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Work with Children

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Ecuador Education Children Social work Education Children +1 Permanent

About the project

Work with Children

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Our organisation is a non-profit NGO that deals with various projects in different provinces. Ecuador. It proposes short, medium and long-term volunteering projects which represent an opportunity unique. The country offers several volunteering opportunities where you can meet nice people and respectful, who will welcome you in a family atmosphere. Our main goal is to preserve the environment to promote the development of the community whose activities are related to the environment and local economic development

💼 What the programme involves

AIMS OF THE PROJECT
Located in Cuenca, this wonderful project benefits low income children and teenagers whose parents cannot give them total attention in their homes.
The project provides preventive social and educational services to children and young workers at risk, whose families are working around the market Cuenca, through comprehensive education and mediation aimed at preserving family integration, school continuity and the formation of builders subject their future.


PROJECT’S ACTIVITIES
This project helps children ages 5 to 16 years old by providing a safe place where the children can eat lunch, do homework, watch TV, recreation and sports, computer lessons and manual art work and many more activities.
The volunteers can work on this project a minimum of 6 months from 10:00am to 16:00pm.
From Monday to Friday, from 10:00am to 12:00, at noon the volunteers assist the program, serving food, to an estimated 100 children, after lunch the volunteers assist the children with their homework, the volunteers must teach or help in mathematics, English and some other subjects the children needs.
This project helps children ages 5 to 16 years old by providing a safe place where the children can eat lunch, do homework, watch TV, recreation and sports, computer lessons and manual art work and many more activities.

VOLUNTEER’S TASKS
The volunteers can work on this project a minimum of 5 months from 10:00am to 16:00pm.
From Monday to Friday, from 10:00am to 12:00, at noon the volunteers assist the program, serving food, to an estimated 100 children, after lunch the volunteers assist the children with their homework, the volunteers must teach or help in mathematics, English and some other subjects the children needs.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will be placed in host families.

📍 About the location

Cuenca was declared Cultural Patrimony by UNESCOO Located in the Province of Azuay near Cuenca, the capital city. Cuenca is the most beautiful city of Ecuador, with all public services, nominated like one of the best cities to live in the world
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⚠️ Requirements

This project, ask volunteers with:
- Patience
- Love for the children
- Responsability
- Punctuality
- Solidarity

🤝 Meeting point

The volunteers must arrive to Quito in order to receive instrucctions, after that; they will travel to the community, where he/she chose to make their placement.

Fundación Proyecto Ecologico Chiriboga has its office and its shelter in Quito in the beginig of the south of the capital city, to get to our office from the airport is possible to come by bus or by taxi.
The cost of the taxi is 30 dollars until 22:00pm and 35 dollars aftyer this time.

ℹ️ Additional information

Minimmum time : 5 months
Maximum time : 10 months
September 1st to July 15th ... Highlands

Fees: 400 USD per month

PROJET MINIMUM 5 MOIS 

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📅 Available sessions

SCHAREFPECH2AUTO-EXT

01/01/2024 → 31/12/2027

Cancelled
Volunteers registered 0 / 4
♂ 0/2 ♀ 0/2

SCHAREFPECH2

01/01/2020 → 31/12/2023

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 4
♂ 0/2 ♀ 0/2

SCHAREFPECH

25/09/2019 → 31/12/2019

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 0

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

430.00 USD ≈ 385 EUR

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

📍 Location

Cuenca, Ecuador

Ecuador

🌍 Location info

Local currency

United States Dollar (USD / $)

Exchange rate

1 USD = 0.895608 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Ecuador Time

Local time: 21:04 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish