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In 2007 ISV participants spent over 220,000 hours volunteering in 6 countries; Australia, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Thailand! Working alongside dedicated ISV staff and host organizations ISV participants gave their time and skills to conservation and community development initiatives where help was most needed. Below are just some of the achievements noted from last year. Please visit each countries webpage under achievements to see in more detail the great contribution ISV students made in each country.
From everyone at ISV and our host organizations around the world, a big thank you goes out to all our volunteers who joined us last year for their time, effort and dedication to achieving such outstanding results. Volunteering with ISV's conservation and community development programs truly does make a difference globally.
Below is a collection of some of our recorded achievements. There were many more that were not recorded and a focus of 2008 is to better represent the efforts of our volunteers globally!
Conservation Efforts |
Totals |
Trees planted |
64,142 |
Seeds potted |
220,016,265 |
Weeds cleared |
380475 |
Trash collected |
6292 kg/ 13871 lbs |
Trail/fence/Piping constructed, repaired |
1275.26 kms/ 792.42mls |
Habitat Surveyed |
159130 m²/ 39.32 acres |
Ponds and wetlands cleaned |
1228 m² / 13219 sq ft |
Community Development Efforts |
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Planted gardens |
180 |
House construction |
20 |
English and education instruction and activities with children |
Over 170 hours |
Painted community spaces. |
1084 m²/ 11668 sq ft |
In addition to the above achievements, ISV participants also assisted with:
- Creating beautiful tile mosiacs in community buildings, constructing greenhouses, biodigesters, classrooms, brick ovens, septic and water tanks, irrigation systems, a tree nursery and restoring a historical hut and train carriage.
- Helping endangered birds, reptiles and mammals through conservation research.
- Sand dune restoration
- Providing social support in hospitals and to disabled groups.
- Construction of a rehabilitation enclosure for orphaned and mistreated Andean Bears
- Developing and encouraging environmental cleanups and education
- Donating clothes, toys, shoes, books and school supplies to underprivileged children.
- Improving the quality of life and cultural exchanges in rural communities.
- Researching climate change and current related issues for education programs for a local community and school projects.
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