UAG004 – ECO PATH

Dates: 29th July - 12th August.
Type: Environment placement.
Location: Carpathian mountains.
About the Project: This camp has been run 7 years in a row now. It has successful and positive references from ex-volunteers.In difficult access areas of the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains, at the height of 800-1100 meters above sea level in the valley of the river Borzhava, there are primeval beech forests. They have formed through ages without men’s interference. This year the camp will aim at making this absolutely unique area an ecology studying place. It is planned to create an ecotourism route for nature preservation education.
Terminal: Lviv International Airport.
Work: landscape studies, detection and marking of interesting objects and sightseeing views, marking, route maps drawing, footpaths cleaning and strengthening, working up the variants of bridges across streams and waterlogged places, some other conservation and research work.
Volunteer's Skills & Interests: No special skills needed. Forestry students/graduates, those who are familiar with this topic, and everyone who is not indifferent to environment, wishing to spend some time in the wild nature.
Accommodation & Food: In tents or in a forest-guard wooden house in bad weather. Washing and cooking facilities are basic and are provided outside. Convinces are relatively “natural”. Volunteers should bring with them rainproof and warm clothing, strong footwear, sleeping bags and mats, anti mosquito cream. The group will cook for themselves on the open fire.
Free Time: Trips and tours to historical places, in Lviv and Lviv region.
Project Language: English, Ukrainian, Russian.
Required Items: Anti-mosquito lotion, sleeping bags, ideas and games, some interesting materials about your country in order to make your country presentation.
# Volunteers: 10
Notes: No lateness on this project is possible. Group will leave Lviv for difficult access areas on Monday!!!