{"id":5762,"date":"2025-01-10T16:20:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/?p=5762"},"modified":"2025-02-17T22:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:09:21","slug":"why-i-chose-to-spend-my-summer-saving-sea-turtles-in-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/why-i-chose-to-spend-my-summer-saving-sea-turtles-in-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I chose to spend my summer saving sea turtles in Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why I volunteered with Wildlife Sense through The Mighty Roar:<\/b><\/h3>\n

If I could go back and tell myself a year ago that I’d book non-refundable flights to go to Greece and make friends from around the world, I wouldn’t have believed it.<\/p>\n

Last May and June, I had the incredible opportunity to volunteer in Greece on a sea turtle conservation programme with Wildlife Sense through the Mighty Roar.<\/p>\n

I would go back in a heartbeat since seeing a female turtle at 6am on Megas Lakkos Beach was one of many incredible experiences!:<\/p>\n

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Female turtle nesting on Megas Lakos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One afternoon in my first-year university accommodation I received an email from Cardiff University listing their available international summer programmes. <\/span><\/p>\n

So, I went onto the email and I was amazed at the huge range of opportunities that Cardiff offered support and guidance on. Before this email, I hadn\u2019t considered going abroad because to me, the idea of travelling by myself was scary. <\/span>Still, I was interested and I came across the funky name, \u2018The Mighty Roar\u2019. One click led to another and I saw that they offered a two-week programme in Greece, saving the sea turtles. Both opportunities were on my bucket list and without thinking, I immediately applied.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To my surprise, I was accepted onto the programme and that very day I booked my flights, which was so surreal. Booking with the Mighty Roar was such a great experience as they were so supportive, offering 24\/7 contact about any worries and\/or concerns. They supported me throughout and even after my programme and to top it all off Cardiff University also supported me and provided funding too!<\/span><\/p>\n

I really recommend going on an international summer programme during your time at university. The Global Opportunities (GO) funding from Cardiff enabled me to live a dream over the summer as cliche as that sounds and I am already making plans to go back this year or next!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jess<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why I volunteered with Wildlife Sense through The Mighty Roar: If I could go back and tell myself a year ago that I'd book non-refundable flights to go to Greece […]","protected":false},"author":7121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[270],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer-programmes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4QQbz-1uW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6579,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/2-weeks-on-kefalonia-island-greece-saving-sea-turtles\/","url_meta":{"origin":5762,"position":0},"title":"2 Weeks on Kefalonia Island, Greece, saving sea turtles","author":"Global Opportunities Globetrotters","date":"July 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Anyone who has the opportunity to spend their time abroad in summer is incredibly lucky. 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