Description

Pop Wuj - Spanish School Guatemala is a Non-Profit Organization run by teachers to support sustainable community development. After the teachers draw a modest wage and take care of expenses, the remaining income is dedicated to financing the thriving rural development projects and educational endeavors that the school has undertaken and nurtured over the past 18 years. Learn Spanish while helping the people of Guatemala through a host of Volunteer opportunities in our Community Development Projects.

Highlights

Pop Wuj - Spanish School Guatemala offers a variety of Spanish Courses to suit your personal needs and preferences:

Spanish Immersion Course - Learn Spanish with intensive one-to-one Spanish classes and homestay in a Guatemalan family to immerse yourself into the Spanish Language

Excursion Spanish Immersion Program - Complement traditional Spanish language study in this three week program and learn to speak Spanish through field trips and community development projects that bring students into a direct contact with different aspects of Guatemalan life

Medical Spanish Program - Learn Medical Spanish through intensive One-to-One Tuition with a supplemental curriculum for Medical Spanish. The Medical Spanish Program provides health and medical education as well as clinical experience in the Pop-Wuj Clinic and with midwives in Guatemala that is suitable for elective rotation.

Social Work Program - Experience Spanish Immersion as a full time volunteer in the Pop-Wuj community development projects incl. children volunteer work and youth community development.

Languages

• Spanish

Languages Used as a Medium of Teaching

• English
• Spanish

Cost in US$:

160 USD

Program Fees Include:

The cost of 160 USD per week for our Spanish Immersion Course includes:
* 5h Daily / 25h per Week One-to-One Spanish Tuition either in the morning or the afternoon;
* Spanish School Activities (except transportation/entrance fees);
* Homestay with a Guatemalan family in a private room with three meals a day, safe drinking water and a hot shower.

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Typically The Application Process Time is

1 day

Pop Wuj - Spanish School Guatemala's Mission Statement

Pop Wuj - Spanish School Guatemala is a Non-Profit Organization run by teachers to support sustainable community development. After the teachers draw a modest wage and take care of expenses, the remaining income is dedicated to financing the thriving rural development projects and educational endeavors that the school has undertaken and nurtured over the past 18 years. Learn Spanish while helping the people of Guatemala through a host of Volunteer opportunities in our Community Development Projects. Pop Wuj - Spanish School Guatemala offers a variety of Spanish Courses to suit personal needs and preferences including Spanish Immersion Course, Medical Spanish, Social Work and Spanish for Teachers as well as Excursion Spanish Immersion Program.

Year Founded

1992