It's been a busy few months and everything is falling into place with the project. Funding was secured. We partnered with an eco-volunteer company. Bungalows were built for the project. We did some training with the community turtle monitors and got them started on the turtle nesting survey. And now we're testing out the project.
We figured in order to get the community some practice at hosting and working with the eco-volunteers it might be a good idea to have some of the long-term (1-2 years) volunteers who are working in town (Port Vila) come out on weekends. This would give the community some practice in feeding and housing the volunteers as well as give the turtle monitors some practice in working with people over on the nesting beach.
It's been good. The bungalows were officially opened when the first group arrived amidst flowers, speeches and the music of the village stringband. We've had some amazing nights over on the beach, full moon night especially are indescribable. All the groups have had a lot of fun with the adventure of hiking across the island and
then walking the beach, hoping to come across a turtle. And luckily enough I think we've found at least one for every group!
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