📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Project
The goal of this project is to share culture with indigenous children and indigenous youngsters to get life skills and tools to improve life quality promoting respect and mutual learning and growth.
💼 What the programme involves
Exchange your culture and help to get life skills learn and improve the life of indigenous children and youngsters
Work
Volunteers with university students of Puebla will organize workshops of crafts, recycling, ornamental and botanical gardening, dance, painting, elaboration of international dishes, you will also help in the construction of gardens, put in practice the cultural exchange through the dance and language workshops, volunteers will help in cleaning activities and maintenance of the Houses of the Indigenous Children.
This project is the perfect opportunity to learn Spanish and some indigenous languages!.
Skills and Certifications
By participating in this project, you will acquire the global skills of Adaptability, Global Awareness, Strategic Thinking and Collaborative Planning, after the participation in the project volunteers will receive an official letter certifying these skills.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation
Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities, kitchen, dining room, sleeping rooms, place to wash clothes and hot water, there are no beds so please bring an air mat and sleeping bag.
📍 About the location
Location
Zacapoaxtla is located in the northern part of the State of Puebla and it has 8062 inhabitants. Located 172 km from the capital of the state which is also called city of Puebla.
Leisure time
The camp is very close to wonderful places, you can visit archaeological sites such as Cuetzalan and Cantona as well as enjoy cultural diversity in museums and in magical villages and then ecotourism in marvelous caves and waterfalls, there will also be time to visit Puebla City, the capital of the state of Puebla and many more places.
Read more: https://www.zonaturistica.com/en/tourist-attractions-in/401/puebla.html
Read more: https://www.tripadvisor.com.ph/Attractions-g3180648-Activities-Zacapoaxtla_Central_Mexico_and_Gulf_Coast.html
Read more: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/mexico/puebla/top-things-to-do/a/poi/361541
⚠️ Requirements
Participation fee
Since neither VIVE MEXICO nor its local camp partner, does not receive financial support for this camp from municipality or private sources, to realize this camp we have to charge participation fee of 165.00 Euro, this fee includes food, hosting, materials and local transportation for work activities, this fee has to be paid by bank transfer before arrival to the camp or by participants upon arrival to the camp. The bank details will be provided after the acceptance of the participant to the camp.
SPECIAL NOTES: For volunteers who are interested to learn Spanish, there will be a Spanish course organized before the project starts, it will be organized in the city of Morelia. Cost: 110 Euros. It includes lodging for 7 days at a Youth Hostel in Morelia city, materials and practice activities for 15 hours with an experienced teacher are included. (Meals are not included).
ℹ️ Additional information
Special Requirements
This camp is open for youngsters who have sensibility and open minded to emphasize about the situation and the realities of indigenous communities, the rural life conditions and be respectful for the indigenous culture and wisdom.