from 926€

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Social Circus Program

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4 - 8 weeks  ·  Age 18 - 50+
rating  Perfect 4.6  · 
  Verified by Volunteer World
  Good response rate

Highlights

  • Gather some unique experience for your professional career, while making a difference in the daily life of local kids.
  • Enjoy exploring paradise in Costa Rica in your free time.
  • Find the means to understand what it takes to have an impact on someone else's life
  • Discover the wonders of circus and it's powerful ways of changing one's perspective about life
  • Get involved with the local community, a great opportunity to have a great cultural exchange as you work on your Spanish at the same time.

Especially good for

Age 18+
Singles
Couples
Groups

About the program

Circo Caribe is a non formal educational program for children and teenagers from the surrounding community of South Caribean region.

This program calls for volunteers to be part of this social and educational proposal. We are looking for students or people interested in working with children, education, arts, social work, social studies, psychology, psychomotricity, and others, that can bring their ideas and perspectives to ...

About the program

This program calls for volunteers to be part of this social and educational proposal. We are looking for students or people interested in working with children, education, arts, social work, social studies, psychology, psychomotricity, and others, that can bring their ideas and perspectives to enrich this project, and take resources and experiences for their future professional life as well. We believe education and art are ways of changing the world and encourage everyone who resonates with this to join us. As a volunteer, your tasks will consist in assisting and coordinating different activities such as regular classes and workshops with the circus students, helping solve problematic situations in the event that they appear as well as bringing tools and perspective to avoid them, and to participate in a weekly open dialogue with the coordinators to deepen the project's impact. 

Typical day

A regular day here starts with a delicious breakfast from 6.30 am to 8.30am. After that we start with our activities. Depending on the schedule, you might have the circus activities during the morning, wich will let you have the afternoon to enjoy a beautiful sunset at the beach. For classes you ...

Typical day

A regular day here starts with a delicious breakfast from 6.30 am to 8.30am. After that we start with our activities. Depending on the schedule, you might have the circus activities during the morning, wich will let you have the afternoon to enjoy a beautiful sunset at the beach. For classes you will have to help with the planification, preparing the props for the class, and tidy up after the class is finished. At 18pm you will enjoy a beautiful dinner with other volunteers and the projects coordinators. Depending if you are an outgoing person, you can enjoy riding a bike to Puerto Viejo's night vibe, or stay at the hostel playing some board games. Do not miss this opportunity to experience the Caribbean while having an impact in their community! 

Free-time activities

On your free time you can enjoy all of the wonders of Costa Rica! There's a lot of fun activities you can do around in Puerto Viejo, from going to a beautiful beach to enjoy your day, to going to see some huge waterfalls and other wonders of nature. This is one of the richest places in the world ...

Free-time activities

On your free time you can enjoy all of the wonders of Costa Rica! There's a lot of fun activities you can do around in Puerto Viejo, from going to a beautiful beach to enjoy your day, to going to see some huge waterfalls and other wonders of nature. This is one of the richest places in the world when it comes to diversity and nature, so you will have tons of possibilities to decide what to do in your free time. We have bikes sale and also for renting, so you can move around freely, but you can also take taxis or tuctucs which are a local kind of mototaxi. We have our own activities such as yoga and salsa classes, but be free to investigate around and join any of the local culture activities and classes! Lots of hiking, sightseeing, animal watching and more await you here!

Requirements

Requirements

Minimum Age: 18 years

In order to join the program you need to be at least 18 years old on the program start date. There might be exemptions if you can provide the permission of your legal guardian(s) or if your are accompanied by your parents.

Language Skills

You need to speak English (basic level) or Spanish (basic level)

Nationality Restrictions

No restrictions. Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.

Other Skills

Experience on the following fields is highly compatible with the program: Dancing, Acrobatics, Education, Gymnastics, Sociology, Social work, Theatre.

Time Commitment

Your helping hand will be required on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

What's Included

What's Included

Services by Planet Conservation

The fees include shared accommodation at our volunteer house, breakfast and dinner. We also offer free activities on site such as yoga classes or latin dance classes. For participants 4+ weeks we also include Airport pickup service and first night with host family in San Jose as well as one week of free bike rental ($100 deposit required for lock, repair or cover lost bikes). All our volunteers have access to local discounts in selected stores, tours and services. 24h emergency support and support with travel arrangements.

Airport Pickup at Limon International Airport

We include Airport pickup for participants 4+ weeks and the first night stay at a host family in San Jose. 

Accommodation

The volunteer accommodation is located in Cocles, Puerto Viejo. Rooms are usually shared with 4 participants, each room with bathroom, cold water only. The property counts with a nice swimming pool area, yoga rancho and volunteer kitchen with stove, fridge, sandwich maker. We also invite you to help actively in the vegetable garden, compost and recycling system. 

