The help we need varies depending on your skills. We expect someone who is a self-starter and can work independently with a very high degree of motivation. Work is according school schedules. Workshops can be in the morning or in the afternoon or both. MAking appointments is an office activity, so it must take place in the morning from 8 to 13.
Volunteers who work in the morning must have breakfast before starting, even if they work at the office or in the hostel. Lunch is after 13. Most volunteers like to have something ready from the previous day so that they can eat as soon as they finish their working shift, and then they have still time to rest and go for some free time activity on the beach or in town or visit another village on the island. Public buses go back and forth from town to the 4 villages on the coast during the whole day, with the last ones coming back from the villages at about 5 PM. Sometimes volunteers can organize shifts in the kitchen and prepare food for themselves at 12,30, before going to work, and other volunteers that finish working at 13.
Volunteers working in the afternoon must be ready at 1PM, so they have free time in the morning.
For people that don't like to cook or don't want to spend their time cooking, meals can be bought for little money in a lot of local small restaurants. Everything is so close and easy to reach that there is almost no need to "organize" free time.
Free time activities can vary according with the time of the year: in winter it is not so hot, so you can go round during the whole day. In Summer it will be difficult to do anything else than rest or being at the beach from 12 to 17. From June to October you will be able to join our partner association Biosfera to help patrolling beaches to keep them safe for turtles to lay their eggs, a wonderful experience that you will never forget!
In general volunteers for this programme are working 2 per shift or more only if available.
