WORKCAMPS IN MEXICO

In 2008 OIKOS organises in collaboration with Vive Mexico, a local non-profit organisation, several workcamps in Mexico.

The fee of participation (including the annual membership-card of OIKOS) is 100,00 Euro and has to be paid when applying for a camp. 
The camp-fee (including board and lodging) is from 190,00 to 210,00 Euro and has to be paid to the camp-coordinator on arrival in Mexico.

AIM AND OBJECTIVES

 Our Philosophy consist of involving young people of different nationalities in projects focused in aid and cooperation with the objective to provide a space where the energy and creativity of them can be channeled in a background that promotes the brotherhood and solidarity between the nations of the world, and at the same time, help them to create a consciousness of the problems that are a human responsibility, by inviting them to take part in an activity to help our planet. 

Our objectives are:

• Promote a cultural exchange between young people of different nationalities and backgrounds.

• Provide a unique and original way to discover all that Mexico has to offer.

• Give to the young Mexicans the opportunity to participate in international workcamps around the world through our partner organizations.

• Promote and develop voluntary service in Mexico as a mean of solving social, cultural and ecological problems in our country.

 

GENERAL CONDITIONS ABOUT THE PROJECTS

•  Volunteers must be 18 or older.

• English is the official language inside the groups but due to the nature of some of the projects a basic knowledge of Spanish could be required.

• It would be very good if volunteers could come with a preparation for projects in  Latin American countries in order to reduce the cultural shock, but also all volunteers will have an orientation session the first day of each workcamp.

• We ask the volunteers to stay during the whole duration of the project.

• The departure day for the group will be the last day of the workcamp.

• Volunteers will need to bring sleeping bag and air mattress.

• Volunteers have to pay the Fee of the projects at their arrival on the projects, in the info sheet it will be mentioned in which currency. For the projects taking place in Mexico, they can also send the money from their country before hand, this is well explained in the info-sheets.

• Volunteers are working 5 days a week between 4 and 6 hours a day. Generally on the week ends the group will visits different part of the region where they will be.

• In all the projects the volunteers will be self managed with the help of the leaders. They will cook their food, clean their lodging and decide together what kind of food to buy, and how to use their budget for  the leisure time.

• Volunteers have to be open minded and flexible about Mexican culture and food.

SPANISH COURSE

OPTIONAL ACTIVITY FOR ALL THE VOLUNTEERS

Very important information for all the volunteers accepted in the VIVE Mexico Projects

Vive Mexico besides the workcamp it self; gives the opportunity to take part in an Intensive Course of Spanish for all the volunteers interested. 

This activity is organized 7 days before the starting date of each camp. The volunteers MUST GO to the city of Morelia to take part in it. After participating, the volunteer must travel to his/her project meeting point. 

The costs for the Spanish language course is: 150,00 Euro
This cost includes.

• Hosting for 7 days and 6 nights in one house of the city with all facilities at your disposal

• Materials needed for the course (books of theory, books for exercises, etc.)

• Intensive Spanish classes given by a professional Spanish teacher in the city of Morelia.

This cost is very cheap compared with the traditional language courses in the private schools of Spanish in Mexico and the people giving the course are professional teachers of Spanish, the classes are 3 hours a day during 5 days and the participants have a lot of home work to do. 

There will be a free day generally on Sunday, to give the chance to the participants to visit the nearby towns and interesting places and to know better each other.

The volunteers have to indicate in the confirmation slip if they will participate in these activities and in which dates.

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Project: The project has been founded in 1996 together with the University of Michoacan, now Vive Mexico organizes workcamps together with the locals all over the year. The international volunteers participate in a program to protect the Marine Turtles, this year the volunteers will work with the people of Colola village to protect the sea turtles. There are two kinds of turtles that arrive in the beach, the Negra (Black Turtle) and the Golfina (Olive Riddle Turtle) the people involved in the project help by collecting eggs, burying them in the turtle camp, taking care of the baby turtles and doing some work collecting statistical information.

