Volunteer in Sierra Flor Day Care Center

  Ecuador

• Quito: 
Quito

Durations of Program: 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: September to July

Description: The Sierra Flor School is a small School and Day Care Center located in a rural peasant area in the Andes, close to the volcano Cotopaxi. Our school gives education up to the 4th grade, and our Day Care Center receives children from 3 months old to four years old. We provide our children with quality, bilingual education because we believe it is the only way to escape poverty. As a volunteer, you will become a part of our family by teaching and monitoring the kids in all of their activities through out the day.

Volunteer Work Activities:
The volunteer will help the teacher in the classroom, prepare the materials, help the children do their homework, participate or supervise playtime. They will monitor the children in every activity like lunch, showers, etc. They also have to keep all spaces clean and in order.

Volunteer Time:
The school is open from September to July. The volunteer will work 8 hours a day, Monday through Friday. You must be willing to stay for at least two months the whole year would be the best.

Highlights: Ecuador Volunteer Foundation is a non-profit organization legally recognized by the Government of Ecuador, which was constituted through the ministerial agreement No.0350 on October 10, 2005. Currently it is the only organization authorized to select and supply volunteers to third party organizations providing their services in social, community, educational, healthcare and ecological projects/programs throughout Ecuador.

Qualifications: The volunteers should:
* Be patient enough to work with young children and enjoy it.
* Have some experience with young children.
* Be able to work in a team.
* If English is the native language of the volunteer, the communication with the children must be in English.
* The volunteers should also have attended at least 3 years of college.
* An intermediate level of Spanish is required.
* If the volunteer is not at this level, Ecuador Volunteer could help him/her to find the best program to improve his/her Spanish skills before starting the project.

Cost in US$: free

Experience Required: yes

Minimum three years of college

Age Range: at least 22

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

Participants Travel to Ecuador Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 2

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