This project seeks to overcome the challenges that underprivileged children face and to give them the knowledge, intellectual capacity, abilities and skills that they will need to create a brighter future for themselves.
Program Description
Volunteers have the option to work in four important areas that serve to improve the pedagogic ability of the children.
 Volunteer Work Activities
Arts Workshop: Involves drawing techniques: Charcoal, watercolor, tempera and acrylic. Ceramic sculpture and modeling plasticine. Cartoons creation of recycled paper, paint on canvas, and so on.
Body Expression Workshop: Requires the development of theater, puppetry, juggling, dancing, ballet, body expression, etc..
 Music Workshop: Interpretation of musical instruments: keyboards, guitar, xylophones, drums and percussion. Performing choirs. Mainly it requires a percussion teacher.
Visual Arts Workshop: Handling 3D animation programs, management of basic computing, Internet and interactive games. In the case of graphic design, requires people who can do the layout and design of virtual books, Web pages and design of teaching resources.
Duration
The duration of this project is at least a month with the following schedule 8h00 to 12h00 / 14h00 to 16h00 Monday to Friday. Volunteers must arrive in the country at least a week before the start of each program.
DATES
XIX Program
- February 9: Volunteer Income
- February 19: Start of program
- April 17: Clousure of Program
XX Program
- April 27: Volunteer Income
- May 4: Home Program
- June 30: Clousure of Program
XXI Vacation Program
- June 29: Volunteer Income
- July 6: Home Program
- August 6: Clousure of Program
XXII Program
- September 14: Volunteer Income
- September 21: Launching the program
- December 19: Clousure of Program
Free Time
All the volunteers have free time after their volunteer work hours during the week and during the weekends.
Requirements
An intermediate level of Spanish is required. Without an advanced level of Spanish as a tool to work within the Centre a volunteer cannot make a significant contribution to the project because the people and cchildren in this project only speak Spanish. Volunteers must be able to comfortably carry out conversations and discussions in Spanish, and volunteers will have to pass a Spanish Language test upon arrival in Quito before going to 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. |
