Campamento Tortuguero de Sayulita

The Turtle Camp of Sayulita is a voluntary community project with the goal of relocating sea turtle nests and educating locals and visitors on how to protect nests from poaching. Over the last ten years, they have successfully liberated over 260,000 newborn turtles.

My Work

My volunteering primarily revolved around translating Spanish to English for sea turtle release events. While the leader of this volunteer community presented their activities and safety guidelines in Spanish to the public, I translated for the non-Spanish speakers. The translation was indispensable because we talked about the correct handling of sea turtle babies and the importance of protecting sea turtles (and other information on how to help the camp). During these events, the attendees were mostly tourists outside of Mexico.

High school Jesh talking and giving instructions to tourists at Sayulita

After two weeks of volunteering, I wrote a 49-page document (part of a school activity) sharing my experience volunteering at this sea turtle camp.

Slide from a presentation I gave to my teachers