If you are interested in volunteering on a rural wildlife, environmental and community based project in the real Costa Rica, join us on the Central Pacific Coast for a project of a lifetime. The land on which you will be working is a former banana plantation which used to be owned by the United Fruit Company. The land has now been sold to local farm workers who have set up an ecotourism cooperative and whom are living and working together for a common cause. What started off as 42 registered families has now grown into over 80 families (over 500 people) who are now benefitting from services such as schooling, a supermarket, cafe and offices, alongside various other agricultural and eco-conservation projects. In 1996, their eco-tourism business officially launched with the construction of forest trails and a lodge consisting of 10 cabins, a restaurant and a bar.
Volunteers will have the opportunity to get involved with a number of sustainable projects. You will have the option of working at the animal rescue centre where you can help to: prepare food for the animals; feed some animals; clean and maintain the cages, enclosures and feeding platforms; help to clean and bathe some of the animals.
You are also able to help in the Dairy Farm and this work takes place between 5 and 6am. The work includes: helping to clean the milking area before and after you have helped to milk them; help to herd the cattle and take the milk to the main grocery store in the community to be distributed among the community.
