Por un mejor HOY

  Mexico

• Cuernavaca: 
Cuernavaca

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks and 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks

Description: Por un mejor HOY connects international travelers (groups or individuals) with volunteer opportunities at local projects. It offers lodging at its headquarters, Casa HOY, in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Highlights: Weekly Participatory Experience at Casa HOY in Mexico!

Spend one, two or more weeks of meaningful volunteer work, deep cultural immersion, and independent sightseeing staying at Casa HOY in the Cuernavaca area (City of Eternal Spring). Whether you want to take a quick alternative vacation or are making a stop along a longer journey, Por un mejor HOYs flexible program of participatory travel offers an unforgettable opportunity to get to know Mexico from the inside out at any time of the year.

A typical participatory experience consists of hands-on work with a community, collaborating on a local project or need during the day, while in the afternoons visiting a museum, a historic neighborhood, another cultural institution, or a local artists or activists home. Short-term volunteer work and contact travel can be a rewarding experience, allowing you, in a limited amount of time, to get to know other people from different cultures. It also creates an interaction between visitors and locals that has the potential to impact impressions, rethink preconceptions, and spark new ideas about ones own future projects. Participatory travel is a means of grassroots international cooperation, advancing cross-cultural understandingand ultimately world peace!

The week-long program starts on Sunday with a welcome and orientation meeting with HOY staff. Each of the following weekdays combines community work with alternative sightseeing of the area. The program ends Friday night after a formal recap and goodbye with HOY representatives.

Qualifications: Basic Spanish, 18 years of age, and a willingness to interact and discover a new culture.

Cost in US$: 300/week

NOT included: airfare and transportation to and from Mexico City airport, meals other than breakfast, and personal expenses.

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Basic Spanish, 18 years of age, and a willingness to interact and discover a new culture.

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

Participants Travel to Mexico Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Por un mejor HOY's Mission Statement: Por un mejor HOY is a U.S. nonprofit based in Cuernavaca, Mexico, whose mission is to create bridges between under served communities and international visitors, enabling both sides to together reach lasting positive development. By linking the socially-aware traveler as a volunteer with local programs, HOY contributes to community growth; provides personally enriching experiences; and promotes cross-cultural travels, an exchange of knowledge and skills, multiculturalism, cooperation and peace. HOY aims to achieve positive change by utilizing travel and community work to the advantage of underprivileged communities. Through the participation of the community and outside volunteers, HOY strives to integrate diverse thoughts, colors, languages and human experiences.

Year Founded: 2001