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VOLUNTEERS & INTERNSHIPS

We do accept volunteers on our programmes throughout the year, however places are limited and vacancies fill up quickly.

Duties will include supporting a number of the on-going programmes. Additionally we do offer a very limited number of internships for the whale shark monitoring project from August to October (see article).

Applicants should be:
~ over 21 years of age
~ able to support their travel costs
~ able to support their living costs
~ healthy and fit
~ prepared to work reasonably hard!

Applicants should contact us with a C.V. for further details.

COURSES

We are pleased to announce that we will be offering several one week courses in various topics focused on Seychelles marine life; the first of these is on whale shark biology, ecology and monitoring, See this page for details

Seychelles Whale Shark Monitoring Programme Internships 2010

A 10 week internship programme is being offered on the MCSS whale shark programme again this coming year, from 24th August to 31st October. The first week will be an orientation and training week, week two will hopefully be getting some practice whale shark trips and helping the pilots set up the micro-light aircraft, and as of week three (Sept 6th) the monitoring activities proper will be implemented. Further details are available here and you can download an application form here.

Please Note: Applications for the 2010 Internship Programme are now closed; if you would like to be considered for 2011 please send in the application form indicated above.

You can also follow the activities on our monitoring blog

Djibouti Whale Shark Monitoring Expedition 2011
December 31st - January 6th, January 7th - 13th, January 14th - 20th 2011

Three weeks of scientific expedition are planned to study whale sharks in the waters of the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti; the expedition is being jointly organised by DECAN, a Djibouti NGO and Megaptera an international NGO, in association with MCSS, who helped set up a whale shark monitoring programme in Djibouti five years ago. This is now an annual expedition to continue the work that MCSS helped implement in 2006 where this aggregation of whale shark was first scientifically documented and continued so successfully in 2009 & 2010.

Participants will assist in the collection of data on these sharks (through photographs or videos for photo-identification, tissue sampling for DNA analysis, compilation of the data, photo-identification matching with previous years, etc).

The expedition will be based aboard the DELI, a two-masted live-aboard dhow of 26m. Costs per person are Eu1150 per week excluding air-fares; costs include airport to vessel transfers, full board accommodation sharing a cabin on the Deli, as well as accommodation at the Djibouti Sheraton for the last night of each trip. Several post-trip excursions are available at additional cost, such as a trip to Lac Assal or to the DECAN Cheetah Sanctuary.

Participants should be over the age of 21, in good physical condition and competent swimmers. On site training will be provided into the basic techniques necessary for the programme by the MCSS team. If you wish to participate please download the information sheet and application form.