Community Development Volunteer

  Ecuador

• All Other Regions of Ecuador: 
Puyo

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks and 9-12 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: Aug 3- March 3, 2010

Description: As a Community Development Volunteer at Centro Frates, you would work on community projects such as making organic fertilizer, developing community-based ecotourism, constructing & managing native fish ponds, conducting environmental education discussions, taking water quality measurements in the Puyo River, teaching English, cooking, art, music, proper health & hygiene, and/or conducting kids' camps in 3 low-income communities. Or if you have another skill that you would like to share with Frates' communities, we would also love your assistance!

Highlights: Frates will provide volunteers with free room & board in a rustic yet comfortable cabin near the scenic Hola Vida Tropical Rainforest Reserve, located just an hour outside of Puyo, in the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle.

Qualifications: Community Development volunteers at Centro Frates should speak intermediate - advanced Spanish in order to communicate with the target communities. They should be motivated, dependable, respectful, and open-minded. They should come to Centro Frates with the intention of interacting and teaching the communities healthy and sustainable ways of living, as well as learning from the communities themselves. They should commit at least 2 weeks to working with the communities in order to understand better the communities and their work.

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: 0

Experience Required: no

Age Range: 18 - 65

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

Participants Travel to Ecuador Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Written Application

Centro Frates's Mission Statement: In today's world there are many people desperate for help to survive. Frates is dedicated to identifying such people and providing them with the assistance necessary to improve their living conditions and take their rightful place as self-sufficient members of the world community, while helping them to preserve their unique cultures.

Year Founded: 2002