This volunteer project is run by a local community in the northern cloud forest of Ecuador. The community has a great interest in providing sustainable support to their people, especially the children.
The foundation is one of the most important institutions of its kind in Quito and provides a vast variety therapies for handicapped people. Patients are often very poor, and their families are not able to afford expensive therapies. The foundation depends on the assistance of volunteers.
This project allows you to spend a few weeks on the beautiful Galapagos Islands as a volunteer at the Biological Station. Its main purpose is to restore native and endemic plant species and to reduce the impact of introduced species.
At this volunteer project in Ecuador, volunteers are committed to the conservation of Ecuador’s marine biodiversity.
Since its beginnings, the project has conducted important investigations regarding sea turtles, sea birds, corals, sharks, and other salt-water fish.
The project’s main objective is to offer them comprehensive and supportive care, assuring that their educational, nutritional, and psychological needs are met. Despite the lack of resources, including pedagogic materials, the institution has managed to create a friendly and nurturing environment for the children to enjoy.
As a volunteer for this project, your activities are all about helping and supporting your local host family. One of your main responsibilities as a volunteer is helping the local women make typical Ecuadorian handicrafts. You will learn a lot about different techniques, traditions, and local culture.
The Galapagos Islands are one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. South America Inside gives you the opportunity to stay for several weeks, while you participate in our volunteer project.
Our school is housed in a beautiful old colonial house, in the historic district “Getsemani”, where you can feel the history and culture of Cartagena.
Our Spanish school in Bogota is one of the most visited language schools in Colombia due to the high quality of its Spanish courses and teaching methods. The teachers have very good training and experience in teaching Spanish as a foreign language.
Our language school in Montañita is only a stone’s throw away from the beautiful Pacific coast with its wonderful sandy beach – a wonderful place to learn Spanish in a relaxed atmosphere.