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big cats in africa, panda's in china, dive in fiji, marine conservation in the Caribbean, learn spanish in the amazon, red cRoss, sharks and work placements - it is all here...
MARINE CONSERVATION PROJECTS
Learn to Dive - PADI Open Water. Advanced. EFR.
Or already a diver - then open your eyes to some amazing dives.
Pristine reefs, turtles, sharks, Manta Rays... Learn about the underwater environment that we are just beginning to understand.
Underwater surveys for the Bahamas Government and in Fiji for UNESCO.
Also teach in schools about their marine environment.
Learn the island culture, and have the time of your life!
"Greenforce teams are working on the front line: gathering important information for scientists and managers; communicating directly to local people who depend on coral reefs; and, of course, learning a great deal themselves - about marine biology and conservation, and about living with the sea."
Dr. Mark Spalding, marine scientific consultant
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION PROJECTS
Locations: Tanzania, Ecuador, South Africa, China.
Tanzania - Live with the Maasai. Learn their customs. Track Wildlife in un touched areas. See it face to face. Visit the Spice Islands and Zanzibar plus the Serengeti and Ngorogoro crater. Sail dhows across the marine park. Undertake vital conservation for the African Wildlife Foundation.
Ecuador - Learn Spanish in the UNECSO World Heritage city of Quito. Next - important work to save the Amazon, the worlds lung. Its needs your help! The up into the Andes. Humanitarian aid with the Red Cross. Finally down to the coast across from the Galapagos.
Conservation, humanitarian aid and the complete South American adventure, all in one expedition.
China - Combine Mandarin lessons in the bustling city of Beijing. Then by rail inland to the largest and most famous Panda sanctuary. Understand and help conserve the Giant Panda whose environment is under threat.
South Africa - The only Marine Rescue Station in southern Africa needs volunteers. Hands on veterinary work.
South Africa - Great White Sharks are misunderstood. Help protect them. Also learn boat handling and underwater photography skills too. Plus Cape Town is there for your weekends off!
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Locations: Tanzania, Nepal & Tibet, India,
Ecuador (10
week expedition & english
teaching), China.
A huge part of the work that Greenforce does is also to contribute to improving the lives of fragile and sometimes threatened communities.
The Maasai
Covering parts of both Kenya and Tanzania, the Maasai lands have long been home to this extraordinary east African tribe. Living purely from their land and goat livestock the Maasai still live a very simple lifestyle. However, as tourism is increasingly developed by the national governments the Maasai are keen to see that they become a part of what the future holds for their lands. As they are not naturally speakers of Swahili it is important to them that they can speak English, so they can play host to international tourism. In Eluai we are running an ongoing wildlife survey program for the WWF as well as helping teach the Maasai English.
The Quichua Indians
With a population of around 2.5 million, the Quichua communities of South American Indians are the largest of any American Indian group in the world. However, with their home deep in the Amazon jungle, any threat to the jungle, is a threat to the Quichua. Not only do they live from the fruits of the forest, but they also create their income using natural resources found there. Not unlike the Maasai they do not speak the predominate language of their country, and are therefore at risk of losing out with the development of tourism in their region. As well as our conservation work, Greenforce adventurers teach English in the communities.
SPORTS
Locations: USA (ski, tennis, golf).
Sport is increasingly being used as a way to gain the trust and support of the young people of a region. As long as sport is correctly integrated within a greater aid programme, constructive sports programs can provide a welcome release for not only the young people of an area but also for their teachers and assistant aid workers.
ADVENTURE SPORTS
Activities: Ice
Climbing (Ecuador),
PADI Dive Instructor Training (Thailand),
Learn to Dive (Red Sea), Adrenaline (USA). Film School (Hollywood).
All of our projects require a certain sense of adventure, but for some people, they need more. We have developed adventures that aim to provide opportunities for our adventurers to take themselves on a journey of adrenalin, that could even end up as a career.
Short Adventures
Adventures:
Overland Africa,
Ice Climbing (Ecuador),
Learn to Dive (Red Sea), USA.
Not everyone has the time to go on a long expedition. Our short expeditions take into account the affect that tourism has on the area environmentally, economically and socially, so you can have an adventure with a clear conscience, without the time commitment.
Internships
Locations: Australia, Spain, Ecuador.
By working in a country you can really begin to understand it's people and way of life. An internship is an ideal way to not only get to understand a country better, but to extend your time away without incurring a huge cost. Many organisations today value staff who have not only had the get up and go to work abroad, but have experience of working in an international environment. An internship is a great way to turn your time away into a real step ahead for your career.
