Ecotrackers works to protect the health and cultural and biological diversity of Ecuador.
We do this primarily through sending you as a volunteer to learn how to work in black and indigenous communities.
As a volunteer need to have particular skill or training in the specific area and enthusiasm for sharing in the lives of these developing communities.
What you offer the community as a volunteer is:
the opportunity for them to begin to understand what foreigners are like and how to deal with them insight into what aspects of the culture and environment are important to visitors from other cultures that will form part of a successful inteligent tourism program
particular skills that the you can share with the community
the reassurance that their corner of the world has an intrinsic value that is worth preserving.
It is very important to Ecotrackers that each program be:
developed in a way that is culturally appropriate to that community
developed in a way that will allow the community to maintain control of its environment and protect its culture
run by and for the community so that the profits stay within the community to help it to develop its infrastructure, health, and education
If you agree with the above aims, then we will be happy to arrange volunteer opportunities for you with any of the communities that we work with.
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