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Volunteer projects Volunteer travel, volunteer vacations or voluntourism provided including the following opportunities for volunteer work.
- Conservation
- Sustainable Living
- Teaching
- Sports
- HIV/Aids
- Medical
- Rehabilitation
- Game farm, breeding
- Music lessons, singing, art
- Organic farming, permaculture
- Frail care
- Orphanage
- Values based school
Ecotourism
The ecovillage is a perfect ecotourism destination including the following;
- Involves travel to natural destinations
- Minimizes impact
- Builds environmental awareness
- Provides direct financial benefits for conservation
- Provides financial benefits and empowerment for local people
- Respects local culture
- Supports human rights and democratic movements
- conservation of biological diversity and cultural diversity through ecosystem protection
- promotion of sustainable use of biodiversity, by providing jobs to local populations
- sharing of socio-economic benefits with local communities and indigenous peoples by having their informed consent and participation in the management of ecotourism enterprises
- tourism to unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.
- minimization of tourism's own environmental impact
- affordability and lack of waste in the form of luxury
- local culture, flora and fauna being the main attractions
- local people benefit from this form of tourism economically, often more than mass tourism
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