Escuela Laboratorio

Name: Escuela Laboratorio
Start: 2024-04-01
End: 2028-12-31
Location: San José, Costa Rica

Code: 6788379e-5a3c-11ef-a62b-fa163ef8d720 Copied

Costa Rica Education Children Social work Education Children +1 Permanent

About the project

Escuela Laboratorio

📝 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

Public school in cooperation with the University of Costa Rica, the school collaborates in pedagogical subjects,
innovation and investigation, psychology, nursery and orientation processes.

Volunteer tasks:

Supporting the teachers in class in general
Playing games with the children
Develop workshops for the children
Helping with the preparation of educational materials
In addition to English classes, the volunteers can give some classes of their mother language.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will stay with a host family.

🍲 Food

📍 About the location

San José, the capital of Costa Rica, is a dynamic city surrounded by verdant mountains. It is known for its fascinating museums, such as the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum, and its colonial architecture. The city offers a lively atmosphere with local markets and cafés. As the country's cultural and economic center, San José is an ideal base from which to explore Costa Rica's natural wonders.

⚠️ Requirements

Minimum participation of 8 weeks.

Skills and interests required:
- Patience, sensitivity and tolerance
- Have the initiative to teach children their language
- A self-starter
- Independent
- Willing and able to play with children
- Responsible, Punctual, good attitude;

It will be necessary to have at least a basic level of Spanish to apply for a social project. Volunteers can sign up to our Spanish course for preparing before starting the project.

🤝 Meeting point

The volunteers will be collected at the airport in San José.

ℹ️ Additional information

The Extra Fee indicated covers a period of 8 WEEKS, and includes

- Transfer from the airport to the host family
- Orientation day, a day in which we give a cultural introduction to Costa Rica, safty and transportation recommendations, directions to the project and a tour of San Jose with lunch included
- Accomodation and meals in the host family

The program has flexible dates depending on the availability of the project, with flexibility from 8 weeks to 5 month, but this includes an additional fee to the indicated fee.

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