Guatemala Spanish School

As a volunteerism focused school, CBA helps place its student any of the following volunteer programs free of charge. CBA coordinates volunteer work at different valuable aid projects, like education, health, sustainable agriculture, environmental protection and more. This service is free!

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1. A.B.C. Asociación Bienestar Comunitario

"It is dedicated to rural health and growth monitoring, sanitation and pre-natal and post natal growth in children 0 to 5 years in the towns of San Francisco el Alto. The headquarters is located in Quetzaltenango."

2. ADISS Asociación de Desarrollo Integral Sostenible para la Salud

"This organization is dedicated to teaching in schools and have good hygienic habits, such as preventing diseases and how the process of development of children."

3. SEDAI en Pacaja Baja Asociación de Extrabajadores de Digesa para el Desarrollo Agrícola Integral

"This site is dedicated to environment and agriculture. In this place you can do volunteer works as a caring place seeds in fertile soil bags then we care to serve the best time for planting trees and cultivated varieties of pine tree, cypress, eucalyptus, walnut and white wood also has a lobster mushroom nursery. It has an area for cultivation of broccoli, carrot, coriander and potatoes. "

4. EDEC Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación

"Provides training for midwives about techniques used to prevent infant and maternal mortality, and information about alternative medicines."

5. New Horizons

"It is an organization dedicated to helping women victims of domestic violence, providing legal aid, psychological and providing shelter and food to women and their children. They also have a laundry where profits are to help the home. You can make volunteering a minimum (one week). It requires intermediate or advanced Spanish. You can make volunteering: The nursery inside the home, according to the according to the program of activities at home. "

6. Organic Fertilizer

"It is an organic fertilizer factory that exists in the Municipality of Almolonga which is 5km. School. In this place you can to volunteer for people with expertise in environment, natural resources, environmental engineering or some other career to end. The final product is sold locally and in nearby towns. Official school October 20. You can make volunteering as an English teacher, as a physical education teacher or assistant teacher in every course, is a public school, each class has approximately 25 to 35 students, it's just elementary. "

7. Instituto Experimental Dr. Werner Ovalle López
"They accept volunteers in the course of technical English and English technical diagrams and pedagogy courses, classes are in the afternoons from 1 to 6 for students of diverse races in high school and high school in technical drawing in artistic design and other careers. "


8. Instituto Nacional Experimental Gabriel Arriola Porrez INEGAP

"They have volunteers in the computer course, English, electricity, tailoring, handicrafts, metal, gardening, cooking A (is in relation only in foods) and kitchen B (is in relation only to pastry), if your Spanish is very assistant can be advanced core courses. Classes are on average 35 students from 1ST. In first grade there are 8 sections in 2nd. There are 6 sections and in 3rd. Basic 5 sections. "

9. CEIPA

"It is a partnership that is projected to children and Young workers, alternative education programs, technical training for work promoting the rights of children and youth, social and environmental communication.
We are currently looking for foreign volunteers who are interested in supporting our work can be professional or students in the fields of:
Social Work
Pedagogy (Education comprehensive, popular or street)
Psychology (Clinical or Social)
Medicine or Nursing
Journalism and Social communication
Technicians in carpentry, sewing, welding or embroidery
Project Managers
Ecological Engineering
Computer Technicians or data processors
Secretaries or Clerks
And other students with interest in the issue of children or youth
We need librarians, at least one months time. "


10. Puesto de Salud de Quetzaltenango

"You can have volunteer medical students, social workers, nurses, physicians and veterinarians working minimum one month, bring your documents or certificates testifying as a medical student or graduate. There are medical days every 2 months of vaccination of children and adults in communities and vaccination of dogs and cats. In the health post is permanent vaccination. "

11. Puesto de Salud de Olintepeque

"In this health post volunteers can receive medical students, social workers, doctors, nurses or people who want to help rural health. Work is performed inside the clinic and in rural areas with monitoring of sanitation, epidemic prevention, pre-natal and post-natal care for mothers and children and training on water use hygienic and conferences on allergic diseases and venereal diseases (prevention AIDS). There are medical days every 2 months of vaccination of children and adults in communities and vaccination of dogs and cats. In the health post is permanent vaccination. "

12. Clínica Primeros Pasos.

"Tierra Colorada is located in Volcano road Santamaría receives volunteers in child education in nutrition, hygienic, medical students, nurses, doctors dentists, social workers, psychologists, secretaries, biologists and chemists environment. The system work is done in the clinic and also supports 50 community schools, the community is speaking Maya, Quiche and Spanish language. "

13. AIDG

"Infrastructure Development Group Appropriate. The infrastructure Development Group Appropriate (AIDG) wants to increase the infrastructure good for the environment through education, training and business incubation. The technologies that we promote are: economic, easy to repair and environmentally healthy. Examples of our designs are windmills, biogas digesters and efficient stoves. We have already installed some working prototypes, including a fermenter in Rio Dulce and windmills Chichaclan and Rancho Teja. We are working in Quetzaltenango to establish a workshop to produce appropriate technology to sell to NGOs and communities in the region. We seek full-time workers and part-time, there will be opportunity for volunteers who want to get involved in our project, we hope to provide a space in our workshop for pilot projects. "


14. FUNDABIEN

"Is a Health foundation for persons with physical defects who needs the proper medical therapeutic treatment. This is a low cost clinic which targets the economically disadvantaged rural community who otherwise would not receive medical help, remaining incapacitated and unable to work. "

15. ACORN CHILD CARE CENTER

"Is a day care program that provides child care services for single working parent (70% single mothers). The organization takes care of the working parents child while the parent works, by offering a secure atmosphere, providing balanced nutritious meals, and giving basic educational services.

1) Commitment least a month. Preference is given to those who can commit for 6 months or more.
2) Level intermediate or advanced Spanish.
3) Experience working with children aged 7 and preferably less.
4) Criminal Records and national volunteer police and evidence demonstrating that no criminal record for foreigners.
5) Commitment to begin to be fully part of the education team, working an average of 40 hours for week.
6) To become familiar and accept the methods, policies, and procedures of the center.
7) Completely cover their own expenses. "

16. Semillas de la Esperanza

"This organization is a program of social work and education that is stabilized in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. We work with the Hospital Rodolfo Robles to ensure that TB patients complete their treatment by means of identification, tackle social, economic, psychological, having to stay in the hospital.
Our job is to educate the community about TB and the existence and free treatment for this disease.
Volunteers come for leisure activities such as parties, crafts and music courses.
It also has a special project to assess and treat patients with TB. For each positive TB patient who is the volunteer makes an assessment of income to see their psychological and social needs. "

17. MEOG MUCHOS ESFUERZOS, UNA META

"Practice your Spanish makes the difference. Spanish students intermediate to advanced research need to manage "Many efforts, One Goal" for a new social work at the site for community development. The hours are flexible and there is no minimum time spent. "

18. ASILO DE HOMBRES ASILO SAN VICENTE DE PADUA

"It has 7 to 10 elderly people between the ages of 65 to 93 years.
Or nursing needs volunteers who like to share with the elderly. "


19. FOMENTO PARA EL DESARROLLO INTEGRAL

"Volunteers can work in English classes, drawing, math, research and other activities you want to volunteer. We have a library in St. Martin in the village Toj Sacatepequez Mech.Hours are 8 to 1 and 14 to 17 hours. "

20. HIKE&HELP

"We have a TV program that will once a week on Sundays, we need people to edit, presenters, cameramen, conferences and other social activities. We have a nursery, so we need volunteers to prepare the ground and put to germinate seeds and according to the season go to reforestation. "

STUDENTS SPEAK!


Hellen

¨Muchas gracias! Aquí encontré a más que simplemente una escuela, más que sólo un trabajo, encontré a buenos amigos. Gracias por ser como ustedes son. tan abiertos para ayudar a la gente, incondicionales con sus amigos y con una visión muy bonita de este mundo. Es un gran placer conocerles y espero que su sueño se relize. Ahora llevo una parte de ustedes conmigo hasta Canadá. Que siempre aprendan de lo que sucede, con cariño¨