Volunteer at Home for Abandoned Girls in Ecuador

  Ecuador

• All Other Regions of Ecuador: 
Cuenca

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

Description: Experience daily life in Ecuador while you work to help an important project that believes in giving young girls second chances. As a home for abandoned young mothers, girls, and babies, the project focuses on helping to provide for their daily needs, aid in their personal development and education, and to give them the chance to experience adolescence. By teaching these girls the value of education, hard work, and responsibility, Remar House helps to prepare them for an independent and successful future.

Remar House is located about 20 minutes by bus from downtown Cuenca, a large city about 10 hours south of Quito. All volunteers will be met at the airport in Quito, given an orientation and overnight stay, and then taken to the bus station the following day to travel to Cuenca.

Accommodation during the project is with a carefully screened host family located in Cuenca. All meals with your host family are included during your stay.

Highlights:
- Homestay with a carefully screened, welcoming host family
- Three meals daily
- Support of friendly, experienced staff in the US and in Ecuador
- Comprehensive accident and medical insurance
- 24 hour emergency support

Qualifications: Much help is needed with after-school tutoring and organizing recreational activities and educational workshops for the girls. These can include arts projects, music lessons, dances, sports, self-esteem builders, and life skills. Volunteers are encouraged to be open-minded and flexible. Above all, volunteers will be role-models for these girls showing them lots of care and support.

Experience or education in counseling, teaching, arts/craft and recreation, and/or childcare is helpful, but not required, depending on the duties the volunteer will be expected to perform. An intermediate level of Spanish is required. Spanish lessons are available prior to the volunteer project in Quito for an additional fee.

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: CCI volunteers are caring and flexible with a genuine desire to help.

Age Range: 18 and over

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

Participants Travel to Ecuador Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Center for Cultural Interchange's Mission Statement: Founded in 1985, the Center for Cultural Interchange (CCI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of cultural understanding, academic development and world peace. Based in Chicago, Illinois, CCI organizes cultural exchange programs for participants of all ages, including high school abroad, independent homestay, internship, language study, eco-tours and volunteer programs in over thirty countries around the world.

Year Founded: 1985