Nicaragua Conservation - Fundapadele

  Nicaragua

Leon

Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: Year round, monthly departures

Description: This is a non profit organization which is actively involved with social development projects, regarding all the different fronts that a community might need for an integral growth.

Our mission is to promote, drive, and conduct, to channel through, and to execute, projects aiming to personal and communal success, strengthening the bonds in society through the family, democracy, fortifying the environment and an auto sustainable development.

We have built several barrios in the outskirts of the city of Leon, facilitating to buy this piece of land to people in great need with a focus on single mothers, widows and low income families. In order to make these projects integral, we are involved in building schools, health centers, communal house for different uses, such as preschools, dinning-rooms for the infants and children, immunizations journeys etc.

Beyond this we have recreational projects to carry out, which includes providing each head family with technical skills in different camps to make their own business, also teaching the good use of the land, planting fruit trees for shadow and reforesting this arid land, and vegetable patch in the back yard, so they can either use them for their nourishment, or sell the vegetables and fruits in the market, to provide them with an extra income.

Through these different programs we are looking forward to respond to the new social model that Nicaragua needs, being actively involved in the development of a more just society.

Along with this we also facilitate small loans directed to small business, principally those owned by women, and by doing so, aiding in the development of the Nicaraguan economy.

Highlights: Due to the current problems with the land, we are involved in reforesting and planting gardens, vegetable patches, and trying to change this arid environment into a more green and enjoyable place. Volunteers will participate coordinate the programs and activities in conservation and agricultural wuch that we will be able to pass our efforts onto future generations.

Qualifications: Volunteers should be cooperative and willing to share his/her knowledge, culture and time. Creativity and an innovative personality would also be of benefit!

Cost in US$: $1715 USD for 4 weeks; $135 for any additional week

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: We believe everyone can contribute by volunteering. Recent graduates from high school, college or university, professionals taking a career break, recent retirees, individuals or groups who are interested in a change and the chance to enrich their own life and the lives of others. If you are 18 years or older you can apply for any of the placements available. If you are from 16-18 years old you may apply for placements near our Volunteer Abroad Office and Residence, so that we are able to give you more support. Both students and professionals are needed for placements in all our countries.

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

Participants Travel to Nicaragua Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups of Custom

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Resume
• Written Application

Volunteer Abroad's Mission Statement: We believe international volunteering promotes cross-cultural learning that helps create global awareness, understanding between cultures and provides the platform for positive change. Our volunteers have taught in schools, provided disaster relief support for the International Red Cross, conducted essential research to improve the management strategies of threatened environments, built homes for impoverished people, provided vocational training and programs for street kids and have worked in co-operation with hundreds of local organizations to distribute aid and improve the quality of life for people throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Year Founded: 1998