Art and environmental workshops with school students in Huandacareo

  Mexico

• Pacific Coast: 
Morelia

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks

Description: The local host is an institution that works in different communities of the State of Michoacan. The education is an important tool to improve the life of the people in any country, and this school is aimed at bringing formal education to isolated communities where there are many social problems, lack of work, and where youngsters immigrate to the USA, looking for more opportunities. The school gives to the youngsters tools and experience to develop and improve their life in the town. In this frame, a group of international volunteers is invited to participate in different activities, not only ecological, but also cultural and social, together with the school students and the people who live in the villages.

The international volunteers, along with the school students will reforest some areas of the town and organize not only cultural activities, such as theater, sing, and dance workshops, but also ecological with youngsters from the town.

Huandacareo is a very nice town located close to Morelia city. It is famous for its water parks; it has the flavor of the rural communities of Mexico, but has all the facilities and services of the modern cities.

Highlights: There is an extra fee of 190 Euro for participation in this volunteer project, intended to support the local host.

Cost in US$: USD 290

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative young person with adventurous spirit.

Age Range: 18+

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Mexico Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement: CADIP promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: * To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution * To strengthen the international contacts among young people * To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings *To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world * To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills * To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning * To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.