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Organising local people to do practical conservation work is an educational experience in the broadest sense. You will learn about yourself as you learn to work with other people, while other volunteers will learn as much about the life skills needed for voluntary team work as they do about conservation, practical skills and using and maintaining tools. Those who help with organising the project will find out how local politics work and be able to take on similar projects elsewhere; quiet people will grow in confidence when they see their organisational abilities hold things together for other people. Everyone who notices your project has the potential to learn something about what you're doing and why you're doing it. How much people learn and take away as acquired skills depends very much on the quality of what they experience. Everyone develops their skills constantly while participating in a project assuming, that is, that the work is being organised well. A simple tip from an experienced volunteer can often be as important as hours of formal practice.
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