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Description
This is a non-profit organization in United States that contributes and promotes the art of carrying out all kinds of educational and leisure activities, with the aim of being a solution to the social needs of Colombian children, youth and families, we using art as a tool to improve the quality of sociocultural life of the inhabitants of Milwaukee.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Receives lodging, art workshops and assistance to knowledge dialogue workshops with the pedagogical team, acquires experience in teaching with children and young people, develops your communication skills in Spanish and English.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
As part of our volunteer program, we are looking for enthusiastic individuals who are willing to lend a hand in various projects around our organization, assisting with recycling initiatives, creating compost systems, and implementing sustainable practices, maintaining and beautifying our gardens, planting trees and flowers, and helping with irrigation systems, helping to construct or repair structures using eco-friendly materials, such as bamboo or recycled materials, assisting with daily chores, cleaning, and organizing communal spaces, fixing and maintaining tools and equipment, painting, and minor repairs.
Languages
Languages spoken
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Japanese: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
The stay is offered at the headquarters of the organization, which has individuals bedroom, shared bathroom, screen workshop, painting workshop, classroom, patio, besides being strategically located 5 minutes from the city center. Not food but acces to the kitchen.
What else ...
Rules
• There is free WIFI for volunteers only. Please refrain from giving it to people who come to the workshops.
• The time of arrival to the volunteer workshop is 15 minutes before to fix the space. And the hours are from Monday to Friday from 6 to 8am and from 7 to 9pm. Leave the didactic materials in the box that found them and complete them. If any item is lost, let the manager know.
• You can use the cafeteria to prepare your meals. Do not get excited about low prices on fruits and vegetables, do not buy in quantity to avoid filling shelves with damaged food.
• According to the anti-smoking law, SMOKING is strictly forbidden inside the rooms and common areas.
• Pets (dogs and cats) are not pets for volunteers, in no case can animals be removed from the foundation and less without supervision, nor can they feed or bathe them.
• If you need items to clean your bedroom, change sheets to let the supervisor know so he can provide what he needs. For savannas lost 40 thousand pesos will be charged. For loss of towel 20 thousand pesos will be charged. This is a space that we provide with love, for us it is important to receive it in good conditions and without any missing element.
• The establishment DOES NOT have a safe or custody of objects. The Foundation is not responsible for valuables left in the room.
• Laundry service with a price of 10 thousand Colombian pesos (approximately $ 3) per wash is offered.
• For security reasons, the access of persons not registered as volunteers to the interior of the accommodation is not allowed, except in the areas authorized for that purpose by the organization.
• For the common good and the rest of all, silence is appreciated, and volunteers are asked for a schedule of respect between 00:00 and 05:00.
• For the good of the staff of the organization and those attending the workshops, it is recommended to have good personal hygiene.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 3 hours a day, 5 days a week
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We gave a workshop English to the artists and followed two of their classes where we played language games with the children around emotions (the… read more
