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Volunteer Summer Program at Ecological Sanctuary

General Information
Country:	Bolivia
City:	Santa Cruz
Project Area:	Conservation
Project:	Ecological Sanctuary

Project Information

Minimum length of stay at project: Two weeks
Maximum length of stay at project: No Maximum
Maximum number of volunteers: 15 Volunteers at the same time.
Summary of project:
(aims, history, background, size and achievements)

Background:
Based on love for nature and preservation concepts about twenty five years ago, a quite unique undertaking began. The park is fifteen minutes away from downtown Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the largest city of Bolivia, and one of the major agro industrial centers in the south American region. Santa Cruz de la Sierra is the capital of the Santa Cruz department (Bolivia), The Park is a fourteen-hectare natural resource area (34.5 acres) of exuberant natural beauty, It is just like being in Paradise! Here, you'll witness a fauna and flora natural symbiosis.

There are about thirty individuals, whose primary goal is to nurture our natural habitat. They acknowledge the beginners of such an astonishing initiative were born in Bolivia.

Francisco holds an agricultural expert degree from San Simon State University. Rebecca is a landscape designer. Both are a constant source of orientation and inspiration to work.

All gardeners, maintenance personnel, animal care veterinarians, tour guides, administrative staff, cooks, bar tenders, public relations, environment experts, and managers work together for the preservation of this highly privileged enclave, which lead itself to a natural shelter for both fauna and flora, Plant species: The park keeps over 600 different plant varieties, which is indeed a breathtaking assortment all in our 35-acre-wide park area. The plants where brought from different corners of Bolivia and even from Asia, India and as far as Thailand.

Visiting the park is equivalent to having made several trips throughout Bolivian protected areas, and many other countries over the world. Flowers: Inside the park you can enjoy a great variety of tropical flowers, some are very exotic, others flourish all year long; this is quite colorful scenery because each species offers its own dynamics depending on the season. So, come and discover what is in there for you.

Areas of work:

Animals Care
Care and maintenance of plants
Maintenance of visitor's areas
Environmental education and guidance of visitors
Area of study of wild fauna
Area of reproduction of plants and gardens

List of Volunteer Work activities:

Animals care

Clearing of cages.
Feeding the animals.
Pursuit the species.
Adaptation of the cages.

Care and maintenance of plants and visitor's areas

Clearing of visitor's areas and paths.
To trim the plants.
Planting
Improving the park (sign's checking and correction, maps review, etc)
General maintenance of plants.

Environmental education and guidance of visitor's

To guide the visitors through the paths and explain the park's attractions.
To guide students from schools and teach them about the nature.
To organize workshops about environment for school and university students.
To train workers of the park in any related issue.

Study of wild fauna

To inventory the wild fauna existing in the park.
To do studies of any specific animal or plant of the park.
To take photographs of the existing species.
Organizing files of the existing animals.
To create an herbarium.
Elaborating entomological boxes.
To write guidebooks of different paths around the park.
Monitoring of the park.

Reproduction and gardens

Reproduction of ornamental plants and trees.
Reproduction of vegetables.
To pocket plants and seeds.
Reproduction of orchids.
Processing composts.

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