In this frame a group of international volunteers will be involved in the project, as members of the staff, which means that the volunteers will be very involved in the project and the work.

The goal of this project is to protect the turtles and to help to run the conservation activities of the protection turtle program promoting the international cooperation and international solidarity.

Work: The main work consists in collecting turtle eggs, burying them again in a secure place, and transporting the baby turtles safely to the sea. This will be carried out at night since the turtles do not get out of the ocean during the day (because of their natural predators it is safer for the turtles go out the ocean in the dark), together with the people from Colola Village the volunteers will seek for the turtles and take care of the eggs and the baby turtles locals are very friendly and work with the group and explain them what to do. We need for this camp very motivated volunteers who really want to get involved with the work of protection of the turtle.

There are also some extra activities to do with the local people to help to improve the town like setting names to the streets of the town or helping to arrange a multi use play ground for the children and maybe some cleaning work but this depends on your initiative! The people of the town is very open to participate in other activities the group of volunteers can propose to them so your ideas will be welcomed!

Location: Colola town is a small village located in the Michoacan State coast, between Maruata and La Placita towns. Since 1980 a program to project the marine turtles has been running by the people of the Village. Vive Mexico has been linking International Volunteers to this program since 1997.
Colola is an isolated village that offers an excellent opportunity to be close to nature, in a virgin beach, with no tourism around. The closest city is Tecoman at 200 kilometers but other villages such as La Placita are closer (45 minutes by bus) and offer internet connection.
Closest airport: Mexico City Airport

Accommodation: Volunteers will stay at the turtle camp, it is a wooden construction made of coco tree palms, it is safe and very fresh (needed in the warm weather of the beach!!!) there are wooden beds (no mattresses!), a kitchen, a rustic bathroom and a place to store food. There is just some electricity (to run some lamps) and it is necessary to bring sleeping bag and mattress. The place is basic but functional and it is located 20 to 30 minutes walking from Colola town where you can find more services (see below).

Fee: 210,00 Euro

Project: This project is coordinated with the secretary for the protection of the natural resources of the state of Michoacan, they are in charge of the program for the protection of the Nature and Fishing resources of Michoacan State, they manage a protection program of the white fish in a place called Patzcuaro Lake, Patzcuaro is a very beautiful town in the center of the state of Michoacan, well known since it is one of the most beautiful towns of Mexico, is one of the magical towns of Mexico (there is a program that pinpoint the 20 magical towns of Mexico and Patzcuaro is one of them), besides the town is the lake and there had been some problems due to pollution that is killing the white fish a specie that is very important since many people live from the fishing, in this frame the secretary for the protection of the Natural Resources of the State of Michoacan in inviting a group of volunteers to participate with local people in the activities of the program for the protection of the white fish in Patzcuaro Lake. Volunteers will stay in one of the Islands in the lake called Yunuen

Work: The main work consist in capturing the fish in the lake and to put them in a safe environment to produce eggs, once the baby fishes hatch the volunteers will help to release them in the lake to re-populate the lake

Location: Patzcuaro town is a place with enormous importance in the historical development of Michoacan State, its name means “Place of Cues” wish are indigenous temples. It was the capital city of the Purhepecha culture it is a very famous and beautiful town oof Michoacan state.
Closest airport: Mexico City Airport

Accommodation: Volunteers will stay in Tents, all facilities are close to the camping site and there are houses of the local people who lives in the island (volunteers will stay at the tent but they can use the facilities of the houses if they need them).

Fee: 210,00 Euro

Project: The CECYTEM (Colegio de Estudios Cientificos y Tecnologicos del Estado de Michoacan – Scientific and Technological Studies College--) is an institution that works in different communities of Michoacan State, the education is an important tool to improve the life of the people in any country and this school is aimed to bring formal education to isolated communities where there are many social problems, lack of work or where youngsters immigrate to the USA looking fore more opportunities, the school give to the youngsters tools and experience to develop their lives in the town and to help to improve it in this frame a group of International Volunteers is invited to participate in different activities (ecological cultural and social activities) in the town together with the students of the school and the people who lives in the village.

