📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Green Lion
💼 What the programme involves
Many of the villagers here in Coihueco need help with renovation and light construction. The situation extends to communal areas such as schools, churches, clinics, healthcare and community centers as well.
Through renovation and light construction work from people such as yourself, we can assist the community while allowing you to engage with the local people and environment, as you learn more about the local culture.
Work can include housing renovation and light construction such as painting. Typical tasks could be repairing chairs, tables, toilets, building walls, repairing roofs, tiling or even gardening. Tasks will depend on local conditions and what is needed at the time. You can expect to be working 4-5 hours a day.
🏠 Accommodation on site
About the Accommodation
Your new home will be in a dormitory at a local school in Coihueco, central Chile. The accommodation has a communal area where you can eat, relax, meet fellow participants and use the free Wifi.
Food Arrangements
All the meals served inside the accommodation will be typically Chilean, including rice dishes, potatoes, beans, meat, sandwiches and vegetables. Water, coffee and tea are available all day long.
📍 About the location
You will be located in the outskirts of Coihueco, an interesting town 400 km South of Chile's capital, Santiago. Coihueco is both a Chilean commune, and a city, in í‘uble Province, Biobío Region. The commune borders Argentina on the east and the provincial capital, Chillán, on the west.
Coihueco is known for their wood carvings and loom weaving, as well as their Festival of Creole Roots, which revives many folkloric traditions!
ℹ️ Additional information
Open all year, starting on Mondays, every week, participation fee 280,00€ per week. Culture week mandatory: 280 € to start the project