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Trapaing Sangke Fishing Community (TFC)

This project is part of the SCI North South Programmes. Volunteers should be 20 years old, have previous volunteering experience and take part in the Preparation Workshops organised by their sending branch. More details from your sending branch.
Camp code:
KH-CYA 10.38
Country:
Cambodia
Start Date:
Aug 01, 2022
End Date:
Aug 13, 2022
Topic:
10: Environment protection
Work Types:
Environment / Manual
Number of volunteers:
12
Free places for Males:
6
Free places for Females:
6
International age:
16 - 35
National age:
16 - 35
Extra fee to be paid in the hosting country:
220.00 US Dollar
Breakdown:
  1. Accommodation and food: 0.00 US Dollar
  2. Transportation: 0.00 US Dollar
  3. Activities: 0.00 US Dollar
  4. Hosting organisation support: 220 US Dollar
Purpose of extra costs:
- Food during the project period  - accommodation at the volunteer house provided by the center  - Local transportation during the project.  - Project cost, tools, and materials for implementing the project - Administration charge
Spoken Language:
English

Description: Trapaing Sangke Fishing Community (TFC) is a community based organization aims at preserve and protect mangrove forest to maintain ecology system and increase lives in the sea such as crap, fish, shrimp, etc. so that fishermen can stay and earn income in their community without migrate to other countries. CYA have been working with TFC since 2012 to support their initiative and through our cooperation in 2014, TFC became a popular eco - tourism site receiving hundreds of tourists every weeks. TFC is a successful project because of the strong support of our volunteers and as usual volunteers are still in needs to work hand in hand with local people in supporting its growth and to make sure local people will keep TFC cleans and more mangroves are plants and nursing.

Type of Work: Organize workshops with local people to promote the understanding of mangroves forest to people lives and collect mangrove seeds, seedling, and planting mangroves in TFC protected area while maintaining the planted mangroves.

Study Theme: Environment protection

Accommodation: Volunteer will stay together in share bungalows at community center that CYA rents. The basic meals in Cambodian dishes will be cooked by volunteers in daily shift.

Language: English and Khmer will be the languages at the campsite

Requirements: This project is for volunteers who love the environment, would like to protect the mangrove by collecting the mangrove seeds from the tree, planting the seeds, and do other activities that help protect and promote the benefits of mangroves. The volunteers should take with them socks and hat as well.

Approximate Location: This project is located in Trapaing Sangke Fishing Community in Kampot Province.

Organization Description: CYA is a youth development organization who works to promote global education among Cambodian children and youth, improving living standard of the community, and actively preserves environmental resources through engaging with international volunteers who come from all over the world. CYA organizes workcamps, which allow global volunteers are to live, work, learn, share as family who is compassionate in discussing and solving global issues.