In this project a group of international volunteers is invited to participate in cultural activities to promote the awareness about the importance to take care of the environment as well as in maintenance activities inside the school

Work: Volunteers with local students will realize some reforestation activities in diverse zones of the town, visits and informal chats in schools of the town to speak about the ecological problems in order to promote the awareness to protect the environment, besides of this volunteers will participate painting some parts of the school.

Location: Senguio town is located inside the Mazahua culture region and it has boundaries also with the Puhrepecha and Aztec Cultures, it was conquered by the Spanish in 1522. It is surrounded of forests in a ncie an peaceful environment.
Closest airport: Mexico City Airport

Accommodation: In a particular house from the town with all facilities at disposal but there are no beds so please brig your sleep bag and air mat

Fee: 190,00 Euro

 

Project: The local host, is an institution that works toward the formation of the youngsters in such fields as: Computational Systems, Electro-mechanic engineer, Informatics BA and Administration; moreover, they organize many activities for the integral development of the youth so that the institute manages many ecological activities to promote the awareness toward the environmental issues. Last year, there was a fire that destroyed the trees in the green areas of the ‘Santa Rosa’ hill, and in this frame a group of International Volunteers, is invited to participate in co-operation with the Local Students, in different ecological activities such as the reforestation of the hill, and the Intercultural Exchange, among the participants and the local people.

Work: The volunteers will help in reforestation activities at the ‘Santa Rosa’ hill. They will work together with Local Students, in order to reach such daily goal of planting 8 trees per person, and help to organize some cultural activities to promote the integration of the International Volunteers, with the Local Students, in an international atmosphere!

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airport is the one in Guadalajara city.

Language: The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 190,00 euro

Project: The local host is an institution which has as a main objective the promotion of the cooperation trough multicultural organizations, they want to host a Workcamp to promote a intercultultural exchange among the international volunteers and the local youngsters of the city to organize interesting and nice activities to promote the interaction of the youngsters trough cultural, sports and social activities that also can benefit the local inhabits of the region.

Work: Volunteers will help in the reforestation of a specific area inside of the local university as well as creation of special accesses for youngsters that use wheelchairs in the university, volunteers will also help in the restoration and cleaning of historical monuments, help to paint a house that is used as asylum and help in the organization of local workshops with youngsters of the city for intercultural learning, also there are activities planned in a local archaeological area in the surroundings of La Piedad city

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airport is the one located in Guadalajara city.

Language: The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 190,00 euro

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VIVE 03

16.07.2008 - 04.08.2008

Morelia

 

Project: The institute for the youth development of the City of Morelia (IJUM) is a part of the local government which has been working with Vive Mexico since 6 years ago, together VIVE and the IJUM  had carried out many activities to promote the active participation of the youngsters in activities where the youth can be a change agent and a active member of the communities, under this frame groups of International Volunteers are involved in many activities with the local youngsters of the city, in this project, the aim is to participate in activities related with children and  the ancient Purephecha culture. Every summer groups of Children participate in many workshops coordinated and organized by the local government to participate in many activities such as sports, community projects, old traditions and cultures, etc.

Work: Volunteers will work with helping in the maintenance of historical monuments of Morelia city which is catalogued as part of the World heritage by UNESCOS Word Heritage Center, also volunteers will participate in activities in local villages around the city doing activities with children, restoring and painting buildings that are used for the benefit of the communities. Volunteers will help in cleaning campaigns and maintenance of public spaces such as gardens and parks, and painting with local youngsters basquet ball courts

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a youth center with all facilities at disposal, beds, toilet, hot water, kitchen and showers. PLEASE BRING YOUR SLEEPING BAG

Location: Morelia is a beautiful historic city, and capital of the state of Michoacán. Founded almost 500 years ago, the city has a wonderful central zone with buildings dating back to the time of the Spanish conquest as well as all the more modern attributes (shops, bars cafés etc). The city´s populations is over 1 million and the climate is moderately warm, with daytime temperatures ranging from 20-35º C. Morelia well connected to a variety of great places to  visit, such as Pátzcuaro, and the ancient Purépecha capital Tzintzunzan.

