Comments on: The best volunteer opportunities for divers worldwide http://matadornetwork.com/change/the-best-volunteer-opportunities-for-divers-worldwide/ travel culture worldwide Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Where’s Walu? A Walu International Documentary http://matadornetwork.com/change/the-best-volunteer-opportunities-for-divers-worldwide/#comment-51347 Where’s Walu? A Walu International Documentary Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:37:58 +0000 http://matador.org/?p=43#comment-51347 [...] stopping you from making your travels an opportunity to volunteer your time and energy to a host of worthy causes. Or, take a cue from Walu International and begin a grassroots effort of your own to make a [...] [...] stopping you from making your travels an opportunity to volunteer your time and energy to a host of worthy causes. Or, take a cue from Walu International and begin a grassroots effort of your own to make a [...]

]]> By: Where’s Walu? A Walu International Documentary http://matadornetwork.com/change/the-best-volunteer-opportunities-for-divers-worldwide/#comment-51345 Where’s Walu? A Walu International Documentary Sat, 26 Feb 2011 02:53:42 +0000 http://matador.org/?p=43#comment-51345 [...] stopping you from making your travels an opportunity to volunteer your time and energy to a host of worthy causes. Or, take a cue from Walu International and begin a grassroots effort of your own to make a [...] [...] stopping you from making your travels an opportunity to volunteer your time and energy to a host of worthy causes. Or, take a cue from Walu International and begin a grassroots effort of your own to make a [...]

]]> By: Elaine Kwee http://matadornetwork.com/change/the-best-volunteer-opportunities-for-divers-worldwide/#comment-51014 Elaine Kwee Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:13:08 +0000 http://matador.org/?p=43#comment-51014 Hi Beth, I read your very interesting article on dive volunteer opportunities. I see you are also a marine biologist and DM. I am starting up a non-profit organisation based in Australia called DiVo (for Dive Voluntourism) which aims to bring volunteer marine conservation activities to the attention of recreational divers. I am now building a search engine optimised website targetted at the recreational tourist diver. Most of the groups that do this are pretty hard to find, unless they have existed a long time and/or have the resources to build a search engine optimised website so that google crawlers can pick it up high in the ranking. The organisations you named like Coral Cays, Blue Ventures GVI etc fall into that big-boy category. I am initially focussing on Australian based volunteer activities, which are a mix of non-profit groups like ReefCheck Australia, Earthwatch and local community based monitoring/underwater research groups. Some are free of charge to join, others require some payment to cover costs and support the research/conservation objective. There are too many to name, even harder to find out about them, so I suss out what they do and showcase it on my website. Hopefully my website will be more easily found by the recreational diver. I am also having articles and Q&As being contributed by voluntourism industry people. Although the initial content will be largely Australian (because I am there), I hope the readership will be international and I wld love to showcase international voluntourism activities. Wld u be interested in doing an article or Q&A for my website? It wld be great if you can talk about the marine research related tourism opps that you have personally encountered on the road, or independent researchers you have heard of who are looking for funding and volunteers, maybe my website can help. This is all free of charge - I don't sell advertising space for links, it's all non-profit and from the heart. If you are interested, I am happy to have you follow Divo on Facebook, and will send u a link to my test website when it is up and running. Anyone else following this thread, feel free to contact me and I can befriend you on facebook too. Hi Beth, I read your very interesting article on dive volunteer opportunities. I see you are also a marine biologist and DM.

I am starting up a non-profit organisation based in Australia called DiVo (for Dive Voluntourism) which aims to bring volunteer marine conservation activities to the attention of recreational divers. I am now building a search engine optimised website targetted at the recreational tourist diver. Most of the groups that do this are pretty hard to find, unless they have existed a long time and/or have the resources to build a search engine optimised website so that google crawlers can pick it up high in the ranking. The organisations you named like Coral Cays, Blue Ventures GVI etc fall into that big-boy category.

I am initially focussing on Australian based volunteer activities, which are a mix of non-profit groups like ReefCheck Australia, Earthwatch and local community based monitoring/underwater research groups. Some are free of charge to join, others require some payment to cover costs and support the research/conservation objective. There are too many to name, even harder to find out about them, so I suss out what they do and showcase it on my website. Hopefully my website will be more easily found by the recreational diver.

I am also having articles and Q&As being contributed by voluntourism industry people. Although the initial content will be largely Australian (because I am there), I hope the readership will be international and I wld love to showcase international voluntourism activities. Wld u be interested in doing an article or Q&A for my website? It wld be great if you can talk about the marine research related tourism opps that you have personally encountered on the road, or independent researchers you have heard of who are looking for funding and volunteers, maybe my website can help. This is all free of charge – I don’t sell advertising space for links, it’s all non-profit and from the heart.

