Environmental, renovation and cultural exchange activities with local students

  Mexico

• Gulf Coast: 
Michoacan

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: July 9 - July 28, 2008

Description: The local host is an institution which has as a main objective the promotion of multicultural cooperation. They want to host an international volunteer project in order to promote intercultultural exchange among the volunteers and the local youngsters of the city. The participants in the project will organize interesting and nice activities promoting interaction with the youngsters through cultural, sports and social activities, which can also benefit the local inhabitants of the region.

Project periods:
July 9 - July 28, 2008
August 6 - August 25, 2008

The volunteers will help in the reforestation of a specific area inside the local university, as well as with the creation of special accesses for youngsters that use wheelchairs in the university. The volunteers will also help in the restoration and cleaning of historical monuments, will help to paint a house that is used as asylum and will help in the organization of workshops on intercultural learning with local youngsters. There are also activities planned in a local archaeological area in the surroundings of La Piedad city.

The project takes place in La Piedad city, located in the north-west of the Mexican state of Michoacan

There is an extra fee of 190 Euro for participation in this volunteer project, intended to support the hosting organization.

Cost in US$: $290 US

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 is an independent, non-governmental, non-religious, not-for-profit Canadian organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Through various youth initiatives, 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.