• Life On Land

Organic Farming and Tropical Conservation

location
2 - 4 weken  ·  Leeftijd 20 - 50+
rating  Fantastisch 4.5  · 
  Geverifieerd door Volunteer World
  Uitstekend Responsgraad

Highlights

  • Gain knowledge in tropical biodiversity
  • Gain knowledge in agroforestry and permaculture.
  • Discover Equatorian landscapes, lagoons, grottos and waterfalls.
  • Taste the amazionian and equatorian gastronomy.
  • visit Banos, Puyo, Tena, Riobamba

Vooral geschikt voor

Leeftijd 20+
Alleenstaanden
Koppels
Families
Groepen
50+

Over het programma

Learning from nature in Puerto Misahualli in Equator, this program will offer you the opportunity to live in the heart of the Amazon forest with the locals. Come help us!

Why is your program important? This program is important because you lead by example and volunteer your time to change our paradigm. The village of Puerto Misahualli needs support to one day become an Eco-responsible village

Which social issues do you face? The Napo region is confronted with ...

Over het programma

Why is your program important? This program is important because you lead by example and volunteer your time to change our paradigm. The village of Puerto Misahualli needs support to one day become an Eco-responsible village

Which social issues do you face? The Napo region is confronted with the problem of gold mining concessions which destroy the ecosystems and have a negative impact on the social life of the population.
How do you try to solve these issues? We offer economic alternatives to the population : cocoa, beehive, creation of a nature reserve and observation of wild animals, we educate the youngest about the protection of their environment.

Your mission is to participate in a global ecological program on our farm in Ecuador in order to promote food self-sufficiency thanks to the five-hectare agroforestry cocoa plantation (with 800 cocoas and more than 3000 trees of a hundred different varieties), to preserve the fauna at through our melipone hives (bees that do not sting) and our wild animal transit refuge.You help raise awareness of nature protection among young Ecuadorians: You will participate in:
  • Feed the animals in the center of the refuge.
  • Plant so that there is food for the animals (self-sufficiency of the refuge): chonta, morete, ungurahua, etc.
  • Make cocoa seedlings and other plants for the nursery
  • Planting and transplanting seedlings, restoring flora in the village of Puerto Misahualli, especially in schools
  • Plant new species of plants like turmeric, ginger, pineapple, taro, cassava, etc. in the vegetable garden
  • Cut and weed around young trees
  • Make cuttings and mulch with different organic materials such as perennial cashew to enrich the soil for cocoa trees.
  • Maintaining the cocoa trees, harvesting - Vanilla maintenance - Collect seeds from endemic mother trees in the forest
  • Maintain the ponds and the stream
  • Realize the design "medicinal plants"
  • Carry out awareness workshops with the local population

Dagelijkse activiteiten

Activities: 5 days a week

7:30 am: start of activities: the project manager explains, trains and shows the activities (why, how, where)
9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.: lunch
9:30 a.m.: continue activities
1:30 p.m.: lunch
Free time: shower - descent to the village - reading - observation - cooking - board games

Dagelijkse activiteiten

Activities: 5 days a week

7:30 am: start of activities: the project manager explains, trains and shows the activities (why, how, where)
9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.: lunch
9:30 a.m.: continue activities
1:30 p.m.: lunch
Free time: shower - descent to the village - reading - observation - cooking - board games

Vrijetijdsactiviteiten

There are several natural sites to discover and other activities:

- Several waterfalls: de Latas, san jacinto, pimpilito, los hippies, palmeras
- Forest excursions: discovery of the fauna and flora
- Community visits/crafts: shiripuno, ayllu warina, sinchi warmi, etc…
- Traditional cocoa production
- ...

