Mission Statement
Volunteer Latin America’s mission is to help protect Latin America’s flora and fauna, its biodiversity, and to offer the most cost effective way to become an environmental or humanitarian volunteer in Central or South America
Our Objectives
To endorse and advance the conservation of wild habitats and their flora and fauna
To connect individuals and groups with affordable environmental and humanitarian volunteer work opportunities.
To provide a diverse and regularly updated range of environmental and humanitarian projects
To increase the number of people who can afford to become volunteers
To promote locally run organisations and grassroots projects
To encourage people to consider a career in conservation, or at a minimum, take a keen interest in environmental issues
To encourage people to meet new people, and accumulate life and career enhancing experiences and skills.
To ensure that volunteering through Volunteer Latin America is a rewarding and productive experience
To ensure that we treat our customers in a honest and cooperative manner
To ensure our ethical policies and concerns for the environment remain an integral part of our organisation
Our Ethical Policy
This is the Ethical Policy of Volunteer Latin America. We operate according to ethical and sustainable principles and have been screened by the Ethical Junction Network. We are part of a solar powered network that is working to help fight pollution and preserve our natural resources. This includes the use a laptop rather than a desktop PC to save energy and this (our laptop) complies with the advanced Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR requirements.
We are carbon neutral |
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We use solar power to run our office |
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We use no paper or other office products |
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We use a solar powered web hosting company |
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We aim to be as environmentally friendly as possible |
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We aim to treat our customers honestly and competently |
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We use the only bank in the UK which has an ethical policy |
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We support a large number of organisations in Latin America |
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We use our proceeds to fund our own environmental initiatives |


