Cloudforest Conservation Programme Volunteer Feedback
Ex-Volunteer Feedback Extracts
Hi Vicky
I have arrived back safe and sound in the UK after my 9 week adventure. Australia was amazing and I have to say very tame in comparison to the wilds of south America. My time at La Hesperia was a joy. I learned more about myself than I would have ever thought possible in such a relitively short perid of time. I now sound like one of those testimonials, which before I thought could only have been inflated by their authors or conjured by the organisation. I now know that in fact niether were the case.
Alexandra is doing amazing things against the odds and she is an inspiration to me. I hope that you and Working Abroad can keep supporting her to your full, as I understand you already do (unlike certain other organisations), especially during this difficult economic period, which is only just begining to affect that part of the world, and will I fear have as of yet have unseen and fareaching effects there.
I think the biggest thing I have taken away with me is how difficult tackling social development, economic & environmental sustainability really is from a grass roots level. Even when the people involved are willing or even pioneering these changes. It has made me want to look into working towards things from a level back here at home that could influence things more widely.
I hope that this e-mail finds you well. I typed it on my computer which now feels like the star ship enterprise in comparison.
Thank you for guiding me to the reserve and all of your assistance along the way.
Kindest Regards, Robert Finlay x
Natalie Aspinall, a Geographer from the UK spent 1 month from August to September 2009 at the Reserve doing conservation and sustainabillity work
Hello,
I've recently returned from La Hesperia in Ecuador and I wanted to say thank you for providing me with the opportunity to go there. It was an experience I'll never forget, and it felt good to contribute something to their project. So, thank you!
Natalie