Educational Project for a Clean Guayaquil

  Ecuador

• All Other Regions of Ecuador: 
Guayaquil

Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: April-December 2008

Description: The educational environmental community project has the objective to serve students, teachers and parents of families in 46 educational centers situated in the suburbs of Guayaquil city. At present, the Foundation has a team of three environmental promoters who carry out the works of the project. Nevertheless it has shown that the demands of the children require a better use of techniques like the separation of garbage and a responsible use of the water resources at recreational times. Additionally there are activities such as the environmental bingos, didactic games that require a leadership in order to broaden and strengthen the kids knowledge about environmental topics. That is why we are looking for volunteers.

Program Description
The Project aims at changing the environmental mentality of teachers, students and parents, introducing a cleaner philosophy and practice, knowledge and methods of production, in order to improve the standard of living in the educational sector and to guarantee the sustainability of the economic resources.

The project takes place in schools that work in the mornings and in the afternoons between April and December 2008. It is localized in three sectors of the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador: Sur-Guasmo Centro, Suburbio y Cisne II and Norte Bastion Popular.

We are five persons working on the Project, including the director. The staff works on base of a weekly plan. The volunteer is going to work 30 hours a week, six hours per day during four days, from 2.15 am to 1 pm and from 2.30 pm to 4 pm from Monday to Thursday. We are looking for a maximum of 4 volunteers.

Volunteer work activities
- Collaborate in the activities realized with the children of the eco groups in each school centre
- Assist in public events such as fairs and conferences where the citizens are participating, taking place at the malecon and other public places
- Assist in trainings to teachers and parents

Highlights: Free Time and Recreational Activities
The volunteer has time off on weekends, from Friday to Sunday. Close to Guayaquil are the beautiful balnearios de Salinas and many other beaches. The project takes the kids to museums and to the historic park, and the volunteer can participate in these activities as a part of the team of environmental promoters. Holidays are the national and the local ones: July 25, August 10, October 9, November 3, December 25 and 31.

Services Close to the Community
Internet: Ecuaciencias provides internet access.
In Guayaquil there are vegetarian restaurants. The price of a vegetarian meal varies between $1.80 and $ 2.50.

The volunteer is going to benefit by receiving training based on a philosophy of cleaner production and by improving his Spanish skills. He will receive a certificate of his participation in the project.

Qualifications: Requirements

The volunteer should like to work with children, love nature and have an environmental consciousness. Men and women are welcome. We require a fluent level of Spanish that will be improved smoothly.

Cost in US$: 400 USD/month

From Guayaquil to Quito it takes 9 hours by bus and 30 minutes by airplane. We can cover the costs of the transport form Quito to Guayaquil for up to 2 volunteers. Ecuaciencia will pick you up at the terminal and bring you to your domiciles. A representative of the Foundation can provide you a monthly provision for the transportation costs inside the city.

The volunteers are going to live in host families. The Foundation can help you to find a place to stay in houses with good reputation, so you will feel save.

The volunteer is going to receive training to give him the capacities and the necessary introduction. The orientation is going to be in line with the philosophy of a cleaner production, applied to education. Key topics are water, garbage and energy and the training is modeled in order to carry out the bingo games and the use of the water cycles. The volunteer has to arrive one week in advance to pass the training.

The project takes the kids to museums and to the historic park, and the volunteer can participate in these activities as a part of the team of environmental promoters.

Experience Required: yes

fluent level of Spanish

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Ecuador Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 5 persons staff, up to 4 volunteers

Application Process Involves:

• Other

Ecuador Volunteer Foundation's Mission Statement: We are Ecuador Volunteer, an international nonprofit organization founded in 1999 committed to the provision of volunteering opportunities in social, educational and community development in Ecuador. Voluntary work opportunities based around Quito and main programs offer experiences of cultural exchanges, work and help with local people. We arrange voluntary placements in the environmental or community area. The environmental involves working in nature on a wide variety of projects, the community works are about helping street children, elderly people and educating people. We dedicate ourselves to alternative solutions to these problems, to make a difference and create a better world in Ecuador.

Year Founded: 1999