The Azuero Earth Project is dedicated to reforestation, habitat restoration, sustainable land management and environmental education on the Azuero peninsula of Panama.
Volunteering Activities
What We Need
Reforestation in the field; nursery and organic garden management; environmental education; art (murals, creative signage, etc.); research on climate change impacts; bilingual website editing; graphic design; fundraising/grantwriting assistance; bilingual environmental communications; videography and photography help;
When & Who
Our Fees
Costs generally include housing: $400 per month; food: $9-10 dollars/day; transportation: $40 per month; cell phone: $20 per month + any health/visa fees
Contact Person
Other Ways to Help
Graphic design - making memes, poster templates, pamphlets, invitations, etc.
Website updating - adding text, pictures; fixing wordpress kinks;
Document translation - translating reports, video subtitles and others from Spanish to English and vice versa;
Research - research on impacts of climate change on dry areas of Central America; benefits of reforestation in farming communities; etc.
Fundraising - assistance with grant tracking/writing; interactions with private sector, etc.
Accounting assistance - advice/help on tracking expenses of NGO and annual budgets/reports;
Editing - editing reports for grammar, grammar checking website, editing of web text;
Grant writing - in collaboration with Executive Director, write grants to harness funding for NGO activities;
In-kind donations needed:
- GPS equipment
- water monitoring equipment
- IPADs, smartphones and other equipment used to document data in the field
And now, after I have been working at the project for 2 months, I can confirm that this organization is really interesting and gives you a lot of opportunities to develop yourself within the project.
Giving the variety of ongoing projects at the Azuero Earth Project, there is the opportunity to partake in a wide range of projects. Furthermore, it is also possible to be placed in an area of personal interest. Given my educational background, I was able to combine office work and field work. I have been searching for companies who want to donate to the project. However, I also have done a lot of tree nursery, I went into the field to search for the spider monkeys, went to plantation to fertilize plants and helped with the school activities. I really liked the balance between the office work and the physical work in the field.
In a nutshell, I would definitely recommend the volunteer program of the Azuero Earth Project. Since the project has many different areas to work in, It is very easy to find something within the project that arouses your interest. So when you want to do an active, physical and fun volunteering job and/or working behind your laptop to create a better online environment in a traditional, Panamanian village; go become part of the Azuero community!"