Volunteer Abroad with Volunteer Torewa in Bolivia

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Organization	Volunteer Torewa
website	http://www.torewa.com/
Country	Bolivia
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Torewa is a jungle community situated in Madidi National Park in Bolivia. Located 3 hours upstream from Rurrenabaque on the Beni River, Torewa is an altiplano immigrant community of 12 families who fully live off the land. Everything in Torewa is about nature. The community is surrounded by rivers and a pristine forest full of birds and mammals.

To help sustain their way of life and culture, Torewa is seeking volunteers to assist with the development of a sustainable ecotourism project. The vision of the project is to provide an affordable and real jungle experience for travellers in Bolivia. Unlike other ecolodges in Madidi that cater towards older, wealthier individuals, Torewa will provide an authentic and affordable jungle experience, where visitors can live among a real jungle community (anticipated project launch date: May 2008).

Torewa is a very warm, open and friendly community of people who are eager to welcome volunteers to their homes and their way of life. This is an exciting opportunity to help build a very promising ecotourism project that will solely benefit the inhabitants of the community in the form of improved and much needed access to health care and education. This is a great opportunity to live with a real jungle community while making a difference.

Volunteers live within the community and will work closely with the people. We provide a bed, sheet, blankets, mosquito net and heaps of hospitality and smiling faces for all of our volunteers. There is no running water or electricity, so volunteers will bathe in the river like the rest of the community, drink boiled river water (unless you bring enough bottled water for your stay) and rely on candle light and flashlights in the evenings. It is a true jungle experience.

From the property, volunteers can enjoy Madidi’s exceptional scenic beauty, fish, learn about medicinal plants, venture out on jungle treks and boat rides, observe wildlife, practice their Spanish, relax, spend quality time with community members and play with the children. Wildlife watching is plentiful as animals include a wide variety of bird species, reptiles, mammals (spectacled bear, tapir, etc.) and various primate species (monkeys, etc.).