IPBio Amazon Biodiversity Research Assistant

This wasy first volunteering experience abroad and I truly enjoyed it, especially the highest level of organization and communication, engagement of volunteers to the aspects of IPbio activities and diversity of tasks and program, allowing you to see a lot of species of birds, some mammals, mushrooms, amphibians, fishes

It is a great volunteering program for who loves outdoor activities! I would really recommend it if you desire to live an experience of real contact with nature. The Amazon forest deserve to be protected!

As a first time overseas volunteer, let alone a wildlife researcher, I found this program an awesome experience on so many levels. The staff very friendly, genuine and supportive, the procedures allowed a novice like me to be able to understand not only how to do things but why we were doing it and had so much fun undertaking the research work. The staff were always happy to hear any observations and assistance in how to streamline / improve the procedures. I got to experience so many community-based initiatives such as reforestation, seed and sapling planting supporting local schools and being part of local religious celebrations. These activities highlighted how high regard the group had in the local community and the conformation of the difference that we were making. I found the whole experience very humbling, knowing that the work and my actions were making a difference. Avoiding cliches but I have returned a different man, inspired and motivated to help out not only this group, by undertaking some project work that I can do from home but to reach out to NGO's around the world offering assistance. It gave me the jumpstart I needed to get me out of my rut and help me to re-discover my passion for nature and helping the community. I got to meet some beautiful, genuine, humble and dedicated people to the cause, which I now have the privilege to call friends. The program also allowed me enough free time to undertake some travel seeing other parts of Brazil during my free time which was awesome.