Vrijetijdsactiviteiten

There are several natural sites to discover and other activities:

- Several waterfalls: de Latas, san jacinto, pimpilito, los hippies, palmeras
- Forest excursions: discovery of the fauna and flora
- Community visits/crafts: shiripuno, ayllu warina, sinchi warmi, etc…
- Traditional cocoa production
- Lagoon visits: laguna azul, etc.
- Rafting/kayak/canyoning (region known for this activity)
- Cycling: specific routes
- Caves
- Lots of places to discover: Banos, Puyo, volcanoes, Papallacta (thermal waters, hot springs)

Voorwaarden

Voorwaarden

Minimum leeftijd: 20 jaar

Om deel te nemen aan het programma dien je ten minste 20 jaar te zijn op de startdatum van het programma.

Taalkennis

Je dient over volgende taalkennis te beschikken Spaans (gemiddeld niveau) ou Engels (basis niveau)

Opleidingsvereisten

agriculture, conservation environment tropical op niveau

Vereiste documenten

Cover letter

Nationaliteitsbeperkingen

Geen beperkingen. Helpende handen van over de hele wereld zijn welkom.

Andere vaardigheden

speak spanish (notion) In our farm, we speak, French (we are French) Spanish ans English, but the local population don't speak english

Tijdsinzet

Uw helpende hand wordt verwacht op maandag, dinsdag, woensdag en donderdag van 07:30 - 13:30

Diensten ingesloten

Diensten ingesloten

Diensten door Trésor De Nature

- Accommodation is included in the budget. we have rooms with 2 or 4 beds. It's an eco-responsible house with dry toilets, rainwater harvesting.
- Also, Food is included in the budget, but volunteers must prepare their own meals. Only the meals of the week are supported, the weekend the meals are the responsibility of the volunteer.
The volunteers order the food (by phone) in the village in a shop. The merchant prepares the order and then it is delivered to us.
The association then pays.
- Pay local people to accompany you. The environment of the Amazon is specific, you must be trained in plants, risks, and animals

Add to price : Association membership fee of : €5

Accomodatie

The volunteer is accommodated in the reception house of about 200 M2 of the farm which overlooks the plantation located in the heart of the forest.
- The water used is collected from rain (with 2 tanks). The house is supplied with electricity thanks to the hydropower plants of Ecuador.
- The house is inspired by traditional dwellings in order to preserve local know-how and minimize our impact on the environment.
- In this house, you will have at your disposal a dormitory (two per room), as well as common sanitary facilities: 2 large showers, 1 with hot water.
- Dry toilets with sawdust
- A large kitchen with a living room and two large terraces with hammock.
- For the internet, the connection is rather slow, but there is 3G with the operator TWENTY or CLARO.

Eten & Drank

Food and water is included in the budget, but volunteers must prepare their own meals. Only the meals of the week are supported, the weekend the meals are the responsibility of the volunteer.

Internet toegang

Beperkte toegang op de project site

Wat is er NIET inbegrepen?

Wat is er NIET inbegrepen?

Afhaal aan de luchthaven op Mariscal Sucre International Airport

Afhaling van de luchthaven is ook niet inbegrepen in de programmakosten.

Vlucht tickets

De dichtste luchthaven is Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) in Quito. We assisteren u met het vinden van goedkope vluchten naar Ecuador. VIND GOEDKOPE VLUCHTEN

Reisverzekering

Naar het buitenland reizen is een avontuur en het is best om goed voorbereid te zijn. Plots ziek worden of gewond raken, annulaties of diefstal - een reisverzekering voor Ecuador biedt zekerheid en is een meerwaarde. KRIJG EEN OFFERTE

Vaccinaties

Als je de intentie hebt om als vrijwilliger aan de slag te gaan in Ecuador dien je eerst medisch advies in te winnen alvorens je eropuit trekt. Kijk de benodigde vaccinaties na voor Ecuador. VACCINATIE CHECKER

Gegevens over jouw aankomst

To reach us in Puerto Misahualli from Quito:
  • The collective taxi: 25$ per person in 3H/3H30 you are in TENA (If you ask the taxi to take you to Puerto Misahualli directly it is 35$ per person). Contact on what's app TAXI from QUITO to TENA or PUERTO MISAHALLI: + 593 99 536 1297
  • The bus is taken from the land terminal of QUITUMBE in Quito, as a reminder, it must be $8 per person and it takes 6 hours to get to TENA. the land terminal to then take the bus to Pueto Misahualli is 3 minutes away, ask the people ($0.90 per person). about 40 mins journey
  • When you arrive in Puerto Misahualli, Thorgal usually picks you up, a collective taxi ($3 per car) takes you to Alto Tuyano to our farm
Beschikbaarheid
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Programmakosten

