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Global Project

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The project aims to impact SDG #15 by building up communities' capacity to respond and act upon the degradation of natural habitat, diversity loss, and the protection of wildlife.

6 weeks

SDG contribution

Every project we run focuses on a target to help meet the Global Goals.

Life On Land - Target 15.5

Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species.

Role

About the job and the activities you will be doing.

Global Volunteers will be responsible of fostering educational spaces about life on land, ecosystems biodiversity and wild animals protection. They will promote and support communities to take actions towards the protection of wildlife and the preservation of biodiversity in the region.

Project Activities

Week 1
Onboarding space with partner representative to understand the context and urgent needs of the area regarding land and local ecosystem pollution.
Field trip in the area to analyse degradation of natural habitats and main issues with the local ecosystem and endangered species.
Preparation of material and workshop session for the following weeks.
Determine method and material for outcome measurement data gathering.
Week 2
Introductory session with the beneficiaries, presentation of the volunteers and project objectives.
Workshop: SDG 15 and the negative impact of of natural habitat degradation and loss of biodiversity for the future.
Game: Scavenger hunt to find the signs of degradation in the habitat
Activity: Mapping out the root causes of habitat degradation with community members
Round table: Watching documentaries about ecosystem and debating the topic of what can humans do to prevent ecosystems degradation
Week 3
Workshop: How to take care of the place we're living in (our ecosystem)?
Round table: invite elders from the area/community to share their experience/stories of how the area looked in the past
Activity: Create an accountability system in the community for the conservation of nature around them
Run a local event on the NGO/school to launch the accountability system and strive to have a local representative leader signing the commitment.
Week 4
Workshop: How to protect endangered species?
Activity: Run a challenge/competition within participant to make lifestyle choices that are less harmful to endangered species
Activity: Species ambassadors to protect the endangered species of the area/region
Fieldwork: run activities in animal rescue centers
Week 5
Activity: Run a fundraising campaign for the protection of a specific endangered specie or natural habitat
Create a short film about a species or degradation in the region
Activity: Run a podcast "The Voice of [x]". To give a voice to endangered species.
Build a system to measure impact of initiatives created during the project
Week 6
Nature conservation presentation by NGO/conservation group.
Collect data from project beneficiaries (you can use surveys, interviews, focus groups, etc.)
Analyse data to determinate outcome results.
Build final project report and presented to AIESEC members and NGO/non-profit representatives.
Week 7
Week 8