Cause Areas
When
It's flexible! We'll work with your schedule.Where
CocodriloIsle of Youth, CUAbout
The Coral Reef Restoration Volunteer will contribute to an ongoing initiative to improve and monitor coral reef health off the southern coast of the Isle of Youth, Cuba. Volunteers will conduct work in the following areas based on the community’s needs:
Coral reef monitoring
Coral gardening
Fish surveying
Seagrass surveying
Lionfish monitoring and capture
Volunteers will snorkel to conduct this work, expect for Coral Gardening and Lionfish Monitoring, which require volunteers to scuba dive. Data collected will help support the environmental planning of the protected area.
Schedule
6 hours every day: 7am-1pm
Requirements
Ability to work independently as well as on a team
Physically ability to work outdoors with potentially high sun, element, and temperature exposure
Physical ability to spend many hours in the ocean
Ability to independently collect and register data
Must be experienced snorkeler (or certified diver if you plan on diving)
Intermediate level of Spanish
Term
We encourage all volunteers to stay as long as possible to maximize local and personal benefit. Minimum stay is 1 week. We encourage longer commitments by discounting each additional week stayed. Maximum stay is 1 month.
Accommodation
Accommodation is provided at Villa Arrecife, our volunteer house and dive center. The house has two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen, and back patio and is located only a short walk away from the ocean and town center. You will share the house only with other volunteers. A private chef comes daily to the house to cook all meals. The best food in all of Cuba!
Skills
- Animal Care / Handling
- Habitat Restoration
- Spanish
- Environmental Education
- Environmental Science
Good Match For
Teens People 55+ Group
Requirements & Commitment
- Minimum 1 week stay, 20 hours/week