Volunteer: Environmental Multimedia Programme in Peru

Location: Peruvian Amazon, Cuzco region

Duration: 3 months placement

Start Dates: enquire with us when applying.

Cost: $5,100 USD

Fee Includes: all food, accommodation, pre-departure + in-country support, orientation and all project related activities

Does not Include: flights, airport pickup, travel insurance, personal spending, visas and vaccinations

Benefits

• Receive weekly workshops in writing, photography and videography skills, along with media field work training and one-on-one mentor meetings.
• Produce a professional portfolio of published multimedia work to showcase a diverse skill-set to future employers.
• Understand the scientific process and what it takes to conserve biodiversity by working alongside conservation researchers in the field.
• Meet local people and gain knowledge about the sustainability solutions they're developing to improve their livelihoods and living standards.
• Gain careers advice and development through group workshops and one-on-one tutorials to help build career confidence and insight into the various employment options.
  
  

Please note: This opportunity is designed to give you the contacts and experience to help further your career. You are not replacing any member of staff, but helping alongside them, whilst learning new skills. Simply click the APPLY Button to submit your application, and ask as many questions as you need.

Introduction

This internship set in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon offers you the opportunity to actively participate in important conservation and sustainable community development initiatives . We offer a career development programme designed to provide you with a deeper level of engagement in not-for-profit conservation work where you will gain extensive practical experience in field techniques and leadership skills, enabling you to effectively advance your career and ability to make a difference. You will be immersed in a structured learning course which is delivered via one-on-one mentoring and numerous training workshops . We focus also on the professional and personal skills which will prove immensely valuable when you go on to apply for jobs and further your career.

Founded in 2002, our Foundation has worked to establish sustainable practices throughout the Amazon. True sustainability encompasses all areas of life in the rainforest people, plants and wildlife. We take a holistic approach which values environmental stewardship ; we look at real issues faced by local people and try to develop practical, sustainable alternatives. We envision a sustainable Amazon where education and learning is the forefront for driving understanding and change. The Amazon is under constant threat from many processes that cause habitat destruction such as logging, agriculture and mining. Our sustainable initiative projects provide alternative forms of income that can help protect the rainforest as well as give people a livelihood. This means that we help protect one of the most biodiverse places in the world, preventing the extinction of species, and other associated effects of rainforest destruction, such as climate change.

Our Multimedia Internship offers you the experience to develop your skills providing Environmental Communications in the heart of the rainforest. This internship is designed to help you further your career and give an in-depth insight into environmental, social and economic issues , while providing practical workshops and field-based training in multimedia skills - from writing and marketing to photography and filmmaking.

Please note: all information above is subject to change. Please check the most up to date information on the Global Nomadic website when applying. Simply follow the link on the Apply Button above.