Sea Turtle Preservation: Panama and Costa Rica

  Costa Rica

  Panama

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: anytime

Description: CCI managed over 1000 volunteers from thirty Universities and other groups providing disaster relief and completing environmental and human service projects internationally. Since 1994, we have provided technical assistance and program development support to conservation and educational organizations nationally and internationally. Director Steve Boisvert is the author of Introduction to Natural Resource Management Careers and has been a conservation leader for over twenty years. He has provided consulting services to the Corporation for National Service, The U.S. Forest Service, The White House Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the National Association of Service and Conservation Corps, and has been appointed by the United States Secretary of Agriculture to a Regional Advisory Committee which funds conservation projects in Alaska.

CCI works in coordination with United Nations Development Program funded Cooprena RL, Cahuita National Park, Recicaribe, The Costa Rican Ministry for the Environment, The Talamancan Association of Ecotourism and Conservation, Opportunity Access, and Asociacion ANAI winner of the prestigious United Nations Equator Award and many other national and international programs dedicated to providing volunteer services where they are needed most.

Highlights: Community Collaborations Sea Turtle Preservation Projects will provide badly needed volunteers to conservation groups in Panama and Costa Rica. There are several locations for these projects on both the Pacific and Carribean coasts.

8 Day Program Schedule

    * Day 1    Depart
    * Day 2-4 Turtle Preservation
    * Day 5    Recreation Trip
    * Day 6-7 Turtle Preservation
    * Day 8    Return

14 Day Program

    * Day 1       Depart
    * Day 2-7    Turtle Preservation
    * Day 8-10   Recreation Trip
    * Day 11-13 Turtle Preservation
    * Day 14      Return

Qualifications: -Passport
-16 or over
- fill out application and sign volunteer agreement.

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Typical volunteer is between ages 16-36.

Age Range: 16-60 years old

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Other
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit DebriefingAbroad

Community Collaborations International's Mission Statement: CCI has managed over 1000 volunteers from thirty Universities and other groups providing disaster relief and completing environmental and human service projects internationally. Since 1994, we have provided technical assistance and program development support to conservation and educational organizations nationally and internationally. CCI works in coordination with United Nations Development Program funded Cooprena RL, Cahuita National Park, Recicaribe, The Costa Rican Ministry for the Environment, The Talamancan Association of Ecotourism and Conservation, Opportunity Access, and Asociacion ANAI winner of the prestigious United Nations Equator Award and many other national and international programs dedicated to providing volunteer services where they are needed most.

Year Founded: 1994