Since its first program in Ecuador in 2006, ISV volunteers have worked with landowners, indigenous people, communities, and other conservation organizations to educate children in environmental issues, help in reforestation and sustainability efforts, gather data, and develop community infrastructure. Over 900 volunteers have contributed thousands of hours of hard work planting community gardens, gathering seeds and planting trees for reforestation, teaching environmental education in rural communities, building playgrounds from recycled materials, monitoring Humpback whales in their southbound migration, and starting clean-up and recycling programs from the Andes mountain valleys, to the Amazon, and the Coast.
A big thank you to all of ISV's volunteers whose efforts have resulted in the following achievements last year:
Conservation Efforts
Totals
Trees/seedlings planted
6809
Information signs constructed
93
Trails walked for protection/survey purposes
14.5
Individuals identified
1143
Photos taken for individual/ species identification
850
Hours of monitoring/ observation of species
100
Species identified
45
Sacks of garbage collected
223
Km2 reforested
96.01
Community Development Efforts
Totals
Educational murals painted
55
Planted gardens/compost circles
83
Construction material carried (kilos)
8102.54
Sq mtrs. of building painted
2149.5
Mtrs. of trails constructed/maintained
1104
Kilos of fruit and vegetables harvested
32,5
Sq. mtrs. of new structures built
313
Mtrs. of fence built
186
Children involved in English education program
1843
Hours of teaching
1510
Children involved in Environmental Education Activities
2803
People given assistance or aide/benefited from the project
381
Community members involved with the volunteer work directly
