Sharing Cultures Camp Leading
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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.
- To coordinate the
proper reception of volunteers attending the project.
- To organize activities
with the local coordinators.
- To coordinate free
time activities for the group.
- To submit reports of
activities and results with the coordinator from Vive Mexico.
- To fill formats and
evaluation from the participants.
- To gather photographic
evidence of the activities in the projects.
- 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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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
EVS-VM-SVI
01/05/2017 → 30/09/2017
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)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken