Description

Each project location needs help in different ways and all welcome both lay volunteers and trained specialists.

Duties are many and varied depending on the location and specialty of the project, including:
* Education
* Group activities
* Workshops
* Life skills classes
* Sports
* Arts and crafts
* Music and drama
* Cooking
* Carpentry
* Gardening
* General maintenance
* Or simply spending time with the clients

Each and every activity that you will be helping with plays an important role in giving the clients of the centres the physical and emotional support they need to help them perform the simple everyday tasks that most take for granted, and to improve their confidence and self-esteem.

Most centres are under-funded and under-staffed, relying on volunteer assistance to provide adequate care and attention to their clients.

With your help, the centres will be able to concentrate their resources and offer their clients more individualized care allowing them to develop and progress at an accelerated rate.

Also included in the Bolivia Volunteers Social Care programme is the provision of more specialized assistance in locations with a specific area of focus.
* Hearing impaired
* Sight impaired
* Down Syndrome
* Alzheimer's
* Parkinson's
* Orphans
* Street children
* Young mothers

Each of the projects we support is in desperate need of assistance from qualified and experienced volunteers but everyone is welcome, and all will benefit from your help regardless of your qualifications or experience.

The projects are normally open through the day Monday to Friday, giving plenty of flexibility in the hours you can attend. Your time schedule will be arranged in consultation with the Project Manager and a member of the full-time staff who will be supervising and co-ordinating your activities.

Highlights

Bolivia Volunteers, with over fifteen years´ experience, is the leading independent provider of low cost volunteer placements in Bolivia.

Our volunteers give direct, meaningful and lasting help where it is needed most.

We see no need to charge excessive fees to provide everything necessary to ensure your time with us is comfortable, enjoyable, productive and rewarding.

Qualifications

No formal qualifications are required. However, a genuine desire to care for the needs of children and adults who are socially, physically and mentally challenged, or have been diagnosed with other disabilities is essential. Far more important are your compassion, flexibility, patience, and enthusiasm.

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

600 for 4 week placement

Cost Includes:

• Emergency evacuation services
• Food
• Housing
• In-country orientation/Training
• In-country staff support
• Pre-departure orientation/Training

Program Fees Include:

* Pre-placement support & information
* Meet & greet service on arrival in Cochabamba
* Escorted transfer to accommodation
* Host family accommodation
* Private room with access to bathroom, kitchen & social areas
* Three meals a day
* Welcome meeting & city orientation
* Project materials & protective clothing if required
* Bi-lingual (Spanish-English) placement co-ordinator
* 24 hour emergency contact numbers
* Transport to point of departure from Cochabamba
* Pre-departure assistance

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Age Range

18 - 65

This Program is open to

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

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Typically The Application Process Time is

One week

Bolivia Volunteers's Mission Statement

Volunteering should be about giving direct, meaningful and lasting help where help is needed most. We see no need to charge excessive fees to provide all the services and facilities necessary to ensure a volunteer's time with us is comfortable, enjoyable, productive and rewarding. Our volunteers work in a variety of placements including sports coaching, orphanage support, street children, tourism, journalism and teaching assistant projects. Accommodation is provided through Family Homes so that volunteers are able to play an active part in a traditional family life and the local community. Through our programmes, volunteers experience the customs, traditions and cultures, architecture, cuisine and leisure facilities of their chosen city, whilst helping those who need it most.

Year Founded

1993