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Program description

Volunteers can join the program for 4 weeks between the months of December to April of each year. Typical volunteer activities include:

Visits to the communities where the project is developed,
Training in environmental education issues,
Monitoring of primates in the field,
Support in writing proposals for financing,
Monitoring the use of mono jumpers,
Design of arts for dissemination,

The project provides the opportunity to volunteer in one of these three lines of work:

Environmental education: Development of activities focused on community integration, such as art workshops, talks on nature conservation, environmental film projections, interviews with key community actors and development of strategies for digital environmental education.

Scientific monitoring:

It involves the recording of the primate populations present in the peninsula, through field work. Photographic, audiovisual and sound documentation of the troops. The work includes monitoring the troops twice a day: daytime shift (6:00 - 9:00 am) and evening shift (4:00 - 6:00 pm). Records may include things like:

Number of individuals,
Place,
Feeding,
Time dedicated to activities.

Eco-tourism development: Study the eco-tourism potential of the Burica Peninsula, through the identification of activities that can be offered to the public in harmony with nature, training of interested people and support in the creation of Community-Based Organizations (CBOs). ), which promote comprehensive environmental management, as well as the preparation of proposals for fundraising.

Benefits of being a volunteer:

Help transform the environment
Do you feel motivated to serve?
You learn from everything and everyone
Establish ties with communities
Positive Skill Development
Acquisition of experience in community work

Burica Peninsula as a work area

Although it is true that the Panama Primates Project has a broader scope of work than the Burica Peninsula, it is also true that its greatest effort has been concentrated in the Burica Peninsula, given that the area has populations of Primates and forest redoubts with high biodiversity that are of high conservation priority.

The map shown below indicates the location of the main communities in the south of the Burica Peninsula in which we work.

The cost of the volunteer program is$600per month, which includes all the costs of volunteering on site, including 3 daily meals, accommodation in a cabin or room in the house of locals from the communities where the project is developed, project materials and training.

There are two options to travel from Panama City to David City, Chiriquí Province, by bus or plane to reach our headquarters.

Address of the central office of Proyecto Primates Panama

Urbanization Ciudad Acuario,

First Street, House #36

David, Chiriquí, Republic of Panama

Ground transportation

The cost of tickets to travel to Panama, as well as medical insurance and personal expenses are not included in the price. The transfer from the Panama City airport (Tocumen) to the hotel or to the Albrook Bus Terminal is not included in the above mentioned price, but can be arranged for you, if you wish, or you can make arrangements independently .

The cost of the bus ticket from Panama City to the city of David is 32 USD, round trip. These buses are taken at the Albrook Transportation Terminal and there are two companies that offer the service: Terminal David-Panama and Panachif, daily. The trip lasts approximately 7 hours, although there is the option of taking the express service (12 am and 3 am), which lasts approx. 5 hours of travel. Tickets are only purchased at the company box office, so it is recommended to be at the Terminal at least 1 hour before.

transport by plane

You can also travel by air from Panama to David, departing from Tocumen Airport (you can request a connecting flight when you buy your ticket to travel to Panama). The cost of the air ticket ranges from 150 to 170 USD/roundtrip. The duration of the flight is 50 minutes.

Note:Please, inform the staff of Proyecto Primates Panama the details of your trip to be received at the terminal or to receive arrival instructions at our central offices in the city of David (see route maps).

Lodging can be at the home of a community inhabitant or in a cabin at the Mono Feliz hostel, located in Punta Burica. In the area there is electricity, water, bathroom and public telephone. Internet access is limited, obtaining the best signal in the communities of Limones, Yerbazales or Puerto Armuelles, for which they must acquire a telephone card in the city). There is no WiFi service in the Burica Peninsula, with the exception of some houses that have an internet signal.

On the Costa Rican side, which is located a couple of kilometers from those communities, it is possible to have an internet signal

You can taste the typical food of the area and there are also some options of restaurants and inns in Limones and Bella Vista. At Hostal Mono Feliz there is the option of bringing food and using the kitchen to prepare food.

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