Language:  The official language of the workcamp is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated.

Fee: 190,00 euro

 Project: In Mexico, there are five different species of Marine Turtles which arrive to the coasts, and all of them are endangered. Many organizations and communities are working to protect these magic animals, and Isla de Pajaros, is a beautiful spot, close to nature, where a small community is settled, and they started a program to protect the Turtles. In this frame, a group of International Volunteers is invited to participate in these activities, and help this wonderful program after very good experiences in the past.

Work: The objective of the camp is to guarantee the preservation of the Marine Turtles, throughout actions to protect the Female Turtles and their nests. Day and night, International Volunteers will go to collect eggs and deliver them to the camp. Then, they will assure that the Female Turtles, return to the sea. Furthermore, they not only will put the eggs in the incubators and register data while others check the nests and register survival data, but also release the Baby Turtles, to the sea.

In addition to it, International Volunteers will participate in workshops with other communities along the coast to speak about the importance to protect the Marine Turtles.

Accommodation:The volunteers will be host in tents, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat; it is basic, but functional. There is no hot water or electricity.

Location: The closest airport is the one located in Mexico City.

Language:  The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 210,00 euro

Project: The local host is an organization which works in many activities, such cultural and environmental, to promote sustainable development and divulgate the richness of the Indigent Communities, in Mexico. Vive Mexico has worked with them in different projects with good results. In this Workcamp, a group of International Volunteers is invited to participate in activities with the community called “Mata de Platano”, to help in a program that seeks to promote the creation of activities for the sustainable development.

Work: The International Volunteers will help in the construction and maintenance of a Community Center, called: ‘La Casa del Volcan’. It has already been started by the Local People, but volunteers will help at the construction of a place able to   receive tourists as a Camping Zone, since ‘Mata de Platano’ is surrounded by very beautiful natural environment. Moreover, they will gather some elements for the openness of a community museum.

Accommodation:Volunteers will be hosted at a place into the ‘Mata de Platano’ community, with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airport is the one located in Mexico city.

Language: The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 210,00 euro

Project: The local host, is part of the National System of Superior Education, which mission is: ‘To form professionals with high nationalist sense of social compromise and service to the community, compromised with the surround and identified with the development of his/her region and the country, getting skills which cover the range of the International competence’. At the Institution, the people are able to study five Engineers and two Bachelor degrees, with such Integral Development, which spread cultural, sport, ecological, and social activities, so due to the location of the University, they manage many ecological activities to promote the awareness toward the environmental issues. In this frame, a group of International Volunteers is invited to participate in different ecological and cultural activities with the students of the Institution. This project is aimed to promote the preservation of the ecological environment and to promote the intercultural exchange between the local students and the international volunteers.

Work: Volunteers will participate in different activities, such as the creation of creative signs to promote messages to motivate the local people to take care of the beach and not to throw garbage. Moreover, they will help at the maintenance of the ‘Iguanario’, which is a place to breed Green Iguanas (since they are endangered and they are an icon of the local fauna), and at the Marine turtle conservation in ‘Barra del Tigre’. They will do all this together with local youngsters, and help in some cleaning activities.

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airport is the one located in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Guerrero. Mexico.

Language: The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 210,00 euro

Project: The local host is an institution which offers three Bachelor programs, seven of Engineer, four of Master degree and one P.H.D. In addition to it, it also works toward the formation of the youngsters, and they organize many activities for the education of the youth. Moreover, the Institute manages many ecological activities to promote the awareness toward the environmental issues. In this frame, a group of International Volunteers is invited to participate in different ecological and cultural activities with the students of the Institution, after some years of successful Workcamps, in the campus.  

