Eco Projects on Costa Rica

La Tortuga Feliz is a non-profit organisation whose aims are the protection of sea turtles and the improvement of the living conditions and education of the local inhabitants.
The local inhabitants generate income by cooperating in the project; they guard/patrol the beach together with the volunteers and act as tour guides for eco tourists and assist with various agricultural activities.
 By helping to generate an income for the locals, we hope to take away the necessity for them to poach the turtles and again by working in partnership with them we seek to establish an ideal environment for the turtles to lay their eggs.