Volunteer Experience National Ayuda in Ecuador

  Ecuador

• Quito: 
Quito
• Galapagos Islands: 
Galapagos Islands
• All Other Regions of Ecuador: 
Guayaquil,  Cuenca,  Banos,  Manta,  Portoviejo,  Ibarra,  Esmeraldas,  Santo Domingo de los Colorados,  Tena,  Ambato,  Latacunga,  Nanegalito,  Pichincha,  Otavalo,  Intag,  Cotacachi,  Chone,  Puyo,  Mindo,  Montanita,  Puerto Lopez,  Calderon,  Loja,  Atacames,  Vilcabamba

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: 9-12 weeks
Dates: volunteers can choose start and end dates

Description: Volunteer work in Ecuador is really needed and appreciated around the country. Why? Because poverty plagues almost half of the population shortage of jobs, combined with inadequate education is the reason that many parents (single mothers) can't feed and provide for their children. Often there parents are out of the country in jail or divorced. Sometimes these parents fall into alcoholism, drug addiction and delinquency. These children have to go to the streets "to work" and bring money to support their parents "or their addictions" that is why we need volunteers like you to help.

As a social service foundation, we have many projects that we are constantly working on for example: building new classrooms, patching up the holes in the school roofs, pave the school playgrounds, reconstructing libraries and providing them with books and computers and we always work on water projects. Volunteers are welcome to work on any of these projects. So our programs are designed to introduce you to all levels of Ecuadorian society. Middle-class host families are prepared to receive the volunteers.

During the first few days they will participate in a cross-cultural orientation and city tour. In the following weeks volunteers will become familiar with the city and the surrounding region through orientation programs and field trips.

Volunteer Experience National Ayuda in Ecuador (VENAEcuador) can offer you different and original placements everywhere in the country from the Coast, Andes, Amazonas and the rainforest including Galapagos Islands. These are places where you will have a wonderful and unique experience.

Areas of volunteer service include: Orphanages, Teaching, Community Projects Services, Building, Conservation and Animal Rescue.

An internship is for professional development. It is an opportunity to gain experience and learn about a professional field through work with different cultures and people. And you will greatly enhance your resume.

To have a productive internship, it is important that you have at least an intermediate knowledge of Spanish. Internship placements are available in the fields of Journalism, Photography, Documentary Film, Medical and Human Rights.

Highlights: VENAEcuador can offer you the incredible opportunity to live day by day in a new culture with traditions and stories that will move you to think differently. These are places where you will have a wonderful and unique experience as you will be working straight with local people and care for those in need, you will find your understanding of our culture grow. In doing volunteer and internship services, you will directly be providing human care, share your knowledge and your leadership skills. Living with Hispanic families is the best way to enhance your Spanish skills.

The volunteers will have the opportunity to travel around Ecuador and visit a lot of natural and beautiful places including Galapagos Islands. VENAEcuador will teach how to travel safe under low costs.

The most important thing for us is to treat the volunteers as part of VENAEcuador family. We will be happy to give them 24 hours assistance and support and provide them with only the best on everything they need to make them happy!

Qualifications: Basic Spanish, application and resume

Cost in US$: $780 to $880

1 week-   $880
2 weeks - $960
3 weeks- $1,040

additional for every week - $90

These prices cover: Administration program, free pick up! Free city tour including transportation, lunch and guide! Orientation! Accommodation with a host family 3 meal a day etc. 65% percent of the program fee will cover the cost of our community projects, volunteers are welcome to participate and visit them at any time.

Experience Required: yes

None

Typical Volunteer: Our volunteers are people with so much love to share, enthusiastic, without prejudices, with positive attitude towards the new experiences, available to help, work hard in and with the community projects, with a big desire to know about our people, culture, needs and traditions, wants to meet new friends and spend time doing good things for other people especially with children's issues.

Age Range: From 18 years old and up or groups under 18 with a legal guardian.

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

Participants Travel to Ecuador Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Resume

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

VENAEcuador's Mission Statement: VENAEcuador: Our mission as a legal and nonprofit foundation of social service: We seek the help of all volunteers who have interest in sharing their time, knowledge and experience to cover all the openings in our projects, volunteering jobs, internships, and study abroad programs. This is to everyone who wishes to have a real experience working directly with the Ecuadorian communities. Therefore we maintain a high value on placing volunteers with nice Ecuadorian families, providing multiple opportunities for participants to increase their Spanish language skills. Through this incredible experience, we help our volunteers foster personal growth. We are confident that each volunteer will graduate the program with many important character attributes which will become invaluable in all aspects of their lives. Volunteer Experience National Ayuda in Ecuador VENAEcuador is there for our volunteers every step of the way providing 24 hour on-site coordinator assistance. We welcome individuals from 18 years and older or groups under 18 accompanied with a legal guardian or tutors. We offer equal opportunity to all regardless of ethnicity, religion, or gender.

Year Founded: january 2005