Work: The volunteers will help in activities to rescue some natural areas in the surroundings of the campus and the city, such as reforestation activities, and help in the promotion of the sustainable tourism. They will participate in workshops and activities to promote the protection of the environment and awareness toward the voluntary service activities as a tool to help in the solution of these problems. Moreover, they will help in reforestation activities in an ecological ranch in the outside of Morelia city, this ranch is called: “La Planta” (the plant). It is a wonderful space where children can be close to nature and learn about the importance of taking care of the environment. At the Institution, the volunteers will make environmental signs to locate them in areas of the campus, and help on the reforestation.

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airport is the one located in Mexico City.

Language:  The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 190,00 euro

Project: The local host is an institution which has four fields of studies: ‘Mecatronics’, Biotechnology, Informatics and Administration. Currently, there are 571 students at the campus, whom will have technical career once they finish their studies, or the opportunity to study more in a professional frame. With such cultural, sport, ecological, youth, and artistical activities, the Institution looks for the Integral Development of its students.

Work: The volunteers will reforest diverse zones of the campus and visit schools of the town to speak about the importance of the nature. There will also be some informal language workshops, and all the activities will include students from the CECYTEM School.

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airport is the one located in Mexico city.

Language:  The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 190,00 euro

Project: The institute for the youth development of the City of Morelia (IJUM) is a part of the local government which has been working with Vive Mexico since 6 years ago, together VIVE and the IJUM  had carried out many activities to promote the active participation of the youngsters in activities where the youth can be a change agent and a active member of the communities, under this frame groups of International Volunteers are involved in many activities with the local youngsters of the city, in this project, the aim is to participate in activities related with children and  the ancient Purephecha culture. Every summer groups of Children participate in many workshops coordinated and organized by the local government to participate in many activities such as sports, community projects, old traditions and cultures, etc

Work: Volunteers will work with helping in activities in local villages around the city doing activities such as painting schools or basquet ball courts, also volunteers will help by helping to improve the conditions of the ways to access these communities, participating in cleaning campaigns and painting signals to facilitate the access for the people who needs to use wheel chairs

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a youth center with all facilities at disposal, beds, toilet, hot water, kitchen and showers. PLEASE BRING YOUR SLEEPING BAG

Location: Morelia is a beautiful historic city, and capital of the state of Michoacán. Founded almost 500 years ago, the city has a wonderful central zone with buildings dating back to the time of the Spanish conquest as well as all the more modern attributes (shops, bars cafés etc). The city´s populations is over 1 million and the climate is moderately warm, with daytime temperatures ranging from 20-35º C. Morelia well connected to a variety of great places to  visit, such as Pátzcuaro, and the ancient Purépecha capital Tzintzunzan.

Language: The official language of the workcamp is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated.

Fee: 190,00 euro

Project: The local host is an institution that works toward the formation of the youngsters, and they organize many activities for the education of the youth. Moreover, they manage many ecological and social activities to promote the awareness toward the environmental issues in the region, and also to promote de development of the local communities around the Institution, as a contribution of the school to the improvement of the quality of life of the region where they work. In this frame, a group of International Volunteers is invited to participate in co-operation with the local students in different ecological and social activities into the campus, and the surrounding communities.

Work: The volunteers will help in reforestation activities inside the Campus and in the recollection of clothes and medicines to give to the inhabitants of the poor communities of the region. Moreover, they will do a literate campaign along with the Local Students, of the Institute.

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airport is the one located in Mexico City.

Language:  The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 210,00 euro

Project: The local host is an institution that works toward the formation of the youngsters, and they organize many activities for the education of the youth. Moreover, the Institution manages many ecological activities to promote the awareness toward the environmental issues. In this frame, a group of International Volunteers is invited to participate (in co-operation with the Local Students) not only in different ecological and cultural activities, but also to learn how to make traditional pottery handicrafts and watch/ play “El Juego de la Pelota Caliente” – Game of the fire ball, a pre-Hispanic game of Mexican indigenous.

Work: The volunteers will help in activities to improve the conditions of the Campus, such as maintenance of trees, reforestation activities, and designing/ making signs to set them at the green areas of the Institute.

