Brenden Reihing

September 24, 2017

Reason2Go

For a volunteer experience sooner rather than later, check out this months last minute Reason2Go
projects. Each of the projects listed below begins in the next few weeks, so immediate
application is essential. These special deals on select projects change frequently and sell out
fast. For personal assistance from an R2G project specialist, call 1-213-555-1223 or visit
www.reason2go.com. Our online application process is fast, easy, and secure.

PROJECT DATES COST

Animal Care Rajasthan Oct. 1-15 $1,645
Microloans Inca Highlands Oct. 14-28 $1,140
Disaster Relief Nepal Oct. 7-28 $1,950
Ecological Farming Provence Oct. 13-20 $1,120

Animal Care Rajasthan

Join a passionate team of skilled animal experts for an experience that will make a difference in
preserving desert animal habitat in an area where environmental concerns often take a backseat to
growing the economy. Volunteers choose between the Wildlife Refuge project and the Animal
Shelter project. Accommodations are hostels, with some desert camping on the Wildlife Refuge
project. 15 days. Arrive/Depart Delhi.

Wildlife Refuge
The remote refuge is a protected area for wild desert animals. It is reached by safari starting from
Jaisalmer. After volunteering for the project last year, New York Times writer Edith Das described
the experience:

Traversing the starkly beautiful dunes of the desert wilderness, we delighted at the sight of herds of
chinkara antelope and treasured a glimpse of the Great Indian bustard. Near the end, Jaisalmer
reappeared like a vision from the Arabian Nights, its intriguingly carved yellow stone towers rising
mirage-like out of the horizon.

Animal Shelter
The Jaipur shelter functions as both a hospital and safe haven for injured animals, with the goal of
releasing wild animals back into natural habitat.
 Microloans Inca Highlands
This microloans project provides hands-on community involvement while
interviewing potential loan applicants and assessing the progress of those who
have already received loans. You travel to remote locations, including the
ancient Inca site of Machu Picchu and gorgeous Lake Titicaca. You also spend
time in the populated area of La Paz, Bolivia, the worlds highest capital city.
Accommodations include camping and hotels. 15 days. Arrive Lima/Depart
La Paz.

Disaster Relief Nepal

This earthquake prone area of the world requires helping hands to rebuild schools, clear rubble,
move debris, and restore disaster-affected villages to functional order. Earthquakes have devastating
and lasting impact on both human life and property; mud structures in remote areas are particularly
vulnerable. Volunteers must trek to remote project sites, often along the classic Everest expedition
routes, and must be in good physical condition. Volunteers trek past the colorful fluttering prayer
flags and Buddhist monasteries of traditional Sherpa villages to project sites, where they assist local
organizers in the restoration of homes, schools, and community buildings. Accommodations include
hotels in Katmandu, tea houses, and camping. 22 days. Arrive/Depart Katmandu.

The following 3-day tourist add-ons are available. Choose one:

1. Royal Chitwan National Park

2. Pokhara Valley of Lakes
3. Temples of Janakpur
4. Trishuli River Rafting Adventure

Last-minute participants in the Disaster Relief Nepal project must be able to arrange the following
by September 25:

A valid entry visa for Nepal.

Vaccination or protection against malaria, typhoid, infectious hepatitis, tetanus, and polio.
Travel insurance that includes medical evacuation and repatriation of remains.
A medical examination certifying the participant is fit enough to trek eight or nine hours a
day at a maximum altitude of 18,200 feet.

Ecological Farming Provence

Traditional methods of farming and cultivating were once responsible for the variety of wildlife and
plant life found in the fertile, rambling terrain of Provence. Volunteers assist biologists at an
agricultural center celebrated for its low ecological footprint and phytodepuration sewage system,
with the goal of revitalizing sustainable farming in the region. 8 days. Arrive/Depart Nice.