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Sharing Cultures Camp Leading

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Mexico Education European Voluntary Service Social work Education European Voluntary Service +1 Fixed dates

About the project

Sharing Cultures Camp Leading

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Our partner, Vive Mexico, promotes the intercultural learning and cultural exchange among different countries in an innovative and creative way with the philosophy of "learning by doing” with the objective to build cultural bridges between Mexico and the world; Inside the activities we are inviting international volunteers who will participate in activities such as workshops, games and different dynamics that volunteers realize together with many local youngsters in Mexico, also, volunteers will help to organize seminars and cultural trainings for local youngsters in Mexico in order to bring closer their culture to Mexican culture.

International volunteers will develop their skills by the hand of the working team of Vive México trainers and official education institutions, attend to meetings with different institutions, develop workshops, conferences, and participate as a camp leaders in different workcamps in Mexico where volunteers can participate in social, cultural an ecological activities with groups of international and national volunteers!

If you like cultural exchanges and discover cultures in a way that also you can help our world this is the project for you! Also, if you have any ideas, experience and knowledge in teaching, teamwork, dynamics or creative materials, you are most welcome to bring them and share!

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteers will be part of the Vive Mexico team and will be facilitators of workshops, but also the volunteers can share their cultures with driven dynamics, fun activities and ideas that promote the involvement of participants enrolled on international workcamps. Some of the activities to be developed are:

1. To prepare and provide training for the Mexican youngsters participants.

2. To drive workshops and dynamics to practice language and share their culture in an entertaining way.

3. To promote cultural exchange and international volunteer service among all participants of different Institutions.

4. To produce creative teaching materials for the training and cultural events.

5. To organize various activities for participants of the cultural activity as festivals, workshops, film evenings, cooking classes and anything creative you want to propose.

6. To support at the office activities, promoting EVS, participate in a video, provide information about the organization to the public.

7. To promote voluntary activities in different cities across the country in case we have any invitation to promote Vive Mexico and the EVS.

f8. To participate as a project leader in a workcamp in Mexico. The EVS will receive a leader training course in the city of Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico, where all the tasks in the project (reception of volunteers, management of projects, recreation and time management) will be explained. Vive Mexico will provide money for the transportation expenses from Morelia city to the camp places where the volunteer will help with the following tasks.

  1. To coordinate the proper reception of volunteers attending the project.
  2. To organize activities with the local coordinators.
  3. To coordinate free time activities for the group.
  4. To submit reports of activities and results with the coordinator from Vive Mexico.
  5. To fill formats and evaluation from the participants.
  6. To gather photographic evidence of the activities in the projects.
  7. To encourage volunteers to participate in activities and at the end of the project complete the evaluation.

Volunteers can choose from a diverse variety of project including

  • Projects to protect sea marine turtles at the pacific beach
  • Projects to work with children
  • Projects to work with indigenous communities
  • Projects to help organize youth congress at the beach
  • Projects to facilitate summer workshops for children
  • Projects to work on environmental activities and prevention of CO2 emissions.

🏠 Accommodation on site

In Morelia, volunteers will be hosted in a local house, shared room with all facilities, private bathroom, hot water, and kitchen and washing facilities. In the Workcamps the hosting can be in a hotel, shared room, all facilities, private bathroom, hot water, swimming pool, WIFI and air conditioning or also in houses or flats (depending on the conditions of each Workcamp)

📍 About the location

Main activities will be realized in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico, in addition to being a beautiful city, it is the capital of Michoacan State, it is declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO and hosts several cultural festivals (such as film, music, art).

🎒 Leisure activities

In their free time, volunteers can take a walk in downtown which has many cultural activities throughout the year, and discover the variety of historic buildings and monuments, for those looking to surround themselves by natural wonders, Morelia offers many options: 45 kilometers from Patzcuaro´s lake and the ancient pyramids of Tzintzuntzan, the magical towns of Cuitzeo, Patzcuaro and Santa Clara del Cobre, the islands of the Pacanda, Janitzio among others that the native cultures identified as the border between worlds, and several ceremonial centers of the Mesoamerican pre-Hispanic times. 

🤝 Meeting point

CLOSEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: Mexico City International Airport

CLOSEST STATION: Morelia Bus Terminal.

OTHER POSSIBLE AIRPORTS: Morelia Airport

ℹ️ Additional information

EVS conditions : https://goo.gl/mjAlTP

Program Information :

- Age: 18- 30 years old

- Available postions: 2 EVS volunteers, only for people living in Belgium 

- Period: 1st May – 30 Sept 2017 in hosting country (5 months).

- Coverage: The expenses are supported by Global Recognition Program - Erasmus+. The flight ticket is paid by the project

***How to apply***

Interested ? candidates in participating in the program should send an email including their resume and the application form to [email protected]

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📅 Available sessions

EVS-VM-SVI

01/05/2017 → 30/09/2017

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–60 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Morelia, Michoacán, 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 Standard Time

Local time: 21:15 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish