Help with Housing Projects and Teach Development Courses

  Nicaragua

Granada

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

Description: We would like to help the families of the marginal quarter of La Prusia, Granada, Nicaragua, get out of the extreme poverty in which they live. Our goal is that they can live as human beings in a simple, modern house, with potable water, and that they have access to sustainable development: with a good education and a job that allows them to live by their own means. We want our School-workshop to help them to obtain that goal. As a volunteer you are welcome to help the families of La Prusia both in the Housing and in the Development programs.

Highlights:
* Help to erradicate slums and build houses for the families of La Prusia.
* Help provide the necessities of culture and health, and of professional development of the young people, children and adults in order for them to improve their living conditions and find jobs that pay livable wages.

Qualifications: The first and more important qualification is to wish to help the families of a very poor quarter to go out from poverty.You may use for this:

- any skill or technical knowledge you may have for helping to build houses.

- or knowledge of any kind for teaching children, young people and adults to improve their culture and to be better prepared for finding a job.

We appreciate the initiative of the volunteers for finding ways of helping these families.

Cost in US$: no cost

Salary / Pay: sorry, we cannot offer any such benefits.

Experience Required: yes

some experience would be welcome.

Typical Volunteer: A person of any age with a lot of good will and initiative that is ready to help poor families to get better houses and job opportunities for getting a better way of living.

Age Range: 20-70

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

Participants Travel to Nicaragua Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of around 10 to 15

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

La Esperanza Housing & Development / Casas de la Esperanza's Mission Statement: La Esperanza Housing & Development / Casas de la Esperanza (EH&D) aims to attain a sustainable, integral development for the families of marginal districts of Nicaragua, helping them improve their homes, their cultural and professional lives, and obtain worthy means of subsistence, thus contributing towards eradicating their poverty consistent with the UNO Objectives of the Millennium.

Year Founded: 2006