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Volunteer in Central America
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Contact the volunteer program directors to confirm costs, dates, and other details.
See our Central American listings of volunteer programs in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. If you do not see the volunteer program you want in the country of your choice, look under Worldwide for programs located in several different regions.
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Cross-Cultural Solutions: Volunteer Abroad for the Experience of a Lifetime!
Work side-by-side with local people, connect with others from around the world and have time for personal adventures. In-country staff welcome you to the CCS Home-Base and ensure that all of your needs are met – from safety and lodging to perspectives and insight about the local culture. Programs operate in Guatemala (Guatemala City), Costa Rica (San Carlos and Cartago), Peru (Ayacucho and Lima) and Brazil (Salvador).
Dates Offered: Choose from start dates year-round and lengths-of-stay from 1-12 weeks.
Contact: Cross-Cultural Solutions, 2 Clinton Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801; Tel: 800.380.4777 or 914.632.0022; in the UK call 0845 458 2781/2782; other countries call +44 (0) 1273 666392; Fax: 914.632.8494;
Email: info@crossculturalsolutions.org
Website: www.crossculturalsolutions.org.
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How Will You Touch The World?
Volunteer Projects in Central America - Belize and Mexico
REAL projects….REAL experience! Your development project is determined by matching your skills with the needs of the local community. Hands on service work, weekly adventures, homestays, and local culture and language classes create an unforgettable experience. Volunteer projects include: health care, environment, journalism, teaching, and human rights.
Dates: Programs start every month of the year and run from 2 – 26 weeks in duration.
Cost: Program fees are based on the location and duration of your volunteer project. Please inquire or visit our website for current pricing. ProWorld scholarships and many private scholarships are available. We also offer fundraising support.
Program fees support our host community economies in the forms of project materials purchases, local salaries, host family payments, and local purchases. Program fees include: full room and board, domestic transportation, 24 hour safety and medical services, local culture and language classes, and funding of development projects and internships. The program fee also includes multiple cultural and adventure activities.
Contact: ProWorld Headquarters, ProWorld Service Corps, 1215 Taylor Avenue, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
Tel: 877.733.7378 (toll free); 406.245.7348 (direct line). Fax: 406.252.3973.
Email: info@myproworld.org
Website: www.MyProWorld.org
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Volunteer in Latin America
United Planet’s volunteer programs in Latin America provides individuals and groups an unique opportunity to interact with locals through volunteer work, cultural immersion, home stays, and more. Volunteers of all ages, nationalities and backgrounds are invited to support community development through placements at local organizations, clinics, shelters, schools and environmental projects. They can also participate in a Spanish Language Immersion course for the first weeks of their program.
Contact: United Planet, 11 Arlington St, Boston MA 02116, USA. Tel. 617-267-7763.
Email: quest@unitedplanet.org
Website: www.unitedplanet.org
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Volunteer in Central America
ELI partners with local organizations in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Guatemala to match volunteers with local organizations in need of volunteers. All placements are made on an individual basis depending on the skills and goals of the volunteer, the needs of the organization, and the length of the program. Programs are available throughout the year for lengths of time varying from two weeks to six months.
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Cost: Program fees start at $515. The cost will depend on the country and duration of the program. Program fees include airport pickup, accommodation, and meals.
Dates: Programs are available throughout the year and dates are flexible.
Contact: Experiential Learning International, 2828 N. Speer Blvd. Suite 230, Denver, CO 80211
Tel.: 303-321-8278
Email: info@eliabroad.org
Website: www.eliabroad.org
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Volunteer on Environmental Health Projects in Panama
Spend your summer as an AMIGOS Volunteer working, living, and learning with a host family in beautiful rural Coclé, Panama. Learn a new language and a new culture while promoting leadership skills, team-building, and youth empowerment through environmental activities. Partner with local youth to run camps for 5-12 year old children teaching environmental health. Collaborate with community members on the planning and implementation of a Community-based Initiative tailored to your community’s specific needs..
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Dates: Summer 2010
Cost: The participation fee is $4,600. Scholarship and fundraising support is available.
The Participation Fee includes:
* Round-trip international airfare from your gateway city
* Food, lodging, and transportation in Latin America
* All project related supplies
* Training materials and workshops
* Veteran supervisory Project Staff
* 24-hour emergency On-Call Communications System during the program
* Supplemental short-term international medical insurance
Contact: Amigos de las Américas, 5618 Star Lane, Houston, Texas 77057.
Tel: (713) 782-5290 (Dial Ext 126 (Allison Fishbein) or Ext 116 (Daniel Pacheco) to speak to our volunteer managers directly)
Email: info@amigoslink.org
Website: www.amigoslink.org
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Promote Youth Leadership Through Sports in Panama
Spend your summer as an AMIGOS Volunteer working, living, and learning with a host family in beautiful rural Azuero, Panama. Learn a new language and a new culture while promoting leadership skills, team-building, and youth empowerment through sports. Partner with local youth to run camps for 5-12 year old children. Collaborate with community members on the planning and implementation of a Community-based Initiative tailored to your community’s specific needs.
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Dates: Summer 2010
Cost: The participation fee is $4,600. Scholarship and fundraising support is available.
The Participation Fee includes:
* Round-trip international airfare from your gateway city
* Food, lodging, and transportation in Latin America
* All project related supplies
* Training materials and workshops
* Veteran supervisory Project Staff
* 24-hour emergency On-Call Communications System during the program
* Supplemental short-term international medical insurance
Contact: Amigos de las Américas, 5618 Star Lane, Houston, Texas 77057.
