Spread Your Wings with Us! The Fundación Loros Volunteer Program 🦜

At Fundación Loros, we share a clear mission: the rehabilitation, release, and conservation of wild parrots. Our new Volunteer Program invites students, professionals, and nature lovers to take part in a transformative experience — accompanying parrots on their journey back to freedom.

Through a series of thematic routes, volunteers engage in fieldwork, research, environmental education, and communication activities, contributing their time, knowledge, and passion to conservation.

📍 The program takes place at our reserve located in Villanueva (Bolívar, Colombia), about 35 km — roughly one hour — from Cartagena de Indias.

🌿 The Volunteer Routes

Each route offers a different way to connect with parrots and their environment. Volunteers can participate in one or several, depending on their interests and skills.

🏞️ Nature and Restoration

• 🌳 Route of Emblematic Trees of the Tropical Dry Forest: identification and documentation of native tree species and their local uses.

• 🍈 Route of Fruit Trees of the Tropical Dry Forest: exploring edible fruits, tastes, and their ecological role.

• 🎧 Route of Forest Sounds: recording and archiving natural sounds from the tropical dry forest.

🦜 Fauna and Animal Welfare

• 🪶 Route of Comprehensive Parrot Rehabilitation: assisting in nutrition, enrichment, and flight training for parrots in recovery.

• 🦜 Route of Ethology and Feeding of Free Parrots: observing social behavior and feeding patterns in the wild.

• 🕊️ Route “First Steps in Freedom”: monitoring parrots during their first month after release, ensuring their adaptation and safety.

🤝 Community, Culture, and Communication

• 🌾 Route of Subsistence Agriculture and Local Knowledge: working with rural communities and learning traditional agricultural practices.

• 🎒 Route of Environmental Education and Community Communication: developing educational workshops and materials with local schools.

• 🎥 Route of Audiovisual and Creative Communication: producing photos, videos, and stories about parrots and their habitat.

✨ Why Join as a Volunteer?

Becoming a Fundación Loros volunteer is an opportunity to learn, contribute, and create change. Volunteers actively participate in the conservation process, experiencing up close the science, nature, and teamwork behind every successful release.

👉 Apply here:
Volunteer Program Application Form – Fundación Loros

📘 Learn more about our values and how we work by visiting our Organizational Culture page.

🪶 Your energy, curiosity, and compassion can change a parrot’s life — and help protect its natural home.

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