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Agroecology, Permaculture and Environmental Education on the Ecuadorian Coast
Location: Ecuador
Term: Throughout the year, Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall
Program Duration: 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: 2-4 weeks
Dates: Year-round, though summer break (February-March) there's less need for teachers.
324 E. Oak St Fort Collins, CO 80524 United States
Call Us
Phone: 877.909.ECEX (3239)
Description
Join forces with educators, farmers and citizens uniting to combat the slash and burn agricultural techniques that subsistent cacao, coffee and banana farmers in this transitional coastal region routinely practice. Via an expanding education and citizen action movement in Ecuadors Eco-City of Bahia, teachers and volunteers are sharing a curriculum that focuses on sustainable farming and lifestyles, conservation, and recycling with the hope that the next generation will bring the knowledge home to help change the current environmentally and economically destructive practices of their parents.
Relevant education in these rural communities is key to adoption of new organic and sustainable farming principles.
* Volunteer Role/Skills Required
Volunteers with an high intermediate to advanced level of Spanish are requested to help assist teachers in the school as this sustainability curriculum is replicated throughout the city. Particular knowledge about the environment is not as important as language ability (you will be trained and provided lessons.) Skills such as music, art, and ESL are also valued to diversify the curriculum in these underserved, rural schools.
Minimum commitment of six months for teachers. Other opportunities to volunteer with animal care and crop/composting maintenance at nearby organic farm are also an option for shorter term volunteers.
Highlights
Ecuador is one of those rare destinations in the world that seems to have the unique combination of natural beauty, intriguing history, and vibrant culture. Nestled along the Equator in the northwest corner of the South American continent, much of the country still remains wild and uncharted. It is home to the highest active volcano in the world, pristine Pacific beaches, and virgin tropical rainforests as well as ancient Incan history now echoed through the lively Ecuadorian culture. Ecuador is marked by its diversity. Within a territory of 120,000 square miles, one can travel from sea level to 12,000 feet of altitude within a six-hour drive, visit a fishing town and see a highland village within the same day.
Intern Types
- Agriculture
- Education
- Development
- Ecology
- Sustainable Development
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Cost in US$:
950 for two weeks
Cost Include Description:
Volunteers at farm share group housing, with three vegetarian meals a day prepared from local gardens. Volunteers in schools in Bahia will stay with local host families.
Language classes available at additional cost to participant.
Credit Available
no
Volunteer Types
- Agriculture
- Animal Welfare
- Arts
- Community Centers
- Community Development
- Conservation
- Economic Development
- Education
- English Teaching
- Environment
- Music
- Organic Farming
- Teaching
- Volunteering
Age Range
18 yeard old and aboveThis Program is open to
Worldwide Participant.
Typical Living Arrangements
- Group living
- Home-stays
Participants Travel to Ecuador
Independently or in Groups
EcuaExplora's Mission Statement
To make it possible for international students, interns and volunteers to have meaningful experiences studying in Ecuadorian universities and institutions of higher education, interning in professional placements throughout Ecuador, and volunteering in collaborative projects focused on the sustainable social and economic development of Ecuador.
Year Founded
2010
