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Here at GVI Jalova we want to be able increase awareness of environmental issues amongst
our volunteers and the community. We take every opportunity we can to take our volunteers
to work with the community to help raise awareness.
Summary
This month staff and volunteers, together with people from the community worked together
to clean the beach in Parismina as part of a local fishing competition. This is an activity that
happens on an annual basis and forms and important part of the working partnership between
GVI and the community. All in all it was an enjoyable day, the beach was cleaned successfully
and everyone had an awesome time meeting each other.
Report
Working with the community is an incredibly important part of working in Jalova, Tortuguero
National Park. The park itself is very important to Tortuguero town and the surrounding area,
many people are employed in areas relating to protecting the Park or to tourism that the Park
brings to the area. As such the community are generally aware of environmental issues and
the importance of protected areas. We want to make sure that we do everything that we can
to maintain this level of environmental awareness in the area, and also extend the knowledge
and awareness that is already within the community. We also like to get involved with the
community as much as possible to let them know about our presence in the Park and what
work we are doing in the area.
After the beach clean was completed we were able to provide the Parismina Fishing Team with
video testimonials for their website showing how important our partnership with them is to
us. All in all it was a successful day and everyone had an enjoyable time.