2 weken (min. verblijf) 360€
3 weken 540€
4 weken (max. verblijf) 640€
Gemiddelde kosten 170€/week

Programmakosten

170€ per week 2 - 4 weken Leeftijd 20 - 50+

Betaalmethodes

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GEEN CREDITCARDKOSTEN

Duurtijd

2 - 4 weken

Waarborg

De waarborg dient om je plek als vrijwilliger te verzekeren. Betalingen worden door PayPal behandeld, onze betrouwbare betalingsprovider. Indien je niet over een PayPal account beschikt, kan je ook met een credit kaart betalen.

Finale betaling

Uw finale betaling zal worden goedgekeurd door Trésor De Nature gedurende de aanmeld procedure. Veel voorkomende oplossingen zijn een banktransfer of contante betaling op de projectsite.

Ontmoet je organisatie

Trésor De Nature

Fantastisch 4.5 rating (15 beoordelingen)

NGO

Geverifieerd door Volunteer World

  Uitstekend Responsgraad

Gepresenteerd door

caroline

Gesproken talen: Frans, Spaans, Engels

Over de organisatie

Learning from nature in Puerto Misahualli in Ecuador, Trésor de Nature offers you the opportunity to live in the heart of the Amazon forest with the locals. Come join us!

Ontmoet je organisatie

About us:
Founded in 2001, Trésor de Nature is an association whose objective is to protect and restore biodiversity while raising awareness among local populations about the preservation of their environment. It conducts its activities in France and at the gates of the Ecuadorian Amazon where it works to restore and conserve the forest on a 30-hectare site.

Our fight:
The association fights against deforestation and more generally against climate change. Indeed, Ecuador is the most biodiverse country in the world! However, intensive agriculture and the exploitation of minerals such as gold, endanger the habitat of fauna and flora... In order to fight against this trouble, Treasure of Nature buys forest land in order to protect. She created an agroforestry farm in Ecuador to restore and reforest soils damaged by intensive agriculture.

15 beoordelingen · rating4.5

Awesome experience with the cocoa farmers team of Tresor de nature in Puerto Misahuali, Ecuador. It is a very deep experience in the amazonian forest, hosted in a cosy and convenient big habitation. It is hard job but oh so motivating ! With a very nice team, lead by Torgal, the cocoa's forest ...
Olivia Christophe rating5

2022 at Organic Farming and Tropical Conservation

Google Translator: Three weeks to participate in the reforestation of the equatorial forest, in Puerto Misahualli, Ecuador: clearing, reforestation, participation in community life. Summary of the mission: https://www.reachout.fr/news/tresor-de-nature-reboiser-la-foret-equatoriale/ Video of the ...
Google translator: We helped create a cocoa drying center at the Treasure of Nature Foundation in the Amazon, which works to promote biodiversity. The drying center will allow them to market their own environmentally friendly cocoa ...
Léna GHIRARD rating4.6

2022 at Organic Farming and Tropical Conservation

Volunteering in an exceptional setting in the midst of trees and nature Experience supervised by competent persons and eager to transmit their knowledge Their main objective is to protect and restore the Amazon fauna and flora. Many trees and flowers are planted every year in the middle of ...
Lebran Laurie rating4.6

2022 at Organic Farming and Tropical Conservation

I was in charge of the association developement and the economic stabilisation. - Accompany the president of the association in the development of the organization - Realization and follow-up of files of calls for projects of foundations: Yves Rocher, Itancia, Audemars Piguet, Humus, Maisons du ...
Maintenance of the terrain of the association and tree planting. I helped maintain the plot of land owned by the association. The activities entail: weeding, planting trees, sowing plants, harvesting seeds for further plantation, harvesting fruits from the garden and if needed processing them. The ...

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