Fundación al Verde Vivo (COL-123)


Type: Environmental/Green Projects: Environmental awareness raising - Country: Colombia

Brief description and main aims

Create a model of ecological sustenance, social and environmentally based in the culture of water and no trash, starting a process of sensitization and capacitation in the productive sectors.

Main Activities

• Protect the hydrographic wooden bowl of Colombia
• Protect the areas around the rivers
• Project “adopt a tree”
• Plant 1.500.000 trees around the river of Bogotá
• Recuperation of the river Bogotá and the combat of the climate change produced by the contamination of the natural resources
• Measurement of the carbon footprint (number of trees which should be adopted and planted.

Volunteer tasks

• Communication and social networks
• Work with the community –> capacitation, education and management
• Logistic support -> environmental workshops with companies, schools and universities 

Volunteer requirements / Skills

• A nice, proactive and cheerful person
• Willing to learn new things and share her knowledge so other people can learn from her
• Interested in the environmental area

Location

Bogotá is the most populous city of the nation, with an estimated 8,500,000 inhabitants. It is the biggest city in Colombia, the third highest in the world above sea level and known for its high number of universities, libraries and particularly for its cultural events.

Hosting Situation (Board and Lodging)

The volunteer will live with a host family.

More Information

There is space for 1 volunteer.

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