Food & Beverages

We include Breakfast and Dinner. Meals are healthy and a large variety with local fresh products. We don't offer sausages or beef and usually have 1-2/ week chicken or fish on the menu, vegetarian and vegan meal plans available at no extra fee. Glutenfree requirements have a small surcharge. please inquire upon reservation and let us know of any allergies or food specialties. Breakfast comes with fresh fruit, granola, homemade yoghurt, bread, cheese and/or marmalade. Dinner always includes a side salad and fresh fruit drink. Coffee, tea and filtered water available throughout the day. We encourage our participants to bring a refill bottle to avoid buying water in plastic.

Internet Access

Limited access at the project site

What's NOT included?

What's NOT included?

Flight Tickets

The nearest airport is Limon International Airport (LIO) in Limon. We assist you to find cheap flights to Costa Rica. FIND CHEAP FLIGHTS

Travel Insurance

Going abroad is an adventure and it is always best to be prepared. Sudden illness or injury, cancellation or theft - a travel insurance for Costa Rica provides security and is a plus to have. GET A QUOTE

Vaccines

If you are intending to volunteer in Costa Rica you should seek medical advice before starting your social journey. Check your required vaccinations for Costa Rica. VACCINE CHECKER

Details on arrival

Availability
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Program fees

4 weeks (min. stay) 926€
5 weeks 1,121€
6 weeks 1,316€
7 weeks 1,511€
8 weeks (max. stay) 1,706€
Average fees 222€/week

Program fees

222€ per week 4 - 8 weeks Age 18 - 50+

Payment methods

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NO CREDIT CARD FEES

Duration

4 - 8 weeks

Deposit

The deposit is simply to reserve your volunteer placement. Payments are handled by PayPal, our trusted global payment provider. If you don't have a PayPal account, you can also pay using a credit card.

Final Payment

Your final payment will be agreed with Planet Conservation during the application process. Common solutions are either via bank transfer or a cash payment at the project site.

Meet your organization

Planet Conservation

Perfect 4.6 rating (7 reviews)

Agency - founded in 2004

Verified by Volunteer World

  Good response rate

Coordinated by

Beate

Spoken languages: English, German, Spanish

About the project

Organization specialized in environmental conservation and education in Costa Rica. Generate and impulse projects and programs of environmental and social interest.

Meet your organization

The organization was founded by international professionals with great and varied experience in several regions around the world. It is making a great effort empowering the people to generate and impulse projects and programs of environmental and social interest in Costa Rica providing funds, gathering donations, working together with other organizations and sharing a lot of experiences with the world. Allowing the people to know more about all the work of communities and organizations to generate a change in the world and minds.


The team is built around the efforts of volunteers, who participate as integrated members of the organization in any chosen project, while they experience the diversity, culture and nature of the Mesoamerican region.



The Story


Planet Conservation was formed in 2004 by Federico and Beate, with the intention of building a platform to present various projects that had been worked on in Latin America. Since then, they have grown in scale, using a holistic approach to tackle the environmental issues that face the world today.


It was upon talking to their children and hearing of their fears for the future that they realized how essential it was to create a sustainable world for them to enjoy, motivating them to continue to expand and grow the organization.


Through these projects and many more, Planet Conservation hopes to keep contributing to the shift in collective consciousness regarding the environment. By focusing on attainable yet important goals, we can create a future in which humans and the natural world can flourish.


 

7 reviews · rating4.6

Birdy Landgreen rating3.6

2024 at Plastic Free and Recycling Campaign Supporter

The intentions about the Plastic Recycling Project were good but in practice, we didn't do much during the 11 days of my stay. I missed more focus and enthusiasm from the program. I hoped to work more effectively and achieve great results but it turned out more relaxing and pura vida ...
Cristina Fernandez Megías rating5

2021 at Environmental Education Youth Club

***english below*** La experiencia con Travel Conservation ha sido fantàstica en todos los sentidos. Tuve la oportunidad de sentirme útil y de profundizar y conectar con la cultura local. El ambiente es muy agradable y las instalaciones y la comida también resultaron por encima de mis ...
you learn a lot about ngo in a local community, how to face day to day tasks like recycling, organize other volunteers'shift, set a beach clean up, and prepare senibilization campaign on ...
Valentina Costantino rating4.2

2019 at OSA Information Center and Biological Station

Positive feedback about the 4 months spent in Costa Rica, in the middle of the jungle and in a international environment. The aim of the NGO is the environmental protection and as project assistant, I had the chance to be involved in different initiatives. Planet Conservation use to organize a ...
Jannik Lange rating5

2018 at Environmental Education Youth Club

I can definetely recommend traveling with this organisation since i have had the best time over there. Due to the good organisation i was given the opportunity to get to know the country and its culture. Subsequently, i learned a lot and tremendously expanded my personal ...
My best volunteering was at planet conservation. They know what to do, they organize an schedule for you with lots of good things to do. You will feel that you can do diverse things and can help others. The most important thing is that you will learn about the environment, animals, a new language ...

Location

Americas > Central America > Costa Rica > Puerto Viejo de Talamanca

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