Apply Now

Environmental Education and Ecosystem Restoration in Drake Bay

The experience

This program utilizes environmental education and activism to promote ecosystem restoration and regenerative agriculture. Volunteers learn from, teach, and support the local community in various regenerative practices in order to improve food security, protect water supplies, and restore levels of biodiversity compromised by human and climate disruption.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 40 Per day

Fee pays for: Materials for volunteer activities and Donation to project

Description: Volunteers contribute $40 USD per day, which covers coordination, materials, food and accommodation. The fee also helps to maintain the facilities at the field station which is used by the community.

What you get

2 days off per week

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.reward.certificate.name">Name</span>: Finca Ganadito will offer you a volunteering certificate.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

All volunteers will be based in the village of El Progreso, Drake Bay, on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula. Accomodation is in shared rooms in our Environmental Center. This vibrant community is right on the doorstep of attractions such as Corcovado National Park and Isla el Cano, as well as several pristine Pacific beaches.

Activities & Shift

As a team volunteer, you’ll learn about ecosystem restoration and help:

Plant plants that attract pollinators
Plant trees and helping on the tree nurseries
Collect seeds and planting seedlings
Make perches for birds to help them disperse seeds
Place and monitor camera traps to monitor wildlife activity
Make compost and prepare organic fertilizers
Help build and prepare planting beds
Prepare and spread rainforest microorganisms
Plant medicinal and aromatic plants

Rules

Requirements:
Age: 18 years old or more
Minimum stay: 2 weeks
Good physical condition
Intermediate Spanish or English
You must be friendly and communicative, and able to work in extreme weather conditions for 4-6 hours per day.
You must have a medical travel insurance policy for the duration of your stay.