Empower Women and Children in Guatemala
Guatemala
Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer, Throughout the year, Trimester, Winter
Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months and 1-2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: year-round
Description:
Volunteer with a non-profit organization in Guatemala to empower indigenous women and children. Help to break the cycle of poverty through education, construction projects, environmental awareness and health projects. This organization looks at what a community needs and creates it together with the local people. Their mission it to empower the Guatemalans and not have them rely on help from outside. The organization has an organic garden, runs micro-finance projects, works in schools, offers a park for the community, puts stoves into the huts for the women to cook with, provides clean running water, builds school, and initiates other local projects.
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Intern Types :
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- Admin (Health Services)
- Admin (Hospitality, Sports)
- Admin (Recreation, Parks)
- Anthropology
- Education
- English as a Second Language
- Environmental Studies
- Family and Home Studies
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- Field-Study
- Food Science and Nutrition
- Health Sciences
- Human Resources
- Humanities
- Linguistics
- Music
- Photography
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- Social Sciences
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Sports
- Women's Studies
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Cost in US$: 750 plus travel expenses and R&B
Cost Include Description:
- The 750 dollars is a one time fee that includes the internship placement, pre-departure orientation and reliable in-country resources.
- Volunteers contribute 50/week for a room and use of the kitchen, to ensure that all the organization's profits go into their projects.
Credit Available: yes
Experience Required: no
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Volunteer Types :
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- adult education
- animal welfare
- anthropology
- arts
- athletics
- building maintenance
- building schools
- childcare/children
- clerical and office work
- community centers
- community development
- community health
- community organizing
- computer training
- conservation
- cooking
- culture
- cutting wood
- digging
- disability issues
- education
- elderly
- energy
- English teaching
- environment
- Equestrian
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- fixing fences
- food
- gardening
- gender issues
- grassroots organization
- handicapped
- health
- health care
- health education
- home visit
- homelessness
- hospital
- housing
- human rights
- income-generation
- indigenous issues
- marketing
- media work
- medicine
- micro-enterprise
- microcredit
- minority groups
- Music
- nutrition
- office work
- organizational development
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- orphans
- painting
- planting
- playgrounds
- popular education
- population issues
- primary education
- public education
- repairs
- research
- sanitation
- secondary education
- small business development
- social services, social work
- solar & hydro projects
- sports
- street kids
- teaching
- transportation
- tutor
- volunteering
- water
- women
- youth
- youth development
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Typical Volunteer: Typically our volunteers are gap year students aged 17-35. Volunteers placed by our organization are eager, outgoing, take initiative and are dedicated to international and local service work.
Age Range: 17-35
This Program is open to
American,
Asian,
Australian,
Canadian,
European,
Kiwi,
South African
and Worldwide
Participants.
This Program is also open to
Families, Couples and Individuals
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Typical Living Arrangements :
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Participants Travel to Guatemala
Independently
Typically Participants Work
Independently
Application Process Involves:
- Phone Interview
- Resume
- Written Application
Post-Program Services Include:
- Exit Debriefing Abroad
- Job and Internship Network
- Re-Entry Debriefing at Home
LEAPNOW: Transforming Education's Mission Statement: Leapnow's primary purpose is nothing less than transformation and positive change on the planet. We aspire to keep our work on the cutting edge of human evolution. We feel that we can have the most positive impact on the world by working in the area of education- which ideally is all about transforming and expanding the consciousness of our students. Cultural immersion, study and work abroad are our main vehicles for learning about one's self and the world.
Year Founded: 1993
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