MADAGASCAR / Honko Mangrove Conservation and Education
Honko Mangrove Conservation & Education is a Belgian registered non-profit that works in SW Madagascar to promote community-based mangrove management and alternative livelihood. Honko’s Volunteer Program based in rural Ambondrolava, SW Madagascar, has immediate openings for volunteers to stay for up to 3 months working on a project of their choice.
This is a great opportunity for anyone looking for field experience to enter the field of conservation and/or sustainable development. Living at Honko, you will not only have the opportunity to explore the mangroves, but also to interact and learn from the local communities.
We have multiple ongoing projects that volunteers can work on to focus their time here at Honko:
Mangrove monitoring – assist with long-term mangrove monitoring program, collecting field data on forest structure and abiotic factors across permanent plots in healthy, degraded, deforested, and replanted forest types
Fisheries monitoring – assist with the mangrove fisheries monitoring project, collecting data from local fish catches and household surveys
Nutrition & Community – assist with nutritional awareness activities about Moringa oleifera, the “miracle tree” or other community projects
In addition to your primary project, there will also be many opportunities to help with other projects such as mangrove planting, giving English/French lessons to the local community etc.
Basic French is helpful but not required, and for mangrove fieldwork you must have good physical fitness and perseverance and willingness to spend hours in the field walking through channels and sediment.
We accept volunteers year-round on a rolling basis. Volunteers can stay up to 3 months; we accept volunteers for a minimum of 1 month.
To apply, email volunteer@honko.org with your CV and letter of interest with your project of interest in the subject heading.
Expires: Sept 30, 2016
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