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Volunteer with Indigenous Communities on Conservation Projects in Borneo

  Malaysia
    Rural

Dates: Visit our website for upcoming start dates.

Description: This community volunteer project in Borneo gives you the opportunity to get involved in providing sustainable local income by helping set up community-based ecotourism. Working with a local organization, you will help develop nature interpretation trails, work on current building projects, and participate in wildlife surveys while immersed in the incredible and diverse rainforest of the Lower Kinabatangan. There is also some need for help to teach basic IT skills and English. This project gives those who choose to volunteer in Borneo the chance to help both the local communities and contribute to the conservation of the local environment, by building and promoting business which work with the environment, rather than in opposition to it, and by making this fantastic environment a great attraction that ecotourists will come to enjoy.

*How this program makes a difference*
This initiative aims to increase sustainable alternative sources of income for local indigenous people by providing ecotourism opportunities. In addition to this, GVI volunteers help save and restore habitats for rare and threatened wildlife species, such as orangutans, gibbons, proboscis monkeys, elephants and otters. Volunteers help sustain ongoing habitat restoration work, such as forest habitat restoration and wetland lake restoration. These efforts provide critical habitats for food, movement and nesting structures, and link forest and wetland waterways.

Volunteer with Indigenous Communities on Conservation Projects in Borneo

Highlights:
* Work in a local community in Borneo
* Help protect the rainforest
* Live on the banks of the Kinabatangan River
* Have the chance to see 10 species of primate

Qualifications: No special training or qualifications are required as you will receive training in the field.

Travel Types :
  • Eco Tours
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Studies
  • Homestay
  • Native Culture Studies
  • Nature Tours
  • Photography
  • Student Tours
  • Tours
  • Vacation Packages
  • Volunteering
Languages :
  • English

Cost in US$: From $2400 for 4 weeks

Cost Include Description:
The Volunteer contribution includes all your food, accommodation, training materials and project equipment.

Experience Required: no

Volunteer Types :
  • agriculture
  • animal welfare
  • biological research
  • community development
  • community organizing
  • computer training
  • consciousness-raising
  • conservation
  • culture
  • eco-tourism
  • economic development
  • environment
  • grassroots organization
  • income-generation
  • micro-enterprise
  • research
  • teaching
  • tourism
  • trail building
  • volunteering

This Program is open to World Wide Participants.

Participants Travel to Malaysia Independently

Application Process Involves:

  • Online Application plus Application Assessment

Global Vision International's Mission Statement: 2008 marks a decade of commitment from GVI to all volunteers and partners. Global Vision International aims to promote the advancement of sustainable development through the creation of partnerships, promotion of local and global education, opportunities and via direct financial support. GVI remains committed to its local partners by ensuring they receive full credit for any research undertaken or achievements reached.

Year Founded: 1998

 



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