Teach in Community Center in Costa Rica: starts USD 499

  Costa Rica

• North Western Region: 
Atenas

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks and 9-12 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: All Year Round

Description: The local community center was set up to provide a space for the needs of the community activities. Teach English to adults or children in the community within the community center. Other projects are in progress in conjunction with other groups such as the local library and the cultural committee. Work with the local library in the children's hour. Assist the cultural committee in providing activities to the town, such as Sundays in the Park or the Story-telling exhibition. Help in arranging events in the town such as the Festival of Dance.

Highlights: As a volunteer in the community center project in Atenas, you will be assisting with English classes for children or adults. The library project would be teaching English or crafts projects to small children once a week. Assisting with the projects of the cultural committee would include creating brochures and flyers, distributing information, and organizing activities in the community.

Qualifications: To work directly in the community center, there are no qualifications required, but to work with the library and the cultural committee, at least an intermediate level of Spanish would be required. The length of time is the most important as many of the activities occur once a week and so it takes several weeks to really be able to contribute significantly. Volunteers are expected to be reliable, flexible, and patient.

Cost in US$: 4 days: USD 499 to 12 weeks: USD 1966

* Food (3 Meals a day)
* Accommodation
* Comprehensive Travel Insurance
* Emergency Hot Line - 24/7/365 from any part of the world
* In-country Transportation
* Country Coordinator Support
* Thoroughly researched and personalized projects
* SAFE Volunteer Placement
* Volunteer Care and Other Services
* Emergency support
* Certificate of Appreciation/Completion
* Fund Raising Ideas

Experience Required: no

Age Range: 18 or above

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Costa Rica Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Institute For Field Research Expeditions's Mission Statement: The mission of our volunteer abroad program is to offer meaningful volunteer abroad opportunities for volunteers and to seek sustainable solutions for education, health, conservation, and development issues through international volunteering. We hope to achieve this goal by offering community orientated volunteer programs where the efforts of our volunteers go directly to the poor people and their communities. Many grass-root organizations working in developing countries are poor in resources. These organizations are doing a commendable job to address development, education, health, and conservation issues by launching a variety of programs but these organizations are in a great need of help and support. IFRE promotes these local organizations by making donations and sending volunteers.

Year Founded: 2005