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airports are those located in Mexico city.

Language: The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 190,00 euro

Project: The local hots of this project is a center that promote the social and sport activities in Cancun city, they realize over 34 cultural and sport activities with around 1,300 families in Cancun.

Cancun is a marvel of nature but the population is growing very rapidly this is why it is very important to educate the children in a frame of awareness for the protection of the environment, and valorization of their local culture, history and roots. It is very important to create awareness that there is only one planet and the promotion of values such as flexibility, understanding other cultures, tolerance and team work is very important, this is why this project is organized, to promote voluntary service activities with the children and adults with the sports and cultural exchanges. A group of international volunteers is invited to help in the organization of a sports event and also to participate in social activities to support the local native people of the Yucatan Peninsula that at the same time engage the volunteers in a experience that show them the local culture, life of local people and the traditions of the Maya culture.

Work: The International Volunteers along with local people will organize sports events (aquatic sports, foot ball) and will help in the coordination of the events and the participants. After the sport activities volunteers will participate in a program for the protection of the marine turtles and a special specie of crab called “the blue crab” that is released in Cancun beaches to prevent its extinction, volunteers will help by releasing and counting the baby turtles and help in the transportation of the blue crabs to the place where they are released. Besides of these activities, the international volunteers will also participate in reforestation activities in local communities and parks.

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in the facilities of the sports club, with all facilities at disposal (kitchen, showers, bathrooms, air conditioning, etc) please bring your sleeping bag and air mat!

Location: The closest airport is the one located in the Cancun city.

Language:  The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 210,00 euro

Project: The local host is an Institution that works in different communities of the State of Michoacan. The education is an important tool to improve the life of the people in any country, and this school is aimed to bring formal education to isolated communities where there are many social problems, lack of work, and where youngsters immigrate to the USA, looking for more opportunities. The school gives tools and experience to the youngsters to develop their lives in the town, and help to improve it. In this frame, a group of International Volunteers is invited to participate in different activities not only ecological but also cultural and social in the town together with the School Students and the people who lives in the village. Moreover, they are invited to participate in cultural activities to promote the awareness about the importance to take care of the environment.

Work: The International Volunteers along with the Students of the Institute will paint some rural schools and realize dynamics with the children in order to get in touch one another and know/share such cultural backgrounds of each individual in the project. Moreover, they all will realize a cleaning campaign to teach to the people the importance of the environment and its preservation.

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airport is the one located in Morelia city.

Language: The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 190,00 euro

Project: The local host is an Institution that works in different communities of the State of Michoacan. The education is an important tool to improve the life of the people in any country, and this school is aimed to bring formal education to isolated communities where there are many social problems, lack of work, and where youngsters immigrate to the USA looking for more opportunities. The school give to the youngsters tools and experience to develop their lives in the town and to help to improve it. In this frame, a group of International Volunteers is invited to participate in different activities not only ecological but also cultural and social in the town together with the school students and the people who live in the village.

Work: The International Volunteers will be working shoulder by shoulder at the restoration of the city Arbors/ bowers with the aim of cleaning and painting them, and reforesting the green areas around.

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airport is the located in Mexico city.

Language:  The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 190,00 euro

Project: The local host is an Institution that works in different communities of the State of Michoacan. The education is an important tool to improve the life of the people in any country, and this school is aimed to bring formal education to isolated communities where there are many social problems, lack of work, and where youngsters immigrate to the USA, looking for more opportunities. The school gives tools and experience to the youngsters to develop their lives in the town, and help to improve it. In this frame, a group of International Volunteers is invited to participate in different activities not only ecological but also cultural and social in the town together with the School Students and the people who lives in the village. Moreover, they are invited to participate in cultural activities to promote the awareness about the importance to take care of the environment.

Work: International Volunteers and local youngters will paint a mural that communicates the importance of taking care of the environment; moreover, they will participate in workshops to speak about recycling, reforestation, compost, etc. In addition to it, Volunteers will organize informal chats with local indigenous people to research about their way of life and their culture inside the ethnic groups. Some language classes will also be organized in the town.

