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Volunteer in Antigua, Guatemala

Location: Guatemala: Antigua

Program Duration: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months (includes high school academic semester abroad), 7-12 months (includes high school academic year abroad)

Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks

Dates: All year round: Preferred Monday start

http://www.culturalembracebyapi.com

301 Camp Craft Road Suite 100 Austin, TX 78746 United States

Call Us

Phone: 512-600-8900

Fax: 512-600-8999

Download the Application Form
Description

Cultural Embrace by API provides an outstanding opportunity to volunteer in Latin America! Enrich your life and the lives of others by choosing to lend a heart and hand to an at-need projects.

Projects Available:
* Orphanage Assistance/Street Children
Work in local orphanage homes or shelter for abandoned children. All of these children have come from poor families and suffer from malnutrition and neglect. Assist the limited staff to care for these children. Organize recreational activities, educational activities, sports, arts, crafts, and be the nurturing heart and helping hand that can encourage the children and local staff.

* Teach/Tutor
Assist the local teachers at public schools and community centers with their English classes and other subjects, and provide an inspirational native tongue to the students. Or, act as a role model for struggling teenagers and adults through informal education classes. Most of these students have dropped out of school, but want to look at alternate opportunities to continue their education.

* Social Welfare Development
Work in facilities that help the poor communities of an area. Provide support to at-risk and at-need women and children to learn values, manner, and life skills to become self-sufficient and obtain a higher level of education. Past projects range from tutoring, cleaning, carpentry, program development, sewing, cooking, childcare, business skills training, administrative, date entering.

* Health/Medical Clinics
Work alongside community health and medical clinics. Be a friend to patients, assist medical staff, and organize health/nutrition classes. Knowledge of nutrition, health and medical field are preferred for these project.

* Building/Construction Maintenance
Lend an extra hand with a variety of laborious jobs. Assistance for building, painting, gardening, and wiring are needed for a variety of projects. Experience and knowledge helpful but not required.

Highlights

* Volunteer placement and pre-departure preparations
* Basic, clean & comfortable housing with at least 2 meals a day, 6 days a week
* First two weeks (15-20 hours) of Spanish language lessons (Additional lessons available upon request before or during volunteer placement)
* Airport or bus station pickup and transfer
* Medical Traveler's Insurance
* Arrival Orientation
* Cultural & Volunteer Kit: useful information to prepare you for your adventure abroad
* Full-time pre-departure and local support
* Visa assistance (if applicable)

Cultural Embrace will assist you with the process to obtain the proper visa, but we have no control or guarantees of government issuances and visa availability.

Qualifications

* Must be at least the age of 18 (or with parent consent.)
* Most projects minimum commitment for 2 weeks, maximum 12 months.
* Basic Spanish skills. Most programs include Spanish language course, and additional classes can be added before or during your volunteer project.
* Enjoy working and serving others in an underprivileged and struggling environment
* Open to foreign cultures and living abroad.
* Dependable and dedicated to full-term of commitment
* Responsible and conscientious with volunteer projects and accommodations

Languages
  • English
  • Spanish

Cost in US$:

Visit website for updated pricing

Cost Include Description:

Volunteer placement, one-on-one Spanish lessons for first two weeks included, private room & 2-3 meals/day 6 days/week, airport pick-up, international traveler's insurance, pre-departure and local support

Credit Available

yes

Salary/Pay
International Traveler's Insurance Private Room Full board (3 meals/day; vegetarian and special diet available upon request)
Volunteer Types
  • Academic Reinforcement
  • Adult Education
  • Agriculture
  • Arts
  • Building Maintenance
  • Building/construction Projects
  • Childcare/children
  • Community Centers
  • Community Development
  • Community Health
  • Community Organizing
  • Computer Training
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Consciousness-raising
  • Conservation
  • Cooking
  • Counseling
  • Culture
  • Curriculum Planning
  • Digging
  • Disability Issues
  • Economic Development
  • Education
  • Elderly
  • English Teaching
  • Environment
  • Fixing Fences
  • Gardening
  • Gender Issues
  • Handicapped
  • Health Care
  • Health Education
  • Hospital
  • Human Rights
  • Office Work
  • Organizational Development
  • Orphans
  • Peace
  • Planting
  • Popular Education
  • Primary Education
  • Professional Services
  • Public Education
  • Renovation
  • Repairs
  • Secondary Education
  • Small Business Development
  • Social Services, Social Work
  • Street Kids
  • Teaching
  • Tree Planting
  • Volunteer Management
  • Volunteering
  • Women
  • Youth
  • Youth Development
Typical Volunteer
Fun, friendly, open-minded, adaptable, flexible, spontaneous, responsible, aware, culturally sensitive, adventurous
Age Range
18 or with parent consent.
This Program is open to

American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African, Worldwide Participant. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements
  • Home-stays

Participants Travel to Guatemala

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves
  • In-Person Interview when Feasible
  • Letters of Reference
  • Other
  • Phone/Video Interview
  • Physical Exam/Health Records
  • Resume
  • Transcript
  • Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time is
2 weeks-1 year
Post Services Include
  • Exit Debriefing Abroad
Cultural Embrace by API's Mission Statement

Our mission is to encourage people to recognize and appreciate cultural diversity. We believe that visiting a place firsthand allows one to truly experience the authenticity of a culture and develop his/her own impressions. Our goals are to provide quality service and opportunities for people to explore their world and enlighten their eyes, mind and heart. Traveling is a reciprocated flow of communication and interaction between people...the more you seek, the more you learn. "Discover the Similarities - Share the Differences"

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