Basic Organization Information
Conservation Volunteers International Program, Inc.
- Also Known As:
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Conservation VIP
- Physical Address:
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Orinda, CA
94563
- EIN:
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26-1154515
- Web URL:
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www.conservationvip.org
- NTEE Category:
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C Environmental Quality Protection, Beautification
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C30 Natural Resource Conservation and Protection
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T Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking
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T40 Voluntarism Promotion
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Q International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security
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Q20 Promotion of International Understanding
- Year Founded:
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2007
- Ruling Year:
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2008
- How This Organization Is Funded:
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Volunteers Pay Fees to Cover their Trip Expenses
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All CVIP staff are unpaid volunteers
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Donations
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Mission Statement
Conservation Volunteers International Program is dedicated to conservation and preservation of some of the world's greatest landscapes and cultural sites. We accomplish this mission by providing opportunities for ordinary citizens to get their hands dirty doing extraordinary volunteer services. We engage others --- local park rangers and managers, local government, other non-profits, businesses, academia and others --- in our work. Working together, we repair trails, restore archaeological sites, replant vegetation, protect fish and wildlife, encourage community support, and learn from each other. We make a difference in our world.
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Impact Statement
In 2010, in partnership with Chile's National Park Service, CVIP brought a group of volunteers to Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia to work with local park rangers to restore damaged park hiking trails. The group improved approximately 7 miles of trail in the park, including closing inappropriate shortcuts and parallel trails, widening and improving trails, removing avalanche debris from a trail bridge, improving trail tread, installing rock steps and building water drains.
Also in 2010, in cooperation with Peru's National Institute of Culture and the National Service for Protected Area Management, CVIP brought two groups of volunteers to Peru to perform volunteer preservation and maintenance services within the Machu Picchu Sanctuary. The groups worked to maintain approximately 2 miles of Inca trails, including repairing torrential water damage, installing water drains, and cleaning and repairing Inca steps. They also removed invasive plant growth, performed restoration and maintenance activities in the Sanctuary's Orchid Garden, and assisted with maintenance of the boundary markers for the Sanctuary.
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Chief Executive
Mr. John Hollinrake
Term:
Since
June
2009
Chief Executive Profile:
John P. Hollinrake has been practicing law for the past twenty eight years. He graduated from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in 1980, and received a B.A. in Political Science from Loyola Marymount University in 1977. John P. Hollinrake has provided legal services to nonprofit organizations since his admission to the State Bar of California in 1980.
John has represented numerous organizations in the State of California in their efforts to obtain non profit status, and provides advice to such organizations in complying with non profit statutes and regulations. He also has extensive experience in the area of travel law and travel agency operations.
John was the co-founder of Conservation Volunteers International Program, Inc., ( CVIP ) a California non profit corporation established in June 2007 that organizes and operates volunteer projects to preserve and protect threatened parks and archaeological sites overseas and in the United States.
John has been involved in parks and conservation issues throughout his life. In 1976 he was hired as a seasonal Ranger Naturalist in Yosemite National Park in and worked there until 1981, when he opened a law practice in Sonora, California, near Yosemite.
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Program:
Machu Picchu Volunteer Program
- Budget:
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- Category:
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Environment
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
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Adults
Program Description:
Conservation Volunteers International Program (CVIP) organizes and leads volunteer trips to work on site preservation and resource protection in Machu Picchu archaeolgoical ruins in Peru, a World Heritage site, in collaboration with Peru’s National Service for Protected Area Management (SERNANP), National Institute of Culture (INC), and the Municipality of Machu Picchu Pueblo.
Volunteers perform a variety of tasks, including restoring trails; cleaning plants from buildings and terrace walls within the Sacred City; planting trees; removing undesired vegetation; administering questionnaires prepared by SERNANP to Inca Trail tourists; and providing search and rescue training for Peruvian park staff.
Program Long-Term Success:
Machu Picchu Sanctuary stands at a crossroads. In response to visitor impacts and rapid development in Machu Picchu Pueblo, UNESCO may place Machu Picchu Sanctuary on the list of endangered World Heritage Sites. Volunteers with Conservation VIP help protect Machu Picchu by repairing and preventing further damage to the sanctuary caused by visitor use, while also helping the community recognize the importance of working together with the Sanctuary to protect the very resources visitors travel the world to experience.
Program Short-Term Success:
In 2011, volunteers donated 1,064 hours of time and approximately $12,000 of tools and equipment in Machu Picchu, in addition to the volunteers' local expenditures for lodging, food and transportation.
Program Success Monitored by:
At the end of the volunteer expeditions, briefings are held with the local organizations collaborating with our efforts (SERNANP, INC, Municipality of Machu Picchu, PromPeru (national tourism office), Cusco Tourism Office, PeruRail, and local community businesses (hotels, restaurants, and bus system).
Program Success Examples:
All local and government participants in Peru speak favorably of the volunteer work of Conservation Volunteers International Program, and the positive effect of the project upon natural and cultural resources, visitor safety, economic development in the community, and international bilateral relations.
Program:
Torres del Paine Volunteer Program
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- Category:
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Environment
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
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Adults
Program Description:
Conservation VIP leads groups of volunteers to Torres del Paine National Park, in the Patagonia region of Chile. This magnificent park has been designated by UNESCO as a Reserve of the Biosphere. Because this is one of the world's most extraordinary landscapes, the Park has experienced a very significant growth in the number of visitors who some to see the Park and hike the trails. The Park simply does not have the resources to maintain the trails.
Lack of proper maintenance causes erosion, which affects the park's many streams and lakes. In addition, poor quality trails result in hikers going off-trail disturbing sensitive habitat. Our volunteers work with the CONAF park rangers to try to correct this problem
Program Long-Term Success:
This is a long-term project which we expect to continue for the forseeable future. We can see where trail improvements from prior years have allowed meadows to repair. We can see where streams now cross trails rather than running down the middle of trails, eroding the soil. The Park rangers as well as guides who lead hikers on the trails comment on how our work has helped the Park.
Program Short-Term Success:
Program Success Monitored by:
We measure our success one water diversion at a time, one kilometer at a time. On our annual trips, in addition to cataloging that year's accomplishments, we review the nearby work done in prior years, to see how well the results have held up, and to learn where we need to improve our techniques. The reports are publicly available on our website.
Program Success Examples:
Funding Needs
All donations, large or small, are greatly appreciated.
Volunteer Needs
We welcome volunteers who love the outdoors and want to give back by working with other like-minded to maintain some of the world's greatest landscapes.
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