ESC: Assistance in education development indigenous communities -LO-CA, E

Name: ESC: Assistance in education development indigenous communities -LO-CA, E
Start: 2024-09-01
End: 2025-08-31
Location: Otavalo, Ecuador

Code: 38709 Copied

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Cielo Azul project is located in Otavalo (2 hours from the capital Quito). It works in different communities around Otavalo with indigenous people in their rural schools. The aim is providing education to the indigenous communities. In Cielo Azul schools classes are given to children and young people from the indigenous communities. Volunteer activities include agriculture, environmental care, sports, computers, English lessons and arts and crafts. The volunteers will work mainly with kids from 4 to 10 years old. The volunteer works 4 to 5 days per week between 8am and 1.30pm. S/he helps in the school in the areas where help is needed-specially English. The volunteer can help in the school garden harvest vegetables for lunch or get active offering workshops or free-time activities for the children. Many families live from agriculture and expect volunteers to help in this task and in their daily activities as part of the family dynamics. https://www.volunteervase.org/

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer lives (3-4 days) in a local family in the community during the week. The family offers a simple life and food, most of the families neither have hot water, nor internet, nor washing machines, but the volunteers have the basic resources and they can develop themselves without problems. The other 2-3 days the volunteers have a shared flat in the center of Otavalo for washing clothes and for taking a hot shower and sleeping there during the free days. The transportation is included, they can go with a teacher from the school or in a car-bus that get the volunteer to the community.

🎒 Leisure activities

The LO-CA project offers training cycles to improve the digital skills and to implement small local actions (SLOCAs) on the topic of Project management, Inclusion and diversity, Environment and Climate, Human rights and Sustainable local community development All volunteers of the project will learn together and implement the SLOCAs during the deployment, with help of coordinators and local trainees. On arrival, an orientation camp during 3 days and 10 days of Spanish lessons before the start of the project will be provided, as well as training with the local mentor and with the teacher.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Required: skills for working with children (4-10 y.o.): patience, initiative, energy and joy - Knowledge of Spanish - B2. The volunteer will help the educators with activities including: - Planning classes and taking care of the children - Practice sports and activities (games, music, art) - Preparing food (with families of the community) and distributing lunch among the children - Playing outdoors and helping to keep the spaces tidy -Participation in English, mathematics, science and art classes -Preparing workshops and campaigns (with the other volunteers: dental care, sexual education, etc.
Deadline: 31/08/2024 23:59

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?

Training before and after the project
Health insurance during your project
round-trip travel reimbursement
accommodation and food
pocket money
language course
Return Week-end
Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

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📅 Available sessions

EC38709

01/09/2024 → 31/08/2025

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Deadline: 31/08/2024

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

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

📍 Location

Otavalo, Ecuador

Ecuador

🌍 Location info

Local currency

United States Dollar (USD / $)

Exchange rate

1 USD = 0.895608 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Ecuador Time

Local time: 21:03 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish