Volunteer in South America

Promote Environmental Health in Paraguay Spend your summer (Their winter!) as an AMIGOS Volunteer working, living, and learning with a host family in beautiful rural Paraguay. Learn a new language and a new culture while promoting leadership skills, team-building, and youth empowerment through environmental activities. Partner with local youth to run camps for 5-12 year old children. Collaborate with community members on the planning and implementation of a Community-based Initiative tailored to your community’s specific needs. Some Volunteers will be helping with latrine construction, some building safer fuel-efficient stoves, and some focusing on reforestation. For more specific information, visit our website.
	Dates: Summer 2010 Cost: The participation fee is $4,600. Scholarship and fundraising support is available. The Participation Fee includes: * Round-trip international airfare from your gateway city * Food, lodging, and transportation in Latin America * All project related supplies * Training materials and workshops * Veteran supervisory Project Staff * 24-hour emergency On-Call Communications System during the program * Supplemental short-term international medical insurance Contact: Amigos de las Américas, 5618 Star Lane, Houston, Texas 77057. Tel: (713) 782-5290 (Dial Ext 126 (Allison Fishbein) or Ext 116 (Daniel Pacheco) to speak to our volunteer managers directly) Email: info@amigoslink.org Website: www.amigoslink.org
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Volunteer in South America  ELI partners with local organizations in Peru, Ecuador, and Argentina to match volunteers with local organizations in need of volunteers. All placements are made on an individual basis depending on the skills and goals of the volunteer, the needs of the organization, and the length of the program. Programs are available throughout the year for lengths of time varying from two weeks to six months.
	Cost: Program fees start at $515. The cost will depend on the country and duration of the program. Program fees include airport pickup, accommodation, and meals. Dates: Programs are available throughout the year and dates are flexible. Contact: Experiential Learning International, 2828 N. Speer Blvd. Suite 230, Denver, CO 80211 Tel.: 303-321-8278 Email: info@eliabroad.org Website: www.eliabroad.org
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English Opens Doors Program—Chilean Ministry of Education The English Opens Doors Program, an initiative of the Chilean Ministry of Education and the United Nations Development Programme-Chile, seeks volunteers to teach English in public schools throughout the country. EOD provides all volunteers with room and board with a host family, a monthly stipend, online Spanish course, all-expenses paid orientation and more! All volunteers must pay 100.00 USD a month for comprehensive international health insurance and related costs (total monthly stipend payments typically outweigh the costs of this contribution). Couples are welcome! Join over 500 volunteers who have participated in the English Opens Doors Program; teach English, learn Spanish, improve your resume, and make a difference! Dates: 4, 6, 8, and 10 Month Programs as well as two 10-week summer Programs are offered throughout the year. Cost: 100.00 USD per month for comprehensive health insurance Contact: English Opens Doors Program, Alameda 1315, Piso 7, Oficina 74, Santiago (Centro), Chile Tel: (56-2) 487 5091 Skype: voluntariosangloparlantes Email: voluntarios@mineduc.cl Website: www.centrodevoluntarios.cl

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CREES Volunteer Ever wanted to do something different? Take a less traveled road and throw yourself into a meaningful adventure in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest. Work alongside local communities and a team of experts in conservation and help ensure a sustainable future for the Amazon and its people. Our vision Join a group of passionate people determined to protect the incredible diversity of the region and generate truly sustainable development that creates decent livelihoods in harmony with the natural environment. We believe that mankind and nature can support one another through balance, respect and innovation. Dates: Every month – Please visit our website for details Cost: From $1,000 USD Contact: CREES Volunteer, 7/8 Kendrick Mews, London, SW7 3HG, UK Tel.: +44 (0) 20 7581 2932 Email: info@crees-expeditions.com Website: www.crees-volunteer.org

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Alliance Abroad Group
Volunteer in Peru
Spend anywhere from 1 month to 3 months volunteering in an ancient and wondrous land! We offer a wide range of volunteer program possibilities and we work with your requests to find the right one for you! Just tell us what type of volunteer work you are interested in and we will find the best placement available for you at that time. The majority of projects are located near the capital of Lima, although there are placements to be found all over the country. Example of projects you could participate in include: working with youth, aiding medical clinics, working with indigenous communities, environmental projects or even working at an archeological excavation. We strongly encourage you to take our intensive language classes before you start your volunteer placement if you are a beginner or if you just want to brush up.

Contact: www.alliancesabroad.com/ob/volunteer/peru_01.htm

Amizade Volunteer & Global Service-Learning Programs in Latin America
Short-term community service volunteer program in Brazil, Bolivia, Mexico, and Jamaica. Opportunities lasting a month or more in Bolivia and Jamaica. Sample prices $1,425 for two weeks in Brazil, $1,300 for first month in Jamaica, $890 for each additional month.

Contact: P.O. Box 110107, Pittsburgh, PA 15232; 888-973-4443 or 412-441-6655; volunteer@amizade.org; www.amizade.org.

BUNAC
Volunteer in Peru.
Work with other volunteers on a community health and education project. Placements are based in the capital, Lima.

Visit: www.bunac.org

Centro Venezolano Americano (CVA)
Bi-national center offering combined work/study internships, open only to U.S. and Canadian graduates.

Contact: Avenida Principal José Martí, Edif. CVA, Urb. Las Mercedes, Caracas 1060-A, Venezuela; 011-58-212-993-7911; academ@cva.org.ve; www.cva.org.ve/internship.doc.