Tel: (713) 782-5290 (Dial Ext 126 (Allison Fishbein) or Ext 116 (Daniel Pacheco) to speak to our volunteer managers directly)
Email: info@amigoslink.org
Website: www.amigoslink.org
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WorldTeach
Volunteer in Costa Rica
WorldTeach offers opportunities for volunteers to make a meaningful contribution to education by living and teaching in developing countries. WorldTeach provides: full-time in country coordinator; in country orientation including language and ESL training; live with host families/apartments. Requires: native English speakers; BA for yearlong programs. Fee covers program costs, housing, insurance and airfare.
Contact: Center for International Development, Harvard University, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Box 122, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA; (617) 495-5527.
Email/Website: info@worldteach.org, www.worldteach.org
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Cactus Volunteers Abroad
Combination language and volunteer programs in Latin America; varying lengths of course followed by 8 weeks volunteering, with extensions possible. Destination countries are Guatemala, Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, and Mexico.
Contact: volunteer@cactuslanguage.com; www.volunteers-abroad.com/language_volunteering.php
Caledonia Languages Abroad
Spanish language and voluntary work programs organized in Peru, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador, and Bolivia, year-round. Community and environmental projects and teaching English, depending on skills and level of language ability.
Contact: www.caledonialanguages.co.uk
EcoLogic Development Fund
Forwards relevant resumés from students and professionals (written in Spanish) to partner organizations in Central America, looking for interns and volunteers in the fields of conservation, community development, and social justice. Minimum attachment is normally 3 months in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Contact: info@ecologic.org; www.ecologic.org
Global Crossroad
The volunteer Costa Rica Program offers you amazing opportunities to experience one of the most exotic and undiscovered vacation destinations in the world, while volunteering in unique conservation and social projects. Global Crossroad invites you to consider this Peace Corps alternative, where you can help the children, teach indigenous peoples, and put your skills to work in grass-roots level development and conservation efforts. During your free time, explore towering and fiery volcanoes, pristine beaches, raging rivers, and virgin rain forests. Observe the abundant wildlife, or get to know the warm and hospitable people of Costa Rica.
Contact: www.globalcrossroad.com/costarica
Global Volunteer Network in Latin America
Volunteer in El Salvador
Join a team of teachers promoting solidarity and exchange among El Salvador's people in a progressive English School in San Salvador.
Contact: info@volunteer.org.nz, www.volunteer.org.nz/elsalvador
Globe Aware in Central America
Costa Rica—The Road Less Traveled Village Experience
Costa Rica is a cultural and natural paradise, but most travelers see only the large, touristy resorts. This Road Less Traveled program, however, offers a unique opportunity in the middle of a secluded natural rainforest to help an untouched community create a sustainable future. While helping the community to help themselves, volunteers will be treated to enormous cultural learning and spectacular contact with the lush rainforest. A decade ago, the government set aside a national forest reserve for the spectacular Carara Rainforest, which borders the village. The villagers love their nature paradise and appreciated the action. However, since then, the tiny village has struggled for sources of income, as their crops are being eaten by protected wildlife. As a first step toward creating sustainable eco-tourism, the community needs help clearing paths, marking trails, learning English, etc. No special skills are required.
Contact: info@globeaware.org, www.globeaware.org
Projects Abroad
Volunteer in Central America
Volunteer Care Work in Costa Rica
Work with Orphans in Liberia, Costa Rica.
Volunteer Conservation Work in Costa Rica
Located at a wildlife research station on Playa Ostional, three and a half hours south of our main base in Liberia, volunteers work alongside scientists at the camp to assist with the protection of sea turtles.
Volunteer Sports Coaching in Costa Rica
You will join one of the many teams competing in the Little League after school program in Liberia (a district in the north west of the country), as part of our soccer project in Costa Rica. There are over 400 children aged between 5 and 11 years old who mainly come from low income families.
Volunteer Teaching in Costa Rica
Teach English to school children in Liberia, Costa Rica.
Contact: info@projects-abroad.org, www.projects-abroad.org.
Service Civil International Workcamps SCI US is an exchange organization that sends volunteers on 2-3 week international work projects and long term 3-12 month opportunities in over 50 countries, including many in Central America. The $250 application fee covers lodging, meals, and minimal health insurance. SCI promotes voluntary service to impact social, environmental and humanitarian issues.
Contact: Service Civil International (SCI), 5505 Walnut Level Rd, Crozet, VA, 22932; Tel. 1-206-350-6585. Email: sciivs.placement@gmail.com. Visit www.sci-ivs.org for an application.
Volunteer Latin America
Volunteer in Central America
Provides international volunteers with a comprehensive and affordable solution to finding volunteer work opportunities in Central and South America. You tell us where and what you would like to do and we will provide you with everything you need to get involved via your own personalised information pack. Our extensive knowledge of the region ensures you are unlikely to find some of the projects we offer elsewhere. Volunteer Latin America is not only a great source of affordable voluntary work but a means to finding some of the best schools to learn Spanish.
Contact: info@volunteerlatinamerica.com; www.volunteerlatinamerica.com
VolunteerSouthAmerica.Net
Free and Low-Cost Volunteering in Central America
Website lists free and low-cost volunteer opportunities in South and Central America. The site is designed for backpackers / independent travellers looking for a real volunteer experience abroad, without paying any middle-man or agency fees.
Contact: www.volunteersouthamerica.net
Youth Challenge International
Teams of volunteers aged 18-30 carry out community development projects lasting 5, 6, 8, or 10 weeks in Costa Rica, Guyana, and Grenada.
Contact: 20 Maud St., Ste. 305, Toronto, Ontario M5V 2M5, Canada, 416-504-3370; www.yci.org.
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