Creative Volunteer Projects

  Bolivia

La Paz

  Brazil

• Rio de Janeiro: 
Rio de Janeiro

  Costa Rica

• Monteverde: 
Monteverde

  Guatemala

Guatemala City

  Honduras

Tegucigalpa

  Nicaragua

Managua

  Peru

• Cusco: 
Cusco

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months and 1-2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: All year

Description: Are you creative, an artist with an urge to travel, a disillusioned teacher or sick of 9-5 & don't know how to escape? Then we want to hear from you! We are looking for all creative people who have an urge to do something more - to travel with purpose.

If you can act, play guitar, juggle, sing, tell stories, dance, paint, build, teach circus skills, sculpture, design, puppetry or even if you are a photographer, jewellery or film maker, keen gardener or DIYer We Need You!

Creative Corners is a UK based not for profit volunteer organisation that specialises in creative projects for creative people.

* We aim to stay specialised and focused on creative projects which means finding talented artists, teachers and creative people so that we can create a passionate and creative network of artists pitching their vision and skills to creatively change lives around the world.
* Our projects are well planned, affordable and 100 % of our profits are donated to our parent charity Arts for Change to set up music and arts centres in orphanages and homes for disadvantaged, abused and abandoned children where our projects are based.
* We also encourage volunteers to strive for an element of public performance, exhibition, installation, recording or publication of the work produced during the project. Process will always be important, but striving towards a final goal or product whether that be a performance, photo exhibit, CD recording or published calendar, provides a tangible goal and WIN/Win situation for everyone involved.

Highlights: Highlights of a trip with Creative Corners could include: Play devising in a Bolivian orphanage, teaching photography to street kids in Honduras, singing to teen mums in Nicaragua, jewellery and design skills to orphaned boys, skill-sharing in a Brazilian social circus, redecorating a childrens home in Guatemala, or designing a garden in a Peruvian Orphanage.

No matter what your skill we will work with you to help you use it a creative way to plan a volunteer project that works for you and the children.

Why not learn how to teach jewellery making before you go? Digital photography? Paper mache puppets? Building Greenhouses? The possibilities are endless..

Qualifications: Skills needed

- Basic Spanish required
- Ability to relate to young people (5-18 yrs) and organise workshops, games and extra-curricular activities
- Willingness to interact with youth from disadvantaged backgrounds who have been abandoned or abused
- Initiative, flexibility and enthusiasm
- The ability to work independently without supervision
- Creative skills or willing to use your skills in creative ways!

Cost in US$: From $1100 for 2 months

What's not included:
- Flights
- Food (unless otherwise stated)

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: There is no 'typical' Creative Corner volunteer. But what we hope they all have in common is creativity and a passion to travel with purpose to share their skills with communities that need them most.

Age Range: 23-65 but younger and older applicants considered on an individual basis

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

Participants Travel Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

Creative Corners; The Global Arts Project's Mission Statement: Creative Corners is a UK based not for profit volunteer organisation that specialises in creative projects for creative people. Our Mission is simple: We match people like you to projects where you are best suited and return profits to communities that need them most - a WIN/WIN scenario. We aim to share a cohesive vision with our volunteers, matching them with the most appropriate and beneficial projects so that we can inspire creative education through workshops, performances, exhibitions, installations and presentations.

Year Founded: 2006