Volunteer

Volunteers

Amazon Ecology welcomes help from people with many skills to support our work in the US and Peru.  Contact us if you'd like to share some of your time and talent with us. 

Individual volunteers

Volunteers help us in person in the US and everywhere through the internet. Diverse tasks include support for accounting, fundraising, research, taking and editing photos and videos, and marketing crafts at special events and online.  We are now seeking volunteer Fair Trade Marketing Assistants.

Volunteer at Amazon Ecology booth at Philadelphia Folk Festival. Photo by Campbell Plowden/Amazon Ecology

Student projects

We have worked with numerous high school and college students, classes and groups to support Amazon Ecology while they fulfill requirements for a course, internship or community service. Recent projects have built craft displays, created product listings, and developed marketing strategies.

 

 Belt display student group. Photo by Campbell Plowden/Amazon Ecology

Amazon field volunteers

Amazon Field Volunteers directly support our work in Peru in the city and partner communities. Volunteers have spent two to six weeks sharing their passion for art, writing, photography, videography, health care, and teaching English.  When the pandemic subsides, we will accept volunteers to work in our store in Iquitos.

 

 Amazon Ecology volunteer photographer in Peru. Photo by Campbell Plowden/Amazon Ecology

 

Board of Directors and Advisors

The members of our Board of Directors are special volunteers who guide the direction and growth of the organization by supporting our program development, financial management and fundraising, communication and marketing.  Our advisors share their specific experience, resources and contacts to support our mission.

Robin Van Loon with young tree. Photo by Campbell Plowden/Amazon Ecology