Conservation Project in Costa Rica

  Costa Rica

• San Jose: 
San Jose

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks

Description: Travel to Costa Rica and participate in a once in a lifetime experience! Assist at a wild animal rescue center, a sea turtle conservation project, and many more!

Here's just an example of what you could be doing at your Costa Rican project:

Work in a zoo helping with daily tasks such as preparing food, feeding animals, cleaning cages, and much more. Volunteers may also have the opportunity to work with horses in Monte Verde, or help educate others by working with the Animal Protection Association, or even may work with an organization that rehabilitates spider monkeys that were captured as domestic pets or were used as tourist attractions at hotels, to release them back into the wild. Another option available to volunteers is to work at a Marine Rescue Center that rescues and rehabilitates wounded sea turtles, sea gulls, pelicans, sea snakes, crocodiles and even dolphins. The Marina Rescue Center has a staff of several marine biologists and one veterinarian; volunteers may work side by side with the marine biologists to feed and care for the animals, and may also help with providing tours to visitors and participate in other daily activities at the Center.

Highlights: While on the program you will live with a Costa Rican host family. Sharing your daily life with them will provide you with experience and insight into the culture you could never have had as a tourist. Soon you will become immersed in Tico life and live pura vida.

Qualifications:
* At least 18 years old
* Eligible to receive a tourist visa to Costa Rica
* Flexible and have a desire to contribute

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Phone Interview
• Resume

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

AIDE 's Mission Statement: Through education and the exchange of ideas and people across borders, AIDE will build a worldwide community of global citizens who will be part of an ongoing intercultural conversation. AIDE will be a catalyst for change in the world by building bridges between individuals from diverse cultures.

Year Founded: 1992