Amazonas Spanish School supports various foundations and offers very well structured volunteer programs to our students. These programs have found a great favour with our students, and in the majority of the cases, have been the ideal compliment to their Spanish classes and homestay.
We offer opportunities for volunteer work in the following fields:
- Street Children Organizations
- Practice in Travel Agencies
- Ecological Organizations / Communities
- English and German Classes
:: STREET CHILDREN ORGANIZATIONS
These foundations have been working and helping Street Children from Ecuador for some years. They have their own homes where children live and take regular classes every day. These foundations are the temporary home for them and their principal objective is "to reintegrate Street Children into society".
Volunteers can participate in different activities such as:
- Teaching English, German, Math, Sciences, Grammar, etc.
- Supporting office administration
- Child recreation
- Creating motivational games, didactical material
- Gardening
:: TRAINING IN TRAVEL AGENCIES
We have our in-house travel agency, where tourism students can work as volunteers and get more practical experience for their future activities.We also work with many other reliable travel agencies and tour operators where our students can work as volunteers or for practice.
:: ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS / COMMUNITIES
Ecuador has many impressive ecological areas to develop activities related to environmental projects. Between others, we are offering the following volunteer opportunities:
To live and work with a family in one of three diverse areas of Ecuador. You will experience daily life within the communities, help with family and community work, learn their culture and customs and of course improve your Spanish. There is a one week preparatory course at an agro-ecologically managed hacienda in which you will learn about subjects such as organic horticulture, forestation and animal management (from bees to cows!).
The community volunteer programs are managed with the following objectives:
- To stimulate the exchange of culture and knowledge between campesinos and volunteers, through agricultural and environmental conservation work with the campesino families.
- To enable campesino families and communities to profit from income brought by the volunteer program, and additionally, the benefit of the volunteers' work.
- That the volunteers may be acquainted with and learn agricultural practices with an agro-ecological focus: organic horticulture, agro-forestry, animal management and forestation.
- To provide a favourable atmosphere in which volunteers practice and improve their Spanish language through daily conversations with the family and community members.
Volunteers can select a community in one of these three areas:
:: ENGLISH AND GERMAN CLASSES
We work with different English and German institutes and private/public high schools, where our volunteers can teach English or German and practice Spanish with local students.
