Volunteer and Intern Positions: Cochabamba, Bolivia

  Bolivia

Cochabamba

Term: Throughout the year 
Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: open

Description: Join us and volunteer in South America!

Volunteering can be the experience of a lifetime and for some, a life changing experience. Volunteer Bolivia is the international volunteer organization that combines a volunteer service learning experience with a language immersion program, for an unforgettable intercultural experience. We offer an affordable way to experience a foreign country while lending a hand. Our variety of community volunteer positions provide you with the opportunity to make new friends, define a new career, develop new skills and share your skills with others.

Volunteer Bolivia's Spanish Language Immersion Program is a unique way to study Spanish while exploring such themes as Bolivian history and current social issues and events. We believe that Spanish lessons are your key to getting to know the country and essential to having a successful volunteer experience.

We offer volunteer work and internship rpgrams in the following areas:

Children:
* Teacher's aide
* English tutor
* Arts and crafts instructor
* Tutor in math and sciences
* Working with physically challenged children

Health:
* Visiting aide to hospitalized children
* Tutoring hospitalized children
* Teaching English to doctors and nurses
* Working with malnourished children in a feeding program

Community organizations:
* Need to commit minimally for 6 months
* General office work
* Helping with website, graphics, promotional materials
* Translating documents
* Fundraising

Highlights: Volunteer Bolivia, located in Cochabamba, offers a one of the best international volunteer programs in Latin America. We match your skills and interests to local needs in order to provide you with an unforgettable cross cultural experience. You will never forget the knowledge you gain, the friends you make or the hearts you touch. Our highly experienced on-site staff is available 24/7 to provide you with all you need to have the adventure of a lifetime.

We offer:

* A collaboratively designed volunteer placement
* Spanish language immersion school
* A Homestay with a Bolivian family
* In house cultural and resource center

Learn how to speak Spanish and volunteer abroad in South America.

Qualifications: Short Term Volunteers

Short term volunteers (1 to 6 months) are a crucial part of our program allowing us to fulfil the needs of a variety of children's centers scattered around the periphery of Cochabamba. These centers provide services for: the children whose mothers who work as maids; the children of incarcerated parents; the children of low incomes families who need additional help in school or "latchkey" kids, whose parents work long hours in the informal economy. Our volunteers work along side Bolivian educators helping the children with their homework; designing art and craft projects for all ages; or providing a pair of desperately needed extra hands.

Long Term Volunteers

Long term volunteers (more than 6 months), are those who stay with us more than five months, speak intermediate Spanish and/or are specialized volunteers who have an expertise that matches our Bolivian colleagues needs. Many long term volunteers contribute in a collaboratively designed volunteer position in a small, local NGO helping in the office, translating or working with the Bolivian staff. If you have a specialized skill we can place you in your profession. In the past long term volunteers have contributed as healthcare workers, physical therapists, graphic designers, teaching advanced computer skills or in project development.

Cost in US$: depends on the length of stay

Not Included
- Flights
- Medical Insurance

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: A typical volunteer is female betwen the ages of 20 and 25. She is from either the United States, Australia/NZ or western Europe.

Age Range: 18 to 70

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

Participants Travel to Bolivia Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post Services Include:

• Exit DebriefingAbroad

Volunteer Bolivia- Cochabamba's Mission Statement: Volunteer Bolivia offers one of the best international volunteer programs in Latin America. It was founded in 2001 by Bolivians and foreigners with the goal of providing a bridge to understanding Bolivia and her people. We have grown to become the only in-country based volunteer organization in Bolivia. Located in Cochabamba, we offer a unique combination of Spanish language immersion, volunteer work and homestays. Our volunteers work in micro-enterprises, literacy centers, and children's services. We work with a wide range of humanitarian and social organizations providing an authentic service learning experience and the chance to make a difference.

Year Founded: 2001