SOS Tartarugas

Placement organization

Name of organization: SOS Tartarugas
Town/city: Santa Maria, Sal
Country: Afrika
Website: http://sostartarugas.org

Name of student: Jura van IJperenburg

Specialist area: TM
Placement period: 2013-2014

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Nature company protecting the loggerhead turtle
Organization’s activities: Turtle walks, Stargazing, Bird watching, Hatchery visitis, Morning walks, Excavations of hatchlings
Target group of the organization: Tourists
Company culture: You work in the tourism team with other people from different countries. The two owners are English.
Number of employees: 40
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Im working as a tourism ranger
Brief description of your daily activities: Turtle walks, working in the shop or hatchery, excavations in the hatchery, doing patrol on the beach to protect and collect data from the loggerhead turtle.
Brief description of your company assignment: No assignment.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: If you have any questions you can go to your supervisor.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? independent, teamplayer, flexible, stress proof, sociable
Additional company requirements for this placement? ms office, excel, writing skills
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplane, taxi

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? company
How did you go to work every day? by foot

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? yes, but there not very strict here
Do you need a work permit? no
How did you arrange the necessary documents: cape verde consultante in Rotterdam
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? 0 days
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance?

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? If you speak a bit of Portuguese is helpful

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 600
Accommodation (monthly): € paid by company
Local transport (monthly): € 0
General costs of living (monthly): € 250
Costs of visa: € 40
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? Accommodation

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I have a book about cape verde and read all about it.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? no

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: jura1991_22@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Bring enough shampoo, sun block, because it is quiet expansive here. Bring some euros from home.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Island tour, snorkeling, pedal boarding, swimming, surfing, shark tours.

Media

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