Child Care Worker at Youth Center
Highlights
- Experience the Ecuadorian way of life. Ama la vida!
- Gain Spanish fluency by following one of our Spanish courses, living with a host family and sharing daily life with locals.
- Make memories you’ll never forget while working in our daily projects and during weekend excursions with your fellow participants.
- Become more passionate about your major and propel your career with international experience.
- Visit Cuenca, Montañita, Baños, The Galapagos Islands, Cuyabeno and all the other wonderful places in Ecuador during your free time.
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About the program
At the child care project, you work as a social worker and can follow internships in the fields of pedagogy, psychology and more.
A big part of the Ecuadorian population still lives below the poverty line. For poor families it’s often hard to give their children a careless childhood, because there isn’t enough money for healthy food and not enough knowledge for a good education. A lot of families in Ecuador are ‘one ...Typical day
You can work part-time or full-time at the youth center, depending on your further program. Normally you start at 9 AM and finish your day around 5 PM. In between you have ample time to have lunch with your colleagues, fellow volunteers and interns and of course the kids.
Free-time activities
During your stay with Local Dreamers you will live with one of our local host families or you will have a room in our volunteer house. It's completely up to you. Both the host families and volunteer house (located above our office) are located in central Quito, near the historical center and the ...
Requirements
What's Included
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Details on arrival
Feel free to join us in every time of the year, our projects are open during the whole year. We don't have specific arrival days, just search your most ideal flight. Our coordinators are available to welcome you on every day of the week, also during the weekend.
Attention: for working as a volunteer on this project, you are required to stay in Quito for a minimum amount of 4 weeks.
Program fees
Meet your organization
Foundation Local Dreamers
Non-profit - founded in 2011
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Aldert
About the project
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