📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Creandome is a center formed by a group of people interested in the educative, cultural, ecological, social, personal development and health of the inhabitants of the nearby communities to Boca del Cielo. These communities have low-income, and are mainly dedicated to commercial activities for tourists and fishing. Both children and adults rarely visit cities or even have the opportunity to interact in different environments. The main mission of Creandome is to show the center assistants the biggest possible diversity in culture, arts, sports, environment, ecology and technology. Most of the time, they wouldn't be able to have contact with these topics. Thanks to volunteers and visitors, they perform activities through classes, courses, workshops, demonstrations, concerts, games, ecologic constructions, playgrounds, and intercultural activities. Nowadays, an educative center is under construction and habilitation, it will offer a safe and friendly environment for all the activities.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers help by giving educational opportunities to children, helping in their homework and studies. It is very important for Creandome the volunteers make use of their talents and knowledge in order to show a new world to children and eventually, they broad their horizons. The work will depend on the organization's needs, but it will consist mainly in the construction and equipment habilitation that will form part of an educative center. It will also have the possibility to participate in recreational activities with the children.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will be staying in the Creandome facilities, where dependin on weather and season, they can sleep in mix dormitories or open shelters next to the beach. The center has basic amenities such as bathrooms, hot water and kitchen. The workcamps include three meals a day with standard quantities (about 300 grams per portion), additional quantities should be covered by the volunteer. Any special dietary requirements should be informed before the workcamp starts.
📍 About the location
Boca del Cielo is a small town with a beautiful beach located between the Pacific Ocean and a lagoon formed by the junction of rivers descending from the Sierra Madre, creating mangrove swamps. Located in southwest Chiapas, where the nearest city is about 30 minutes away, it is also a destination for sea turtles in summer and autumn; this is why Nataté each year does the successful Sea Turtle Workcamps for safeguarding the species. The average temperature is 27ºC, being spring and summer the warmest seasons.
ℹ️ Additional information
Teenagers will be accepted only with parents approval