Cloud Forest Ecuador
Eco Volunteer in South America
In Ecuador, our projects are located in cultural city of Quito and Urcu Puyujunda Cloud Forest Lodge, a beautiful mountain range of the Choco Andean. If you are planning to explore the real cultural and natural beauty of Ecuador, start your adventure by joining volunteer projects, Spanish lessons, village hiking, and sightseeing of some cultural wonders of Ecuador. Urcu Puyujunda offers you unique opportunities to explore the great land of Ecuador while working for children and people in teaching in an orphanage, health care, preserving the forest with its flora and fauna, and other community development projects.

Contact: urcupuyujunda@cloudforestecuador.com; www.volunteer-latinamerica.com.

Cosmic Volunteers in South America. Programs in South America are Ecuador and Peru. Volunteer programs include teaching English, orphanages, healthcare, journalism, organic farming, animal rescue, community kitchens, and programs on the Galapagos Islands. Spanish lessons are also available. This is a unique opportunity to learn about and contribute to communities in South America in a meaningful way.

Contact: Cosmic Volunteers, P.O. Box 11738, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101, U.S.A.; Tel: 1-610-279-2052; Fax: 1-419-831-4792; info@cosmicvolunteers.org; www.cosmicvolunteers.org.

Experiential Learning Ecuadorian Program (ELEP)
Internship, Volunteer and Spanish Courses in Ecuador
ELEP is a non-profit ecuadorian organisation, created to help students and professionals from all over the world to enrich their professional education by learning to understand and speak a new language (Spanish) accurately and fluently to apprecaite and feel at home in a host culture.

Contact: Telephone: (593 9) 9400851 / 7023926, Clda. Amazonas Mz. 1 V. 20, Guayaquil, Gu, 09, Ecuador; www.elep.org, info@elep.org.

Fundacion Aldeas de Paz
Volunteer and Internship Opportunities in Venezuela
Our challenging community development projects in humanitarian, educational and environmental fields improve the living qualities of an underprivileged young generation, mostly members of local Pemon Indian communities. We promote the "Culture of Peace" through cross-cultural exchange and voluntary community service. We aim to empower young people and enable them to develop their potentials and improve their own lives, fundamental elements for a just collective social reality.

Contact: applications@peacevillages.org, www.peacevillages.org

Foundation for Sustainable Development
Volunteer in Grassroots Development in South America
FSD partners with grassroots organizations around the globe to improve the socioeconomic status of marginalized populations. Volunteer in South America at our sites in Argentina or Bolivia. Volunteer in Microfinance/Micro-enterprise, Gender Equity, Community Development, Environment, Public Health, Youth and Education, or Human Rights.

Contact: Foundation for Sustainable Development, 517 Potrero Ave. Suite B, San Francisco, CA 94110; Tel. 1-415-283-4873; USAinfo@fsdinternational.org, www.fsdinternational.org.

Globe Aware in Latin America
Brazil—The Road Less Traveled Brazilian Village Experience
Palm trees, sand, sunshine, surf. Laughter, poverty, beauty, pain, its all part of the Bahian reality. It is affectionately said that when Bahians are not actually participating in a festival they are rehearsing for one." And in a way it's true. The people of Bahia, a fusion of Africans, Native Americans and Europeans, are carefree and upbeat, always looking for a good time. However when you get outside of the noise and traffic of the tourist complexes of Brazil, you’ll have a chance to expand your mind to see the incredible beauty and challenges of the region. The program takes place in a little village with approximately 500 inhabitants, in the state of Bahia. The community faces a number of challenges: Poverty; alcoholism; unemployment; absence of basic infrastructure (sewage and treated water for instance); local school maintenance (materials, food for the kids and transportation); lack of medical and dental assistance; and lack of a space to display, market and sell local crafts.

Contact: info@globeaware.org, www.globeaware.org

Mondo Challenge
Volunteer in Chile and Ecuador
A variety of volunteer teaching projects are available.

Contact: info@mondochallenge.org, www.mondochallenge.org.

Projects Abroad: Volunteer in South America
Volunteer Projects in Care, Conservation, Journalism, Sports Coaching, Teaching in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Peru

Contact: info@projects-abroad.org, www.projects-abroad.org

Service Civil International Workcamps
SCI US is an exchange organization that sends volunteers on 2-3 week international work projects and long term 3-12 month opportunities in over 50 countries, including many in South America. The $250 application fee covers lodging, meals, and minimal health insurance. SCI promotes voluntary service to impact social, environmental and humanitarian issues.

Contact: Service Civil International (SCI), 5505 Walnut Level Rd, Crozet, VA, 22932; Tel. 1-206-350-6585. Email: sciivs.placement@gmail.com. Visit www.sci-ivs.org for an application.

Volunteer Latin America
Volunteer in South America
Provides international volunteers with a comprehensive and affordable solution to finding volunteer work opportunities in Central and South America. You tell us where and what you would like to do and we will provide you with everything you need to get involved via your own personalised information pack. Our extensive knowledge of the region ensures you are unlikely to find some of the projects we offer elsewhere. Volunteer Latin America is not only a great source of affordable voluntary work but a means to finding some of the best schools to learn Spanish.

Contact: info@volunteerlatinamerica.com; www.volunteerlatinamerica.com.

VolunteerSouthAmerica.Net
Free and Low-Cost Volunteering in South America
Website lists free and low-cost volunteer opportunities in South America. The site is designed for backpackers / independent travellers looking for a real volunteer experience abroad, without paying any middle-man or agency fees.

Visit: www.volunteersouthamerica.net.