ESC: EU VOWERS Amazonia, Ecuador - `L.DESPIERTA`

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

KERIC KERIC is a non-profit non-governmental organisation working mainly with children and youth aged 4-30 as well as adults. We offer a wide range of activities with an extra added international dimension which develop the personality of children and youth and differ based on the needs of participants. Our mission is to connect our region Kysuce with Europe and the whole world. KERIC was founded in February 2003. Our main activities are conversational language courses, computer courses, international youth exchanges, summer and winter camps, seminars and trainings for youth workesr from all over the world, creative workshops in the KERIC Underground club or at local school, sending and hosting volunteers to and from Europe and Latin America.

💼 What the programme involves

EU Volunteers Empowering Women through Sustainable Agriculture, Nature Restoration, and Climate Action for Community Resilience. Fundación Despierta started in 2012 as a scientific dissemination platform, it evolves into the Despierta Program in alliance with Kasa de Colores and reaches its autonomy in 2022. Despierta is a non-profit organization, duly registered and regulated by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition of Ecuador. Dedicated to developing initiatives within the framework of environmental conservation, environmental education and community development from the perspective of sustainability and enviro remediation. Activities: 1. Raising community, participatory and sustainable ancestral agricultural practices in the community. 2. Mapping nutritional deficiencies that can be covered with community and ancestral agriculture methodologies. 3.Identify opportunities for improvement in agriculture within the community 4. training in project development

🏠 Accommodation on site

The community (50 people - indigenous kichwa community) is located in the closest part of the Puyo River , each family has theirsmall house in the surrounding area. Volunteers are located in a private area with rooms, individual or shared, depending on the requirement, shared bathroom area, the kitchen and dining room are communal. In the community there is main Maloka (bungalow) where the ceremonies, rituals and meetings of the community take place. There is another space for collective activities - community garden, craft store, large area for sport activities, natural pool with spring water

🎒 Leisure activities

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: It is important to understand that the volunteers will have to get close to the community and approach in a friendly and reliable way in order to get the information needed to reach the goals. So they will get involved in the community activities: reforestation of species that have been lost. Supporting ecotourism issues: mingas, youth, children. Crafts that they sell in the community for visitors. Young people work with social media issues to make their culture visible, get involved in food preparation.
Deadline: 11/05/2026 12:00

ℹ️ Additional information

Fundación Despierta works in the communities of 3 regions of the country: Puerto Cayo - Manabí Panzaleo - Cotopaxi Tarqui – Pastaza For this project we are going to work specifically in the: Community LISANWASI in TARQUI (The Amazon rainforest) On arrival, an orientation camp and Spanish lessons before the start of the project will be provided, as well as training with the local mentor and with the teacher.

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

EC44825

01/08/2025 at 00:00 → 01/02/2026 at 00:00

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Deadline: 11/05/2026

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

Av. de los Shyris &, Quito 170135, 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: 21:02 (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