If you are interested, I am happy to have you follow Divo on Facebook, and will send u a link to my test website when it is up and running. Anyone else following this thread, feel free to contact me and I can befriend you on facebook too.

]]> By: Gabriel http://matadornetwork.com/change/the-best-volunteer-opportunities-for-divers-worldwide/#comment-50675 Gabriel Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:45:42 +0000 http://matador.org/?p=43#comment-50675 Hi I'm Gabriel from Italy I would like to be scuba diving volounteer in Egypt between december and january. I'm a PADI advanced open water. Do you know where can I ask? Thank YOu Hi I’m Gabriel from Italy I would like to be scuba diving volounteer in Egypt between december and january. I’m a PADI advanced open water. Do you know where can I ask? Thank YOu

]]> By: Greg http://matadornetwork.com/change/the-best-volunteer-opportunities-for-divers-worldwide/#comment-50648 Greg Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:18:15 +0000 http://matador.org/?p=43#comment-50648 Love this blog, very cool. Will be checking these places out and have already sent emails contacting the companies about further info. thanks Greg Love this blog, very cool. Will be checking these places out and have already sent emails contacting the companies about further info.

thanks

Greg

]]> By: nadine http://matadornetwork.com/change/the-best-volunteer-opportunities-for-divers-worldwide/#comment-49656 nadine Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:56:27 +0000 http://matador.org/?p=43#comment-49656 hello! I was wondering if you guys knew of any diving programs like these in Ecuador, or around there. ill be there this summer and wanted to do something like the programs above! If you can help out that would be amazing! hello!

I was wondering if you guys knew of any diving programs like these in Ecuador, or around there. ill be there this summer and wanted to do something like the programs above! If you can help out that would be amazing!

]]> By: Scuba Diving the Red Sea, Egypt. http://matadornetwork.com/change/the-best-volunteer-opportunities-for-divers-worldwide/#comment-49708 Scuba Diving the Red Sea, Egypt. Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:55:05 +0000 http://matador.org/?p=43#comment-49708 [...] diving destinations? Divers can make a splash and a difference all in the same trip, so why not consider some volunteer work? You may also enjoy : Breaking News: Silva Sets Scuba World Record With 48-Hour Dive What Can Scuba [...] [...] diving destinations? Divers can make a splash and a difference all in the same trip, so why not consider some volunteer work? You may also enjoy : Breaking News: Silva Sets Scuba World Record With 48-Hour Dive What Can Scuba [...]

]]> By: How to Travel the Yasawa Islands by Nomadic Matt http://matadornetwork.com/change/the-best-volunteer-opportunities-for-divers-worldwide/#comment-49691 How to Travel the Yasawa Islands by Nomadic Matt Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:22:55 +0000 http://matador.org/?p=43#comment-49691 [...] up advice on how to travel the Yasawa Islands, Fiji. NETWORK CONNECTION Attention divers: why not volunteer your time while enjoying the waters off Fiji? While you are at it, take a cue from Matt and film your own [...] [...] up advice on how to travel the Yasawa Islands, Fiji. NETWORK CONNECTION Attention divers: why not volunteer your time while enjoying the waters off Fiji? While you are at it, take a cue from Matt and film your own [...]

]]> By: ivan rey gultiano http://matadornetwork.com/change/the-best-volunteer-opportunities-for-divers-worldwide/#comment-49505 ivan rey gultiano Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:13:17 +0000 http://matador.org/?p=43#comment-49505 hi beth sorry for a verry late reply. hehehe by the way thank you for your reply... well anyway i have here my e-mail address just for you to reply directly to me if you dont mind :) i would gladly accept any volunteer oppurtunities. right now im focusing being a free lance dive guide here in cebu philippines. take care beth and thank you so much truly appreciated. hi beth sorry for a verry late reply. hehehe by the way thank you for your reply… well anyway i have here my e-mail address just for you to reply directly to me if you dont mind :) i would gladly accept any volunteer oppurtunities. right now im focusing being a free lance dive guide here in cebu philippines. take care beth and thank you so much truly appreciated.

]]> By: Beth http://matadornetwork.com/change/the-best-volunteer-opportunities-for-divers-worldwide/#comment-46315 Beth Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:02:04 +0000 http://matador.org/?p=43#comment-46315 Hi Ivan... Sorry it took so long for me to reply! Well, there are several options for you if you want to volunteer. Check out some of the organizations in this article, as some of them do offer projects in the Philippines. If you need help researching let me know! Hi Ivan… Sorry it took so long for me to reply! Well, there are several options for you if you want to volunteer. Check out some of the organizations in this article, as some of them do offer projects in the Philippines. If you need help researching let me know!

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