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Albanta-Vinculacion Comunitaria

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Mexico People with disabilities Education Social work People with disabilities Education +1 Permanent

About the project

Albanta-Vinculacion Comunitaria

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The Albanta A.C. Center is a Mexican non-profit organization, located in the city of Cuernavaca Morelos, which aims to promote the right of people with intellectual disabilities and multiple disabilities to live independently and be included in the community through housing projects, training spaces and spaces for the accompaniment of people with a family member with Intellectual Disability and Multiple Disability, implementing a community life model that seeks to support and promote people with disabilities and their families in a first experience on the road to independent life. The project includes three fundamental tools that are: Anbania collective homes (means "My family" in the Balanka language of the Balanka locality, Togo, Africa), Anbania House by Day and the Accompaniment Space for the "La Belleza" families , with a model of community life that seeks to support and encourage people with disabilities and their families in a first experience on the road to independent living. The project is carried out in the city of Cuernavaca, Morelos, in the center of the country. ALBANTA A.C. and AMVIAC have established a collaboration which aims to integrate national and international volunteers in the development of the project as well as its promotion, visibility and dissemination. This collaboration between the two institutions will allow the project Albanta A.C. meet their objectives and offer volunteers a ground of practice and learning as these will support the staff of the institution in the beginning of this ambitious project planned to start with a pilot phase in February 2019. Thus the volunteers will be part of the preparatory work for the areas that make up Albanta,

💼 What the programme involves

Support to the Community Liaison team, participating in the dissemination activities of the
projects, such as:
Organization and monitoring of events, talks and informative conferences, use of social networks to disseminate the activities of the Association, participation in the creation and maintenance of the Association's website, document the activities of the association through photography and video, and participation in activities in general,

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will be hosted by local families, which will allow them to
discover the Mexican way of life.

🍲 Food

The food will be provided by the host family and the volunteers will be able to learn and prepare Mexican cuisine,

📍 About the location

Cuernavaca, Morelos

⚠️ Requirements

Good disposition for team work, taste and ability for the use of technologies and social networks, graphic design and knowledge of design and maintenance of web pages, taste for photography and video editing and interest in learning or improving Spanish (in case of not being Spanish-speaker)

ℹ️ Additional information

Linguistic support: Language support will be provided by Albanta A.C. and AMVIAC. Before leaving for Mexico, volunteers are recommended to learn Spanish as much as possible so that their volunteering is as enriching as possible.


Minimum stay: 3 months


Participation fee: 2300 MNX / month (includes accommodation and management fees)

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📅 Available sessions

AMVIAC-MLTV12-2019

25/09/2019 → 31/12/2019

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

2300.00 MXN ≈ 111 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Mexico

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Mexico Peso (MXN / Mex$)

Exchange rate

1 MXN = 0.048171 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central Standard Time

Local time: 21:45 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish