Description

CAICC serves children and adolescents who are abandoned because their parents are either incarcerated or have migrated to other countries to search for economic opportunities. Volunteers can help in either the day care center or the school.

CAICC projects:

The San Sebastian Children's Day Care Center:
The Day Care Center serves fifty-one children between one and six years old. The center offers education, health care, and a nutritional meal plan.

APRE School:
The school serves 120 children between seven and eighteen years old. The school provides a safe environment in which the children can be helped with homework, engage in extracurricular activities, have a nutritional meal, and interact with other children, thus providing them with a sense of normality.

In addition to medical care, CAICC also offers psychological (clinical, social, educational) attention to all children who partake in the CAICC programs.

Volunteers may help with either project by assisting the staff with feeding the children, providing tutoring services, playing games, or coming up with other recreational activities.

Highlights

Our primary objective is to provide Bolivian organizations with much needed human and financial resources while providing international travelers, students and professionals the opportunity to gain practical work experience through internships and volunteer opportunities in Bolivia.

For all individuals wishing to donate their time, Sustainable Bolivia offers free airport pick up, free orientation and city map, as well as 24 hour staff support. Additionally we provide low cost Spanish or Quechua language lessons, free internet access, unlimited free calls to US and select European landlines, family stay opportunities, private or shared accommodations and reduced travel prices to one of our sustainable ecotourism destinations. We also organize optional social and cultural activities in the evening and on weekends.

Qualifications

* Beginner Spanish
* Willingness to work with children, most of whom come from difficult backgrounds
* Open minded, tolerant, and patient
* Minimum commitment period of two weeks

Languages

• Spanish

Cost in US$:

400

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country orientation/Training
• In-country staff support
• Pre-departure orientation/Training
• Registration fees

Program Fees Include:

* A custom-designed volunteer or internship position
* Internet access
* Unlimited telephone calls to the US and most of Europe
* Orientation (pre-departure as well as in-country)
* Pick-up from airport
* Cleaning services
* Sponsored cultural events
* 24-hour staff support

Credit Available

yes

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

• Childcare/children
• Community Development
• Education
• Playgrounds
• Teaching
• Youth

Typical Volunteer

Someone who is open minded and willing to learn. They are also interested in cross cultural communication and in helping the local communities in a non-intrusive manner. Sustainable Bolivia volunteers are environmentally conscious and eager to learn more about Bolivia. They are adaptable, understanding and cheerful.

Age Range

18 +

This Program is open to

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

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays
• Independent living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Resume

Post Services Include

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Job and Internship Network

Sustainable Bolivia's Mission Statement

Sustainable Bolivia is a developmental institution headquartered in Cochabamba, Bolivia. With projects in the Andean highlands and the Amazonian lowlands, our primary objective is to assist local communities in the development of environmentally, socially and fiscally sustainable ecotourism programs. Through the promotion of sustainable tourism, language studies and volunteer placement, our mission is to provide the conscientious traveler a way to experience the immense natural and cultural wealth of Bolivia in a way that is non-intrusive and environmentally, socially and fiscally sustainable.