Bolivia Orphanage Volunteers

  Bolivia

• Other Cities in Bolivia: 
Sucre

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: First Monday of every month (other dates available)

Description: Our volunteers make a real contribution towards enriching lives of the orphans in the Sucre orphanage. The children are aged 0-6 years old and have been abandoned and taken in off the streets in the hope of being adopted. Most children at the centre have never had a "real" childhood or experienced loving, caring, stable relationships.

This rewarding project includes everything you need plus you have a great opportunity to learn and improve your Spanish!

* Volunteer Role
This project is located in the beautiful and lively colonial city of Sucre; one of the principal cities in Bolivia. The city and surrounding villages have sizable indigenous populations that maintain their customs and colourful dress, which adds to the charm of this unique and diverse city- a fantastic place to volunteer.

Volunteers are desperately needed to organise recreational activities for the children, such as painting, drawing, dances, music and sports. Volunteers will also assist in basic daily care of the children, including cooking, feeding and cleaning.

Your assistance contributes towards building children's confidence and skills, from which they will benefit later on in life. You should be flexible to help with other tasks depending on the necessity at the time and willing to take initiative when needed. Volunteers are required to help in the morning or afternoon (or both).

Qualifications:
- Minimum 17 years, maximum dependent upon individual participant's health.
- All volunteers need to have some knowledge of the Spanish language before starting their volunteer work, not only to get the most out of the project, but also to get around and integrate with the locals. If you do not already speak Spanish it is strongly recommended you take our language course prior to the start of the programme. These are available for 2 or 4 weeks, and are easily combined with the project.

Cost in US$: from GBP549 to GBP939

* For information on what is not included in the programme please visit our website.

Experience Required: no

Age Range: Minimum 17 years, maximum dependent upon individual participants health.

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Bolivia Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Real Gap Experience's Mission Statement: We are ambitious for our company, our partners and the communities in which we work. We take our responsibilities seriously - understanding that the development of our business impacts directly on our partners, the communities that we visit and work with and that ultimately, our success is their success too.