I am volunteering for an organization in the town of Mindo called the Corporaciòn Ecològica Amigos de La Naturaleza de Mindo. This organization focuses on educating people in the community (as well as travellers) about the importance of maintaining the ecology in the community of Mindo. They have an education centre in town as well as a lodge and education centre 3 km from Mindo in the forest. It is a non-profit organization. One of their sources of money is the fees that people pay for staying at the lodge. There are two other volunteers working for this organization at this time. Our jobs include physical labour such as reconstruction of some of the cabins, maintaining trails, etc. One of my other roles is to create a blog for them. I will also be giving them some tips on how to attract customers such as school groups and tourists. I find I can be more helpful this way rather than doing the physical labour. Today we had to lift really heavy logs and I wasn`t very helpful. I don`t want to wreck my back.
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