to the village.
Fundacion Proyecto Ecologico Chiriboga does not receive any economic resources from Ecuadorian Government or local or foreigner institutions. We operate through the remainder of the volunteer's contributions.
The fee of the volunteers in case of Workcamps are distributed in the following form:
Lodging and food (3 meals per day) except days off (85%)
Materials, maintenance of the reserve to help to the foundation and food of the local volunteers (15%)
ℹ️ Additional information
TRANSPORTATION
Each volunteer is responsible for arranging their transportation to/from Ecuador; we don’t provide any kind of transportation during the Workcamp, between Quito to the Reserve of the Proyecto Chiriboga, to the Community for the second phase of the Workcamp
FUNPROCH does not cover food and leisure activities during days off or food outside of the project.
INSURANCE
FUNPROCH does not provide any kind of insurance. It is volunteers’ responsibility to buy insurance that covers the whole period of his /her stay in Ecuador, we suggest an insurance which covers, health problems, accidents and robbery.
POCKET MONEY
NONE
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EC-CHI- 07- 2016
03/07/2016 → 30/07/2016
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
400.00 USD ≈ 358 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
OE2-781, Puruhá, Quito 170111, Ecuador
Ecuador
🌍 Location info
Local currency
United States Dollar (USD / $)
Exchange rate
1 USD = 0.895608 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Spanish