Get Involved
Be part of the environmental change in Nicaragua! You can get involved and help us carry out FREE environmental education activities in many different ways:Donations
Where does donation money go? 100% of donations directly finance the following:- Festival of the tropical dry forest in Leon (about $5,000 annually).
- Recycling projects (about $2,000 annually).
- Establishment of new SONATI sites: we plan to open our next sites in Nicaragua at Matagalpa, Esteli and Managua. Establishing cost for each site: $50,000.
- Free environmental education activities for thousands of local school children.
- All SONATI administrative costs (including staff salaries).
Spread the environmental message
You can affect the environment in Nicaragua and Latin America even in your own country or while traveling in these countries. Responsible consuming of environmental-related products can make a big difference! Please consider following the recommendations below, and try to spread this message among your family and friends:- Don't buy wild animals: Buying wild animals as pets is extremely traumatic for the animals as well as detrimental for the environment. Most of the animals are smuggled illegally from tropical countries; the majority of them die during transport.
- Don't buy handicrafts made from animals.
Publication
- Spread the word about SONATI among friends traveling in Central America. By staying in our hostel or participating in our tours they too can help finance these activities.
- Spread the word about Los Madroños Reserve among friends traveling in Central America. Visitors to the reserve directly support the families which donated their terrain to the reserve.
- Write a review about SONATI: If you stayed in our hostel or participated in our tours, we would appreciate you taking a few minutes to write a review about your experience.
- Join SONATI at
- Share SONATI videos at
Equipment
We are always in urgent need of outdoor and educative equipment (binoculars, field books, camping and trekking equipment, laptops, projectors, etc.). If you have unneeded equipment looking for a home it would be a huge help to us!
Open new SONATI sites
The idea of SONATI is to establish sustainable environmental education projects in as many sites as possible, in order to empower future generations with the necessary knowledge and tools to make a better environment in our world.Idealistic, environmentally oriented, independent, creative and good people are welcome to contact us! Candidates should spend a few months at an already existing SONATI site, to learn how it all operates before opening new sites.
