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 ISV would like to sincerely thank every person who volunteered with us last year (2008) in Australia, New Zealand, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Thailand and Croatia. Below is a snapshot of some of our collective achievements. We encourage you to look beyond the statistics and envision the non-tangible accomplishments of our efforts where we touched the lives of thousands of children, families and communities, and changed the face of threatened landscapes and fragile ecosystems. Of equal importance to us are the life-changing experiences had by our volunteers who have returned home and will hopefully continue to volunteer and share a vision for a sustainable world.
| Conservation Efforts |
| Habitat Rehabilitation: |
| Trees, plants, grasses & seedlings planted |
137,753 |
| Weeds cleared |
659,641 m² |
| Restoration and Maintenance: |
| Trail/fence/piping construction & maintenance |
82,534m |
| Maintaining animal enclosures and wildlife centres |
961 hours |
| Restoration of Caves - Te Ananui, Te Tahi and Ruakuri Caves |
NZ Caves |
| Education: |
| Building community awareness of environmental and sustainability issues, education and fundraising programs |
444 hours |
| Environment: |
| Beaches cleaned/patrolled |
1956.6 km |
| Trash collected |
887 kg |
| Species we helped protect: |
| Marsupials - Brush-tailed Phascogale, possum, Koala, Wallabies, Kangaroos, Bandicoots, Wombat, Rufus Bettong, Flying Fox
Birds – Hooded Plover, Orange-bellied parrot, Cockatoos, Blue-faced Parrot Finch, Cassowary
Lizards and Amphibians – Blue-tongued lizard, Water Skink, Mountain Mist Frog, Northern Tinkerfrog
Plants – Native orchids, Spiny Rice Flower
Habitats – a threatened vegetation community, a migratory waterbird resting place and wildlife corridors.
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Australia |
| Built an enclosure for orphaned bears, and helped protect the Eurasian Griffon Vulture |
Croatia |
| Bird – Saddleback |
New Zealand |
| Asian Elephants, Slow Loris and Macaque |
Thailand |
| Species we monitored and researched: 2288 hours |
| Assessed populations and threats so that endangered species can be managed |
Australia |
| Eurasian Giffon Vulture |
Eastern Europe |
| Humpback whale, Tucan, Mott Mott Bird, Quetzl, Chonta tree, Motted Owl, Gallo de Pena, bats, Guatusa, Butterfly species – Garden Crown, Squirrel Cucoo, Tyrannine Woodcreeper Bird, Tanager, sparrows, hummingbirds, thrushes, tanager, vultures |
Ecuador |
| White-handed gibbon |
Thailand |
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| Community Development Efforts |
| Community Support: |
| Communities worked with internationally |
45 |
| Community facilities built such as school playgrounds, gyms, workshops, latrines and vegetable gardens, etc. |
135 |
Children alone in the Dominican Republic participated in ISV's Children's program for disadvantaged children
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650+ |
| People reached through our volunteer efforts |
3,928 |
| Indigenous Peoples: |
| Indigenous peoples we worked with/helped |
990 |
| Supported primary and secondary English language literacy programs at a remote Aboriginal community |
Australia |
| Environment and Education: |
| Planting and preparing corn, grass and bananas for elephants in Thailand |
Food Enrichment Program |
| In local communities in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Ecuador |
Painted Educational Murals |
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