Anthropology & Development Internship in Rural Ecuador

I spent 4 weeks at El Terreno, and loved my time there! I volunteered in the mornings with the manual work at the house (building barbed-wire fences, digging ditches, chopping trees, building a gate), and spent the afternoons doing my internship in the form of research for my bachelors dissertation in anthropology. I loved the community that I became a part of in Atandahua, both with the neighbours as well as with the volunteers that lived with me in casa communal! My time there involved a lot o...

I had an amazing experience with Joshua and Karina in Guaranda. The project is incredibly well organized and the work is fulfilling. There are lots of opportunities to learn about the indigenous Kichwa culture of the region and to explore the natural beauty of Guaranda and its surroundings. The work itself was easy enough but rewarding, and I enjoyed being able to plan our own projects through the cultural project aspect. We taught English classes to a neighboring community and had a party for t...