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airport is the one located in Guadalajara city.

Language:  The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 190,00 euro

Project: The local host, is part of the National System of Superior Education, which mission is: ‘To form professionals with high nationalist sense of social compromise and service to the community, compromised with the surround and identified with the development of his/her region and the country, getting skills which cover the range of the International competence’. At the Institution, the people are able to study five Engineers and two Bachelor degrees, with such Integral Development, which spread cultural, sport, ecological, and social activities, so due to the location of the University, they manage many ecological activities to promote the awareness toward the cultural issues. In this frame, a group of International Volunteers is invited to participate in different cultural activities with the students of the Institution. This project is aimed to promote the preservation of the cultural heritage of the city and to promote the intercultural exchange between the local students and the international volunteers.

Work: Volunteers with local students will work in restoration and maintenance activities in the local Kiosko the main square garden, they will help to clean and to make a restoration of this very important and historical monument of the city made with “Cantera” a beautiful stone from the region

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airport is the one located in Guadalajara city.

Language:  The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 190,00 euro

Project: The local host is an Institution that works in different communities of the State of Michoacan. The education is an important tool to improve the life of the people in any country, and this school is aimed to bring formal education to isolated communities where there are many social problems, lack of work, and where youngsters immigrate to the USA, looking for more opportunities.  The Institute gives tools and experience to the youngsters to develop their lives in the town and to help to improve it. In this frame, a group of International Volunteers is invited to participate in different activities not only ecologiclal but also cultural and social in the town together with the School Students and the people who lives in the village.

Work: The International Volunteers along with the School Students will reforest some areas of the town and organize not only cultural activities, such as theater, sing, and dance workshops, but also ecological with youngsters from the town.

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airport is the one located in Mexico city.

Language:  The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 190,00 euro

Project: Founded in 1997, the local host constitutes its Educational Platform, in a two-year studies program which enables the individuals to get a Technical Certificate, once they finish their courses. The house of the Culture (‘Casa de la Cultura’, in Spanish), was created in April, 1984, and currently is considered the place of the cultural divulgation of the north of the State of Quintana Roo. Among the objectives of this Cultural Institution, are: 1) to support the cultural manifestation of different local and regional groups, 2) to divulgate and preserve the ‘Mayan’ culture regard to the new age, and 3) to support the artists in the divulgation of their work. Consequently, based in these cultural and institutional frames, the Technological University is interest in the Cultural Exchange and Integral Development, of its students in such topics as: Customs, Beliefs, Gastronomy, Ideology, Religion, and etc. creating a multicultural space for the understanding of the people from different nationalities.

Work: The International Volunteers along with the students from the Technological University will help to realize cultural, artistical and scientific activities, in poor communities, in order to strengthen the cultural expressions of the local people throughout the exchange of such different backgrounds of individuals from other nationalities and them.

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airport is the one located in the Cancun city.

Language:  The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 210,00 euro

Project: The local host is an Institution that works in different communities of the State of Michoacan. The education is an important tool to improve the life of the people in any country, and this school is aimed to bring formal education to isolated communities where there are many social problems, lack of work, and where youngsters immigrate to the USA, looking for more opportunities. The school gives tools and experience to the youngsters to develop their lives in the town, and help to improve it. In this frame, a group of International Volunteers is invited to participate in different activities not only ecological but also cultural and social in the town together with the School Students and the people who lives in the village. Moreover, they are invited to participate in cultural activities to promote the awareness about the importance to take care of the environment.

Work: The International Volunteers together with local students will build a Botanical Garden, with the different medical plants which grow up naturally in the region in order to show to the people their different uses and properties of themselves.

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal (there are no beds, so please bring your sleeping bag and air mat).

Location: The closest airport is the one located in Mexico city.

Language: The official language of the Workcamp: is English, but some Spanish, would be appreciated.

Fee: 190,00 euro