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Schools, community and caring placements - Ecuador

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Schools, community and caring placements

only  £1500

Schools, community and caring placements

Ref:
GYC 1522
Countries:
Ecuador
Duration:
from 5 Months
  
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0845 3 447 500

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For applicants from the UK, we have a number of bursary schemes available for volunteers from a variety of backgrounds.

Our bursary scheme and funded placement projects reduce the barrier of cost for young people experiencing financial problems. They are designed to help young people who would not otherwise be able to afford to go.

For more information contact Liz McKenna on lmckenna@lattitude.org.uk

Placements are in institutions working with children in care, physically or mentally disable children and street children. Children in care are mostly under the age of 4 and a few older ones. Volunteers help with caring which is a fairly demanding work. Disabled children and young adults placements are in a state school for disabilities that offers a broad range of activities and professional support. Volunteers help with teaching, caring, gym, dance and general art. The work can be a little distressing but equally rewarding.

The street children project offers a variety of roles from gathering in the street children, the outreach programme, teaching English, helping with homework, art, producing a newsletter, to helping at the Doctor’s surgery with patients. The children are largely untutored and can be a handful but are very likeable. Many other volunteers of different nationalities work here and it is a challenging and rewarding activity.

Qualities/skills required

An ability to speak Spanish is desirable, however if you have no Spanish but are willing to learn, you may also be considered.

Our users say...

"From touchdown in Quito where I was met and promptly whisked away by a family of Spanish speaking strangers until eight months later when the same people, now fondly known as my 'family Ecuadorian' were dropping me off for a tearful farewell and flight home to England, I had had a gap year full of new experiences: some difficult, some funny, some sad, but all which I will remember forever."



only  £1500

Lattitude Global Volunteering

Lattitude Global Volunteering has placed over 25,000 17- 25 year olds in volunteer projects since 1977. We are passionately concerned about the issues facing us all in the world and about the positive impact on the communities in which we volunteer. Lattitude is an organisation with attitude. Responsible, exciting, different...
  
or call:

0845 3 447 500