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Bolivia Youth Volunteers

Trip code: BOYV

This programme offers a great opportunity to work with orphaned teenagers as a volunteer in Bolivia. You can help children aged 5 to 18 develop manual skills that they can use to gain employment after they leave the centre. All children at the home are orphaned and volunteers are desperately needed to help build their confidence and to pass on any skills that will brighten their future.


Overview
from £799
Location:

Bolivia, Sucre

Duration & Price:

2 weeks language, 4 weeks volunteer £799
4 weeks language, 4 weeks volunteer £1099

Deposit:

£195 (balance due 12 wks before departure)

Accommodation:

Included

Meals:

Most meals included

Dates:

Generally first Monday of every month but other dates are available.

Bolivia Youth Volunteer

Volunteer Role

Volunteers are desperately needed to help the children to develop their manual skills. Your work hours are varied; you can work either in the mornings, afternoons, evenings or weekends. Your day to day activities vary according to you interests and volunteers must be flexible and have some experience of working with adolescents.

Volunteers are needed in the following areas: administration, secretarial work, psychology department, English professors and above all, people who know carpentry, shoe making, metallurgy and leather working. Also needed are those familiar with music, computers and/or sports instruction, such as: baseball, basketball and football.

What’s Included in the Programme

  • All accommodation and some meals
  • Airport transfers
  • Flight to and from Sucre
  • City tour of Sucre
  • Detailed orientation
  • Spanish tuition if opted to combine
  • Volunteer placement
  • Organised activities and excursions

What’s Not Included in the Programme

  • International flights
  • Extra activities that are not on itinerary
  • Travel Insurance
  • Food

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