 This project seeks to improve the quality of life in rural communities via changes in habits, behavior and developmental alternatives, in harmony with the communities´ surrounding environment.
El Triunfo Area is located to the east of the province of Tungurahua, with an altitude of 2500 meters above sea, near the Río Verde Area (Baños).
El Triunfo is surrounded by humid mountainous forest. As well, it is 2km from the National Park Llanganates that forms part of the Bio-reserve Condor which is an area of importance for the conservation of birds. It is also on the list of RAMSAR places. (RAMSAR places are the most humid places around the world and therefore, the most important.)
Program Description
This project allows the volunteer to share the day by day inside a rural community of the Central Mountain Range (Sierra) of Ecuador, developing activities for the social development of the community like the education and agriculture, contributing this way to the formation and resident´s work.
Volunteer Activities
The Project has two components:
1. Education
2. Agriculture and Cattle Raising
 The volunteer that are involved inside this project will be able to participate in the following activities:
Education
- Help in the community nursery in the children’s education.
- Qualify the caretaker of the nursery in topics of early stimulation, moving cause fine.
- Work in the schools reinforcing the knowledge of the students in the subjects like English. Computation, Mathematics, etc.
 - Teaching to the children and young of the area to use the internet like a tool for their education.
Agriculture and Cattle Raising
- Help the farmers in their daily activities as gathering and storing of mulberries, tomatoes and potatoes.
- Work in the grazing lands helping the cattlemen to the cow’s milking
 Volunteer Profile
The volunteers can be men or women that should be 18 years old at least and they should be qualified to work with children.
The Foundation is receiving volunteers by a minimum of one month, with a maximum time determinate by the same volunteer.
The volunteer should know an intermediate or advanced level of Spanish, since people of the community speak exclusively Spanish language.
The number of volunteers in this project for every month is the 3 volunteer.
Service near the Project
In the El Triunfo village exists a health subcenter where there is a basic medical attention. Also, in the Baños city to 45 minutes from the project, there are specialized attention by medical doctors and dentists; inclusive there are excellent private hospitals.
What does the Volunteer need to bring?
- Lantern
- Rechargeable pile
- Coat of water
- Rubber boots
- Shampoo biodegradable
- Sun block
- First- aid kit
- Ecological soap (to wash the clothes)
- Warm clothes
- Shoes or boots for trekking
- Cap
- Camera for pictures
- Sleeping bag for cold climate
- Books and materials for their project
 Accommodation
The volunteer’s House is a traditional housing with the basic comforts: tube water, electric light, bathroom, hot water shower. The volunteer´s house is divided in 3 areas:
- The first one, where there are the rooms equipped with bed bunks, the second one, is the kitchen-dining room; and the third one is the bathroom
The foundation will provide of sheets, blankets and hand towels.
 Duration
There is a minimum duration of 1 month in the project and the volunteers’ work schedule is 8 hours a day from Monday to Friday.
Free Time
The Volunteer will have free weekend and near the area of the project there are many tourist place to visit as:
 To 45 minutes from the project there is Baños de Agua Santa city, where it can be carried out the following sports: cannyoning, rafting, tree king, mountain bike, they can visit markets of crafts, zoological, bars, discotheques, etc.
To 60 minutes from the project you can visit Patate city where you can known an taste the fruit-bearing orchard, to carry out walk and taste their typical food.
To 60 minutes from the project you can visit Salasaca that is a typical native community where you will find typical crafts of Ecuadorian Andes Chain of Mountains.
 To 90 minutes from the project you can visit Puyo located in the Ecuadorian Amazon and you can known its hotels, aquatic parks, recue centers, zoo, bars.
Requirements
It is essential that the volunteer has an intermediate knowledge of Spanish, as without it he/she will not be able to make a significant contribution; the inhabitants of the community speak only Spanish. The volunteers must be able to hold conversations and participate in discussions in Spanish. On their arrival in Quito, all non-Hispanic volunteers will have to pass a Spanish exam before going into the project. If the volunteer is not at this level, Ecuador Volunteer could help him/her to find the best program to improve his abilities in Spanish before starting the project. |
