GET INVOLVED

Since 2003, Terevaka has offered experiential learning opportunities for local high school students in rural areas of Chile and Peru, as well as a competitive internship program for outstanding undergraduate and graduate students from around the world.

* High school students participate for two weeks, free of cost, in after school and intensive live-in experiences that combine explorations, classroom lectures, hands-on research and conservation initiatives regarding both cultural and natural resources, and team-building exercises.

* Interns take part in all aspects of the outreach program for four weeks, from project design to project publications. In many cases, TAO staff will work long, hard days. Interns will be expected to serve as role models, teachers, research assistants, and friends for local high school students. Interns will also help to guide local students in fieldwork, archival research, and computer work for organizing data. Interns will also serve as chaperones for the 10-20 local high school students that camp out on Explora Hotel property for a two-week span.


Upcoming program activities:

* 29 June - 26 July, 2022
Sacred Valley, PERU

* 28 September - 26 October, 2022
San Pedro de Atacama, CHILE

* 9 November - 7 December, 2022
Rapa Nui, CHILE


TAO and Explora Hotel provide food and transportation for all students and interns for the duration of the program. Interns are responsible for their own airfare and costs of recreational activities.

Students and interns will have regular access to showers, bathrooms, a dining facility, and wi-fi.

All meals will be prepared for interns by the kitchen staff at Explora Hotel. Most meals will be served in the staff dining facility of the hotel, but occasionally interns will take bagged lunches for fieldwork or field trips.


For more information on how to apply as a student or an intern, please email
TEREVAKA.NET@GMAIL.COM.




PARTICIPANTS

*2019 RAPA NUI*
Students Ora'anga Araki Tau'a Hiro Atan Mahatu De Rycke Tavi De Rycke Anthony Germaine Aureka Hey Taharoa Huki Eiovani Icka Sebastian Lepiqueo Angela Lopez Kael Pakarati Uka Pakomio Moises Piña Isabella Reyes Motirohiva Soto Anae Tuki Hiva Oa Tuki Maurice Valdebenito Hangarahi Vasquez	Staff Beno Atan Gonzalo Droppelmann Katelyn Farnsworth Lindsey Lupercio Omar Monares Anthony Munkres Britton Shepardson Dale Simpson Ariane Starceski
*2018 RAPA NUI*
Students Ora'anga Araki Mahatu De Rycke Vicente Garviso Taharoa Huki Ovahe Ika Tawfik Lama Angela Lopez Leidy Martinez Hitirau Morales Kael Pakarati Mahina Pont-Hill Marama Ra'a Mata O'te Ra'a Nicole Rapu Eva Rougier Moana Tepano Maurice Valdebenito	Staff Erin Hancock Tristan Hess Sophia Jacobs Omar Monares Camryn Muller Bianca Quintero Britton Shepardson Mary Walsh
*2017 RAPA NUI*
Students Vicente Garviso Vicente Gonzalez Taharoa Huki Yumi Ika Mihi'ua Lagos Sebastian Lepiqueo Pola Manutomatoma Ki'ea Maripil Leidy Martinez Ismael Perez Fabian Poblete Juan Pablo Poblete Kamilha Poblete Marama Ra'a Magdalena Ramirez Motirohiva Soto	Staff Beno Atan Gonzalo Droppelmann Hangarau Ika Omar Monares Abrahim Pakarati Nilse Patuelli Kelsey Sullivan Natalia Villablanca
*2016 RAPA NUI*
Students Juan Luis Atan Mariana Homberger Taharoa Huki Mihi'ua Lagos Lizbeth Soto Motirohiva Soto Haukoa Tuki Grace Villanueva	Staff Catie Chiara Claire Dillon Gonzalo Droppelmann Chris Francis Omar Monares Angélica Sanchez Britton Shepardson Nicole Villacres
*2015 RAPA NUI*
Students Eduardo Arancibia Toria Calderón Catalina Gonzalez Kiara Icka Yumi Ika Katalina Isla Akivi Nahoe Kamilha Poblete Ietu Quezada Tea Pakarati Tiare Pakarati Franco Perez Ma'eha Te Ra'a Tahira Tuki	Staff Beno Atan Gonzalo Droppelmann Julia Godinez Maddie Ledesma Omar Monares Erin Mullin Ariki Nahoe Matt Petney Sara Sanford Britton Shepardson Dylan Shepardson
*2014 RAPA NUI*
Students Jannis Fuentes Hangarau Ika Carla Moncada Maori Pakarati Hana Paoa Franco Perez Iovani Tuki Jorge Tuki Tahira Tuki Teatahero Tuki Maurice Valdebenito	Staff Beno Atan Kelsey Briggs Gonzalo Droppelmann Tate Larrick Gina Pakarati Rocio Ramirez Britton Shepardson Dylan Shepardson Mahanua Wilkins
*2013 RAPA NUI*
Students Kiara Gonzalez Onetea Haoa Hangarau Ika Eva Pakarati Maori Pakarati Vistor Pakarati Franco Perez Jorge Tuki Makenon Tuki Nani Tuki	Staff Beno Atan Gonzalo Droppelmann Hannah Falvey Bruna Fornasier Gina Pakarati Kent Redell Britton Shepardson Mahanua Wilkins
*2012 RAPA NUI*
Students Kamila Astete Natalia Cifuentes Merahi Hey Tahira Hey Macarena Terongo Hamene Tuki	Staff Beno Atan Britton Shepardson Dylan Shepardson
*2011 RAPA NUI*
Students Nicolas Barrera Dani Henri Tahira Hey Toki Hucke Aron Rapu Soledad Salinas Macarena Terongo Hamene Tuki Elizabeth Valdivia Valentina Wilkins	Staff Rachel Gulbraa Britton Shepardson Dale Simpson
*2009-2010 RAPA NUI*
Students Claudia Aguilar Tokerau Hey Tupuna Pakarati Victoria Pakarati Marta Vigouroux	Staff Britton Shepardson
*2008 RAPA NUI*
Students Yemima Andrade Marisela Carrizo Mareva Cruz Teresita Manutomatoma Cristian Osorio Mayra Ramirez Vaihere Torres Javiera Tuki Veronica Tuki Marta Vigouroux Tiare Zuñiga	Staff Britton Shepardson Francisco Torres Verónica Vergara
*2005-2006 RAPA NUI*
Students Jose Atan Vaitiare Mejías Sebastián Poblete Johnatan Pont Vaihere Torres Violeta Tuki Veronica Tuki Ilanny Zárate	Staff Britton Shepardson Francisco Torres Verónica Vergara
*2003-2004 RAPA NUI*
Students Irene Arévalo Turi Atan Makarena Barría Valeria Jara Camilo Johnson Yasna Monares Nikolás Pakomio Francisca Pont Vaitiare Rapu Samson Riroroko	Staff Britton Shepardson Francisco Torres Verónica Vergara