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38 SUCCESS_LWA to assist in funding a few of these volunteers. EcoCostas is a model for other
SUCCESS-partners in advertising, recruiting and using volunteers. An ecotourism volunteer not a Volunteers for Prosperity candidate prepared a report on
possibilities for ecotourism in the project area. She is in the field and has not yet completed the report, but is investigating the possibility of developing a Mompiche, Portete and Bolivar
community tourism corridor, elaborating on a plan that had been written by local community and government groups with a Peace Corps volunteer. She has suggested that the main opportunity is
building the capacity of the local women’s conchera group in logistics of cooking for groups of tourists as an income generating activity
Two new Peace Corps Volunteers were also placed in the Program area with two more placed nearby in the Pedernales area. The volunteer in Bolivar attended the Small Business training
recently conducted by SUCCESS in Mompiche. The two volunteers based close to Pedernales are working on conservation projects.
Planning began with a Masters student from the University of Hawaii at Manoa for a preliminary assessment of the jaguar population in the Ecological Reserve Mache Chindul, which is important
because the jaguar is the top predator in the Mache-Chindul ecosystem and currently there is no information on this population. Gathering this information would be the first step to developing a
conservation initiative for the area. This will involve training local university students and residents of local communities in jaguar ecology and conservation as well as on techniques to
monitor populations.
Giving Portal CRC completed its participation in the beta-testing of the VfP Giving Portal system. A
SUCCESS volunteer story was highlighted in this test version and CRC has been asked to participate in the live version of this program in the upcoming months. If successful, this system
will provide an opportunity for individuals, groups, organizations to contribute funds that will help subsidize the costs of supporting volunteers to the SUCCESS Program.
Tasks still pending, completed during, or added as of June 30, 2006 Task and Milestones
Date Due Status
CommentsChallenges Constraints
Task F.1: Volunteers
Initiate limited partnerships with two or three international volunteer organizations
established March 2005
Completedon-going as new opportunities
arise Collaboration with Partners of the
Americas began in March 2006.
Conduct in-country and CRC volunteer needs assessments
April 2005 CompletedOn-going
Ongoing. All completed assignments have been assessed.
Recruit and screen volunteers June 2005
CompletedOn-going Volunteer scheduled for Nicaragua
in September 2006. Orient and assign volunteers
July 2005 CompletedOn-going
Evaluate and make recommendations for Year 1 volunteer program
September 2005
Delayed Rescheduled to 2007.
Engage CRC, WIOMSA, EcoCostas and UCA in the volunteer program by
identifying detailed volunteer job descriptions for posting on the CRC website
October 2005
CompletedOn-going Receive new volunteer descriptions
from SUCCESS partners for posting on CRC web site and other web
sites.
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for Year 3 Conduct an external evaluation of the
international volunteer program with recommendations for program
improvements November
2005 Re-scheduled to 2007
Postponement based on recommendations of Director of
URI Volunteer Center.