Affordable Volunteer Programs in Ecuador - from USD 65 per week!

  Ecuador

• Quito: 
Quito
• Galapagos Islands: 
Galapagos Islands
• All Other Regions of Ecuador: 
Cuenca,  Banos,  Tena,  El Coca,  Pichincha,  Otavalo,  Puyo,  Mindo,  Montanita,  Nanegal,  San Cristobal,  Puerto Lopez,  Rural Areas

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: Any date possible for you to arrive in Ecuador.

Description: Eco-Volunteer UP offers you unique opportunities to explore the great land of Ecuador while working for children and people in teaching, orphanage projects, health, forest placements with its flora, fauna and other community development projects.

Eco Volunteer UP Foundation is a non-profit organization which is recognized legally by Ecuadorian Government.

If you are planning to explore the real cultural and natural beauty of Ecuador, why not start your adventure by joining one of our voluntary positions, free Spanish lessons, village hiking expeditions, or sightseeing of some of the cultural wonders of Ecuador.

Program locations include the cloud forest and its communities close to Quito, the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Galapagos Islands, and other important places around Ecuador.

We offer volunteers real immersion in the various Ecuadorian ecosystems, and real opportunities for learning and sharing the Ecuadorian cultures, costumes and traditions.

Ongoing volunteer projects:

- Orphanage project
- Day care project
- Disabled Children project
- Elderly Care Project
- Community in Cloud Forest project
- Community in Galapagos project
- Community in the Amazon project
- Conservation Cloud Forest project
- Conservation Amazon project
- Conservation Galapagos project
- Environmental research project
- Reforestation project
- Wild Animal Rescue project
- Teaching English Amazon project
- Education Galapagos project
- Teaching English Ecuador project
- Hospital Quito project
- Hippotherapy Galapagos project
- Organic Farm project
- Conservation Andean Bears project
- Marine Conservation
- Shark Project
- Sea Turtle Project
- Coral Reef Project
- Mantaray Project
- Fisheries Project

Highlights: Ecuador remains one of those mystical and mysterious places that are very difficult to find in the developed world. Therefore Ecuador is the perfect destination for people who love nature and adventure and its natural beauty cannot be compared. The hospitable people and marvelous history turn this place into the perfect spot to spend your time volunteering. If you are planning to explore the real cultural and natural beauty of Ecuador, why not start your adventure by joining one of our voluntary positions, Free Spanish lessons, village hiking expeditions, or sightseeing of some of the cultural wonders of Ecuador. Eco-Volunteer UP offers you unique opportunities to explore the great land of Ecuador while working for children and people in teaching, orphanage projects, health, forest placements with its flora, fauna and other community development projects.

Our prices to take part in our volunteering projects are the cheapest of the place. Search and compare other companies and you will find that nobody offer the quality of our projects at lower prices.

* Volunteer and Free Private Spanish Lessons in Ecuador

Join Eco-Volunteer UP volunteer program in Ecuador and receive Free Spanish lessons 2 hours a day (10 hours per week) for up to 12 weeks!

The classes take place in a relaxed, group setting at two different two levels - basic and intermediate (sorry, no advanced level). All the volunteers have the option of attending these free lessons. Volunteers can attend for two weeks (cloud forest volunteers) up to a maximum 12 of weeks (Quito volunteers). Our Spanish lessons are taught by pleasant, young teachers who will give you an orientation in the first day followed by a brief diagnostic assessment. The diagnostic assessment is geared toward determining which of level of instruction best suits your Spanish speaking ability.

* Spanish lessons are available to all of our volunteers:

For those that choose to volunteer in Quito, the Spanish lessons are taught in the city and in the Conocoto valley (just outside Quito near one of the Quito volunteer locations). Typically, participants in the Quito project take the Spanish lessons in the afternoon after their volunteer work is complete.

Those that choose the cloud forest project may elect to stay in Quito for the first two weeks in order to take advantage of the free Spanish classes before they begin their volunteer work. Participants who choose this option simply need to account for those two weeks in the cost of their stay (please review our Program Fee information for more details).

This is a great opportunity as volunteers have the opportunity to practice the Spanish they learn while working in either project. However, these Spanish lessons are optional and participants may choose to discontinue their lessons at any time.

* Spanish classes in Quito generally cost around USD 6 per hour. Volunteers joining in our programs for the duration of three months can receive 120 hours of free Spanish lessons a market value of approximately USD 720.

Qualifications: Must have a special interest for affected children and conservation.

Cost in US$: Cloud Forest: USD 65 per week, Quito: USD 110 per week, Galapagos USD 140 per week, Amazon-Rain Forest: USD 75 per week

Salary / Pay: All the participants will receive an appropriate certificate when they have completed their programs.

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: A person who really wants to help the poor children, work in the Cloud Forest, Galapagos, Rain Forest and know different cultures.

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Ecuador Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Eco Volunteer UP Foundation's Mission Statement: Eco Volunteer UP Foundation is a non-profit organization which is recognized legally by Ecuadorian Government. The volunteer programs give support through volunteers to the many worthy programs, such as vulnerable orphanages, institutes for children with disabilities, street children, and local indigenous communities. The volunteer programs are located in and around Quito, the capital of Ecuador. Program locations include the cloud forest and its communities close to Quito, the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Galapagos Islands, and other important places around Ecuador. We offer volunteers real immersion in the various Ecuadorian ecosystems, and real opportunities for learning and sharing the Ecuadorian cultures, costumes and traditions.