Volunteer Coordinator for Service-Learning Experience

  Mexico

• Baja: 
Tijuana

Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: March 8 - August 1

Description: Los Embajadores is a service-learning immersion experience in Mexico for high school and college youth. Our immersions take place in 3 sites in Tijuana and Vicente Guerrero, Mexico. Participating groups spend one week at one of these sites, living and working within the local community. The Los Embajadores program is based in service, but incorporates 5 components to create a more holistic experience: Service, Simple Living, Community, Spirituality, and Social Justice. Our mission is to create greater global understanding and awareness by building relationships with others.

Our Mexico program is coordinated by volunteers, who act as liasions between the participating groups of youth and our Mexican host communities, which means translating, guiding the group to worksites and activities, and educating the group on the community, life, and culture around them. Volunteers are not expected to be experts, but familiarity with Mexican culture or border and immigration issues is helpful. Los Embajadores volunteers should feel competent in leading a faith-based experience that uses Catholic Social teaching to help participants understand their call to respond to social injustices witnessed during their week in Mexico.

Highlights: Travel to Mexico, room, board, and program-related transportation in Mexico are all covered by organization. Volunteers receive $10 stipend/week.

Los Embajadores does not provide medical insurance.

Qualifications: Candidates must be proficient and comfortable in conversational Spanish. We look for applicants who are 21 and older, although exceptions may be made. No applicants under 19 years old. We prefer candidates with some international experience, preferably in a developing country. Please contact us for application form.

Cost in US$: 0.00

Salary / Pay: $10 weekly stipend

Experience Required: yes

Los Embajadores prefers selecting volunteers who have some experience living, working, or studying in an intercultural environment.

Typical Volunteer: A typical Los Embajadores volunteer speaks Spanish and is interested in educating youth about cultural and social justice issues through hands-on experiences. Our volunteers are culturally sensitive individuals who are comfortable working as liaisons between our Mexican host communities and our participating United States and Canadian youth groups and students. A typical volunteer is mature, responsible, enthusiastic about service work, and able to handle a demanding but enriching schedule. Volunteers do not have to be part of a particular faith, but must be comfortable working with groups seeking an experience rooted in Catholic social teaching.

Age Range: 21 and up

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

Participants Travel to Mexico Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 2

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Phone Interview
• Written Application

Year Founded: 2003

Los Embajadores is a Catholic based organization. We do not require our participants to be of the same faith. Our volunteers will not be involved in religious proselytizing.