Tasks include feeding animals, cleaning holding cages, building new cages and nest boxes, trail maintenance, conducting tours for visitors, helping with wildlife rescues project, etc. Spanish speaking skills are helpful, interest in working outdoors, self-directed, current tetanus and negative T.B. test, one month minimum stay.
Experience working with animals is helpful.
Working with a rainforest reserve. Volunteers assist with trail maintenance, light construction and maintenance of facilities, operation of the reserve's reception area and store. Working as an assistant teacher in a small rural school, preschool through 8th grade. Volunteers may assist a teacher with basic classes at a particular grade level and may also assist in other areas, such as music, art, environmental education, gardening, English language, etc. Assisting with teaching in a one-room elementary school in a small, remote town.