Volunteer Journals

These journals are written by volunteers of the Global Volunteer Network who are volunteering in one of our many volunteer programs. This site serves a few purposes, perhaps the most important being it enables our volunteers to communicate effectively and easily with family and friends back home; a great alternative from group emails. Through these journal entries prospective volunteers are able to grasp an idea of what their volunteer experience maybe like, although, without fail, every volunteer experience is unique.

Featured Program: Ecuador

Our partner in Ecuador was established in 1989 by the government, and is a private non-profit foundation. Besides protecting ecologically important forest habitats, the foundation's biological reserves are nationally and internationally recognized as leaders in the development of innovative and concrete programs in community agro-forestry, and environmental education.

Volunteers may participate in research, education, community service, station maintenance, plant conservation, and agro-forestry activities carried out by the Amazon, Bilsa, Guandera, Congal, La Hesperia, Lalo Loor, San Cristobal and Tsuraku biological reserves. The reserves are located throughout Ecuador, with locations in the Amazon, Andean, Coastal and Galapagos regions. The Ecuador volunteer program is intended to provide practical experience for people interested in contributing to our partner's conservation activities and projects. Volunteers work on a variety of projects under the supervision of the resident researchers, environmental education instructors and administrative staff in each reserve.
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