One, Two... Tree!
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About the project
One, Two... Tree!
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
One, two…tree! is a non profit organization working on education in Latin America. We introduce English classes for underprivileged children in local non-profits and public schools and also organize funding campaigns to promote specific educational projects. The idea is simple: We cooperate with local organizations to use their premises and introduce free English classes with volunteer work. This allows us to get involved in the local educational system to reach a large number of kids at the lowest costs.
💼 What the programme involves
They will be teaching English in the local elementary school and at a boarding school. We teach around 20 hours a week from Monday to Thursdays, Fridays are free so our volunteers can get to travel or enjoy more free time.
Even thou we provide all the teaching materials and a book to follow, each person is responsible for preparing their classes, correcting homework/tests and we are really open to new ideas that could help the students to improve their level.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers house is a bit cheaper (100€/month) but they take care of their own expenses, that money covers the house, hot water, wifi, water, toilet paper, blankets and towels.
Host family prices are a bit higher, up to 175€, but it includes the house + the meals.
Depending on the number of volunteers we have an agreement with the owners of the newest hostel in the village to provide accomodation for our volunteers.
🍲 Food
This depends, we offer two types of accomodation: if they live in the volunteers house they will have to take care of their own meals, whilst if they live with a local family they will have 3 meals a day, seven days a week.
📍 About the location
Zinacantan is composed primarily of indigenous Tzotzil Maya and is located approximately 11 km (6.8 miles) east of San Cristóbal de las Casas which is a
vibrant city and tourist destination. The people of Zinacatán speak primarily Tzotzil and Spanish.
English is not mandatory in Mexican primary schools, which means that the children will not begin learning English until they are in secondary school. Only 44% of these children go to secondary school therefore, most of these children may never learn any English. This will make them less likely to qualified for many jobs in the burgeoning travel, hospitality and tourist industries (especially in San Cristóbal de las Casas). This is what we want to start changing. :)
🎒 Leisure activities
Chiapas is one of the main tourist destinations in Mexico and, beside San Cristobal de las Casas which is where we go every weekend, they can visit places like: Cañon del Sumidero, Cascadas de Agua Azul, Cascada de Misol-ha, Lagunas de Montebello, Cascadas Roberto Barrios and, above all, the maginificent mayan ruins of Palenque. All of this destinations can be reached on the same day.
Also, they can visit our project in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, which is 10 hours away by bus and almost all Mexico from Tuxtla Gutierrez's airport, located one hour away from Zinacantan.
⚠️ Requirements
The volunteers will be teaching english, so knowlegde of English is required.
ℹ️ Additional information
The volunteers teach from 9 to 14 every day from Monday to Thursdays, depending on the number of volunteers each person will have from 3 to 5 different classes.
Mornings are used for teaching kids, while in the afternoon we have also adult classes. Life in Zinacantan is super calm, so we use afternoons to prepare the next day or to visit San Cristobal to do stuff such as laundry (there are no washing machines at home and it is a lot easier in there), big shopping or just chillanywhere in there.
During the weekend we like to plan trips around the state of Chiapas or closer to the village.
If you come here prepare to live "under" the mayan rules and get ready to enjoy them, they are really different compared to the European lifestyle.
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
One two ... Tree ! Teaching English
01/11/2019 → 01/11/2020
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
200.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
29350 Zinacantán, Chis., Mexico
Mexico
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Mexico Peso (MXN / Mex$)
Exchange rate
1 MXN = 0.048171 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Central Daylight Time
Local time: 20:55 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
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