CECUDI MANITAS Y SONRISAS

Name: CECUDI MANITAS Y SONRISAS
Start: 2017-10-31
End: 2018-04-30
Location: Costa Rica

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Costa Rica Social work Social work Permanent

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

ACI Costa Rica is a non-profit NGO that promotes and runs programs of intercultural learning and international volunteering with young people from all corners of the world, guiding them in their participation in social and ecological projects and helping them to gain new perspectives of the world. In Costa Rica we run several different volunteering programs: sending and receiving, short-term and long-term, for groups and for individuals. We are an active member of ICYE – International Cultural Youth Exchange – a federation of NGOs with its headquarters in Berlin, Germany, and representation on five continents through its partner organizations and committees. ICYE has been declared an International Peace Messenger by the United Nations for its contributions to intercultural learning.

💼 What the programme involves

Possible tasks for the volunteer: • To assist staff with everyday tasks • To play games with the children • To help with mealtimes • To assist with cooking, cleaning, laundry etc.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will live in a host family. 3 meals per day are included.

📍 About the location

Location: The “Centro de Atencion y Desarrollo Infantil de San Pablo is an organisation that provides a quality service to children between the ages of 3 and 7 years who come from families in extreme poverty, poverty and the middle class of the San Pablo de Heredia area. It is based on constructivist methodology and promotes equality between men and women as well as core values for personal development.

⚠️ Requirements

Extra fee will be used as a donation thus it will be invested for the cildren´s welfare. Required skills and interests of the volunteer: - To enjoy working with children - To be patient and tolerant - To be sociable - To have a lot of initiative - To be respectful towards the rules of the institution - To have a basic Spanish level - To be a good example for the children: appropriately dressed

ℹ️ Additional information

There doesn´t necessarily have to be two male and two female volunteers. It rather could vary.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

CRC-12

31/10/2017 → 30/04/2018

Closed

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–70 years old

Solidarity donation

350.00 USD ≈ 313 EUR

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

📍 Location

Heredia Province, San Pablo, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Costa Rica Colon (CRC / ₡)

Exchange rate

1 CRC = 0.001986 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish