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Last replied
8 Dec 2022
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Description
Here we are a non-government non-profit organization located in San Cristobal, Chiapas, helping indigenous children in the communities around Chiapas with basic education, making videos of our interviews in the communities into documentary and preserving the culture into storybooks.
we preserve the traditional culture, record the oral legends into storybooks and use the books we make to teach children in the communities how to read and write in Spanish, offering them basic educational resources (building the library for them, look for resources for them etc) and teach in the neighborhood around. Here in our office, we also have our story museum to share with people indigenous culture.
What we expect from volunteers:
1. English and Spanish are both required (otherwise, you won't be able to work...)
2. respectful
3. on time
4. thankful (sometimes when we go to the communities, and indigenous family receiving us offers us alcohol (for them the local alcohol is medicine and something ritual) and chicken(for them killing a chicken for the guest is a big deal), so if you are vegetarian or if you don't drink......it's gonna be hard for us)
5. helpful
what kind of volunteers we mainly looking for:
1. who can paint well (hand-painting or graph designing)
2. who can do web/IT thing
3. video maker (really important for us)
4. who can help to translate and find us publishers in their own countries
5. who can help us look for different programs in other countries to apply for fund, grants and different chances (including translating our proposal into their own language)
Working hours:
3pm-10pm, 3 times a week and plus every tuesday at 10 to 12, the volunteers need to go to give the class to children in the neighborhood and extra time when we go to the communities (1-2 a month, 3 days each time) and when we give classes around (1-3 times a month, 2-3 hours each time)
what we offer:
a volunteer house with small garden, wifi, hot water, kitchen.
dorm bed
and drinks with us:)
special bonus:
the volunteers need to help us in our traditional cooking workshops (when its on his/her shift) to translate.
so you get a chance to cook and eat something traditional
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Teaching
Hospitality/Tourism
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We offer one bed in the dormitory ( with the kitchen and hot water, 5-10 mins walking distance from the organization and both of them located in the center of San Cristobal)
As our volunteers, we will take you to different communities where you can have the real indigenous cultural experience, know about their life, ceremony, history, issues, situation, textile and etc, and get deep into their culture. Meanwhile, we can offer you some free cultural events in our museum, and give you each storybook we make.
Help
We need someone really calm, have different talents and want to make a difference, to help us to give the educational classes in the communities, to do the interview with the indigenous, record the traditional legends, draw the books, edit the videos, build up the library, help with the translation, stay in the office, offer the information in the museum, help us with some marketing stuff and our fundraising campaign.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Accommodation
we have the volunteer house with hot water, internet and the kitchen that you can use.
the room will be in dormitory
What else ...
There's a lot of things to do in San Cristobal.
It's a cultural place full of all the events and activities.
We can take you to do temazcal, pox tour, cultural events, live music, dancing classes, cooking workshops and different communities.
Also, there's a lot of different tours, nature sights, ruins and the whole Chiapas waiting for you to discover.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 7 hours a day, 3 days a week
Feedback (4)
He helped us build the accounting system with excel and the reservation page for our cultural events and both of them are really helpful for our organization.
Thank you so much for making this… read more
San… read more
he does a really good job, always arriving on time, finishing the tasks accordingly, having extraordinary amazing skills with children and drawings, serious about work meanwhile easy-going, exactly everything and all the quality you can find in a volunteer.
thank you so much
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He helped us build the accounting system with excel and the reservation page for our cultural events and both of them are really helpful for our organization.
Thank you so much for making this… read more
San… read more
he does a really good job, always arriving on time, finishing the tasks accordingly, having extraordinary amazing skills with children and drawings, serious about work meanwhile easy-going, exactly everything and all the quality you can find in a volunteer.
thank you so much
She is responsible for the works that were assigned to her, very proactive to help out and solve other extra tasks, and easy-going to maintain a nice atmosphere in the office. We love her:)
Thank you, Vanesa, and you are always welcome back!
