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COLOURFUL FESTIVITY

Mexico Environment Festival Social work Environment Festival +1 Fixed dates

About the project

COLOURFUL FESTIVITY

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Hueytamalco is considered the epicenter for solidarity, fraternity so that is why the people from the community decided to collaborate with VIMEX. The aim of the community is to spread the preservation of the cultural heritage in our country. Hueytamalco is going to celebrate the festivity to Santiago Apostle in which a big sporting event will be organized.

💼 What the programme involves

*To work together with the festivitie´s permanent committee organizing, decorating, logistics, promotion and different activities. *To clean a nature reserve in Hueytamalco *To visit rural schools in order to create cultural, artistic and teaching spaces. *To visit an old people´s home so you can attend this vulnerable sector.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accomodation and food: The accomodation will be provided by families from the municipality, with all the facilities including telephone, internet and hot water. The food will be prepared by the people from the community.

📍 About the location

In the leisure time it will be possible for the volunteers to get to know Cuetzalan, which is a magical town. It will be also possible to enjoy recreational activities, aquatic parks, malls, cinemas and discotheques.

⚠️ Requirements

Good disposal to the team work, dedication, be responsible and enthusiastic to work with children and adolescents. Bring clothes adequate for the activities. Please bring your own insurance, despite in the community you will have access to first aid services and a doctor, if necessary. In your own volunteer exchange form please write what cultural, arts, handicraft and sport activities you can teach during the camp (think about what you wish to teach; something interesting in order to transmit your emotions). We would like to ask you to bring a presentation in power point of your country with 10 sliders and, if possible, typical clothes of your country, as well you can bring a typical musical instrument and music.

ℹ️ Additional information

You can take the Intensive Spanish Course that we offer to the volunteers in our camps before to go to your project. See the information and conditions at the section of the Spanish Courses 2016.

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📅 Available sessions

A-VIMEX 16/13

14/07/2016 → 30/07/2016

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 15
♂ 0/7 ♀ 0/8

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 MXN

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

📍 Location

Hueytamalco, Puebla, Mexico

Mexico

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Mexico Peso (MXN / Mex$)

Exchange rate

1 MXN = 0.048171 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish