Vereinigung Junger Freiwilliger

I. - LONG TERM VOLUNTARY PROJECTS

Nataté proposes voluntary service projects in Mexico with a duration between 3 and 12 months. During this period the volunteers can get involved in different activities with local organizations and they have the opportunity to get in touch with the local community, share experiences, learn the Spanish language and share their cultures with other participants. Within this frame exist individual and collective activities.

II. - TYPE OF ACTIVITIES

* Environmental (cleaning, construction, recycling, awareness-raising)
* Education, working with kids, artistic workshops, environmental protection, animation.
* Support in the setting up of workshops and translations for a sexual and reproductive health project.
* Management and logistical support for the office of Nataté
* Translations
* Restoration, renovation, heritage preservation

Depending on the project, the working hours are between 30 and 35 hours per week.

III. - HOW TO PARTICIPATE

1. - Search for the project that suit you best in www.natate.org
2. - Choose one or several options in which you would like to participate.
3. - Send your inscription form as well as a motivation letter and a CV to an organisation in your country that cooperates with Nataté or that can be potentially a partner.
4. - Once you have been accepted you will get more information about your project.
5. - Prepare your trip
6. - Spanish is the main language in the projects.
7. - There is a participation fee of 2500 Mexican pesos per month (about 140 Euros or 190 USD). This fee covers your accommodation and food plus administrative costs.

IV FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION

1. Nataté provides accommodation for all the projects located in San Cristobal de las Casas in a house located in the center of the city. The house has 6 rooms and volunteers share the rooms with other volunteer. There are two volunteers per room.
2. The house has all facilities at disposal - living room, kitchen, 3 toilettes/showers and a small patio. Volunteers have the possibility to cook for themselves.
3. Mexican food is very rich and meat is quite common. However, vegetarians and vegans should not have a problem finding what they need for their diet.
4. In the case of Tzajalá and Amisad projects the accommodation will be different : In Tzajalá the volunteers will be staying in one of the cabins of the hosting center. It could be shared or individual room. Meals will be provided by the center but volunteers will have the chance to participate in the preparation of them. In the Amisad project, volunteers will share a room in the center's premises with other two volunteers. Meals will be prepared by everyone by turning teams -2 or 3 people per day.

V. TRANSPORT

1. In order to travel to Mexico it is advised to verify the prices of the flights, since it can be very expensive. Several air lines fly into Mexico such as:

• Mexicana: www.mexicana.com
• Aeromexico: www.aeromexico.com
• Luftahnsa: www.lufthansa.com
• Air France: www.airfrance.com.mx
• Japan Air: www.jal.com
• United: www.united.com
• KLM: www.klm.com
• Alitalia: www.alitalia.com

2. By plane : Arrival airport - Tuxtla Gutiérrez. From the airport it is possible to catch a collective taxi or a shutter to San Cristóbal de las Casas. Volunteers can arrive in Mexico City and take a bus to San Cristobal de las Casas. The trip is long -13 hours- but cheaper than the plane.
3. By Bus : Arrival bus terminal: OCC in San Cristóbal de las Casas. From there walk till the office (see the map below)

Emergency phone numbers
Office of Nataté : 01 967 631 69 18
Nicolás Aguilar : 0044 967 1025947

V. LEISURE ACTIVITIES

There many opportunities for volunteers to enjoy their stay in Mexico. Only in the state of Chiapas the possibilities to visit places and have an enriching cultural experience are many.  Guatemala is also nearby and volunteers can take advantage of this geographical situation.

V. DRUG USE

The drug situation in Mexico is quite complicated. While most of the violence occurs between the drug cartels and drug dealers, volunteers must be aware of the risks that imply the use of drugs. In any case the use of any type of drugs is prohibited in Nataté's house or any of the projects' premises. Nataté will not be tolerant with anyone using drugs in the house or in the projects. Not abiding to this rule will be a reason for spelling.

The projects

Its name comes from the word "Yirakia". La Yirakia  ( = to turn) happens when several people have the same goal and are capable to make turn around many people and by doing so producing a Change.
Www.fundacionyirtrak.org

Objective: Creation and Development of an Educational, Ecological, Productive and Integral community.

NAT/LTV01. Pingüinos school
Activities:
Educational center for 1 to 8 years old children coming from marginalized groups where basic education is given with a holistic approach. Organisation of recreational activities and workshops and assistance to educators. Volunteers will participate in maintenance of the center as well as in the permaculture sector of the school and they will work with other long term volunteers. Working hours will be inte mornings and sometimes there will be activities in the afternoons or weekends.
Duration of the project: 6-12 months
Location: San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas
The school provides: Food, breakfast and vegetarian lunch.
Places: 2
Starting date:  18/01/2010 - 01/12/2010

NAT/LTV02. Sustainable Development and Eco-technologies
Objective : Use and sustainable handling of the Woods and Water to better preserve and improve the availability of these resources

Activities: The volunteers will participate in the implementation of Appropriate Eco-technologies such as construction of capturing cisterns of pluvial water, furnaces savers of firewood, hydro-sanitary reservoirs, systems of water purification. They will have the possibility to set up projects with the responsible of the Foundation participate in other environmental and sustainable projects in local communities in Chiapas.
Duration of the project: 3, 6 or 12 months
Location: San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas
Places: 2
Starting date:  Any time

The vision of Sueniños is the desire that underprivileged children, living in an under-served area of Mexico, be able to break the cycle of poverty in their lives independently and self-sufficiently through learning vital life skills and receiving assistance in their educational pursuits. Therefore we offer educational programs which promote healthy growth and development for these marginalized children which ultimately strengthens their mental, physical, sociocultural and educational opportunities going forward in their lives.
We are working with children daily, after their regular school classes, in the afternoon. Sueniños is not a "school" and does not replace the schools these children attend but we support the educational programs by promoting school attendance. Sueniños offers different educating and training projects that promote the autonomy and independence of indigenous children who live in the marginalized outskirts of San Cristóbal.
Sixty (60) children attend our Educational Center Sueniños in the afternoons Monday through Friday. The children participate in various activities in the different work areas and participate in our projects which are focused on promoting personal and social skills as well as the talents and interests of the children.
Besides the work in the Educational Centre Sueniños we also offer our different educating projects for children in their communities (colonias) where they live. These activities take place in the schools of these colonias after school. Presently, we are working in two colonias on the outskirts of town.
Volunteers at Sueniños:   Our organization welcomes all interested persons and offers our volunteers an interactive work experience which allows for a "mutual learning" experience.  Sueniños has benefited from this positive exchange of valuable hands-on knowledge and new ideas from the organization's motivated and effective team.

NAT/LTV03. Program SUENIÑOS:

Activities:
Project in 14 colonies, where activities are realized to put into practice the children's rights to education, health and nourishment. To support school education through diverse activities.
Location: San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas
Duration of the project: 6-12 months
Starting date: February 2010
Places: 3
Prerequisites: Experience and/or training in working with children
Proficient Spanish (50-60%)
Completed application form with Letter of Motivation

Center of Development "El Pequeño Sol"

The School " Pequeño Sol" was created in 1984 by family mothers who wanted to create a new educational alternative center where all the children regardless of their culture, social class, could coexist and respect their identities, a School at the service of the community and for the community.

Since then, a Civil Association was constituted without ends of profit, directing all their efforts to the construction of a school that offers an education balanced between the academic performance and the human integral formation in Maternal, Pre-school, Primary and Secondary. We are incorporated into the Secretariat of Public Education and go 23 years of being working.  
Our Mission: To form autonomous and responsible persons with him/herself, with the others and with his/her environment.
Since 1994 we belong to the PEA, Plan of Schools Associated with the UNESCO, for what we include inside the activities and development of the topics of the academic program, the topics related with:
* World problems and search of solutions
* Comprehension and appraisal of other cultures
* Human rights and  democracy (Education for  peace)
* Environmental education

Nowadays we are 54 collaborators: teachers, administrative and intendant staff. We host more than 300 girls and children of between 2 and 15 years old.
www.pequenosol.org

NAT/LTV05 - Environmental actions
Activities:  
* Maintenance work on the school's center of collection of reused and recycled materials.
* Help on the awareness-raising and information of parents of the center on the functioning and the importance of separating waste in order to favor a culture of preservation of the environment.
* Participation in school activities that favor the protection of the environment, both with pupils and with mothers and family parents: actions of reforestation, cleanliness of river, out-of-school campaigns with the topic.
* Participation in the care of a school fish-pond.
* Participation in the care of organic composts.
* To give follow-up to the construction of gardens, fish-ponds and ecological paths inside the school in collaboration with teachers and students.
Duration of the project: until 10 months (one school year).
Starting date:  Immediately.
Location: San Cristóbal de las Casas.
Places: 1 o 2

NAT/LTV06 - Pedagogical - organizational actions

Activities:

* School diverse events: about activities that our school community wants to realize link to the academic, social or affective development of our students (day of the family, day of the infancy, days related to the care of the environment, to the promotion of democracy and the UNESCO's values, before emergency humanitarian, Christmas, etc). The volunteers will help on questions of logistic organization and promotion of the events.
* Care and maintenance of school facilities: the volunteers will work on labors of cleanliness, gardening, repair of buildings and materials, with intendant workers and pupils.
* Help on reception and in the administrative area : replacing personal who cannot attend occasionally for reasons of illness or emergency, in functions such as receptionist and procedures of registration...
* Educational participation: substitute or help teachers in academic or recreation activities.
Duration of the project: Up to 10 months (one school year) .
Starting date:  As soon as possible
Location: San Cristóbal de las Casas.
Places: 1 o 2

NAT/LTV07. Proyecto Parteras
We travel to communities to locate midwives. We offer them information about our project and qualify them in how administering modern medicines to reduce problems that they carry to the mother mortality.
Actividades:
-  Administrative support of the project
- To be the intermediate person between the team of the project and the team in London (to support contact, to translate relevant documents)
- To take part in the weekly meetings to capture information (helping in the monitoring of the project).
- To help in the organization of workshops with midwives in the communities

Duration of the project: At least 6 months
Location: San Cristóbal de las Casas. With travels to communities.
Starting date:  Immediately
Place: 1

NAT/LTV08.    Marketing  and Communication Assistant
Marie Stopes manages 6 Sexual and reproductive Health centers that need continuous marketing, promotion as well as update and innovative communication material and tools.

Activities
• Support to the coordination of Marketing and communication as well as to the Management department:
• Visit to the various helath centers inorder to work in the markerting strategyo
• Support in the follow-up of the activities in the marketing area.
• Support in the fundraising activities of the organisation
• Support in the communication of the organisation (newsletters, articles, contact with the media, etc)
• Realization of specific workshops

Duration de project: Mínimo 3 meses
Location: San Cristóbal de las Casas. Trips to the communities where the health centers are located
Starting date:  As soon as possible
Places: 2
Note : Spanish necessary

www.mariestopes.org.mx

EDUCREANDO
It is a non-profit organization that focus on the multicultural and participative education. This project is focused in the creation of playful spaces for children.
Www.educreando.org

NAT/LTV09. Project "Ludotecas" (Toy Libraries)

Actividades:
- Support the facilitators in the implementation of recreational activities in different centers.
- To generate strategies to measure the results after the project.
- Help in the managing of the recreational spaces.
- Design and preparation of educational materials.
- Promotion of the project.

Duration of the project:  6 months
Location: San Cristóbal de las Casas
Starting date: To be determined
Place: 2

ECOPARQUE SAN JOSÉ

The eco-park San Jose Bocomtenelté is an educative parkand a natural conservation area located in the outskirts of San Cristóbal de las Casas (municipality of Zinacantán).
The park is part of the Institute of Natural History of the State of Chiapas and its fundamental objective is the protection of the flora and the fauna of the state of Chiapas.

It is a research center that lodges different types from animal and plants, where biologists and technicians work with the purpose of to rehabilitate and to preserve the natural beauties and the wealth of Chiapas.

The park occupies an area of 16 hectares approximately, but until the moment, 2 hectares are only used. The new administration wants to reorganize the park and its facilities according to its viable and ecological philosophy, as well as to develop services for nature lovers and responsible tourists (facilities to observe birds, ecological routes in bicycle, refuges, etc.). The plans for the future are part of the strategic planning of the Institute.

NAT/LTV010. San José Flora RECREARTE
RECREARTE comes from Remodeling, Growth, Regional Articulation, Ecological Tourism and summarizes the activities of rehabilitation and improvement of the park

Activities:
The volunteers will work on the renovation of the infrastructure used by the biologists for the study of the orchids and bromeliads. They will realize also panels of information and will work on the improvement of a mountain biking pathway. The works will include the conditioning of the epifitario and of the botanical garden. The volunteers will also work on the renovation of the infrastructure and will support the team in charge of the park's little zoo.
They will have the possibility to integrate the educational section of the park and participate in the implementation of environmental workshops, preparation of international summer workcamps, creation of promotional material and an environmental library in the park premises.
The hosting of school groups to show them the park and the different aspects of it would be also one of the activities carried out by the volunteers together with the responsibles of the different sectors of the park.
Duration of the project:  From 2 months to one year
location: Eco parque San José, San Cristóbal de las Casas
Starting date: Anytime
Places: 2

COOPERATIVE COTZASELCH

COTZASELCH's cooperative is a lasting project in benefit of the Ha O Mek Ka community situated in Tzajalá. With their workshops of traditional jeweler, their agro-ecological experimental farm (horticulture, security, coffee, medicinal plants, etc) the cooperative develops sustainable development projects in total agreement with the nature.

Supported by the French Association SIERRA with whom Nataté has recently signed a 2-year cooperation agreement, the cooperative integrates voluntary service in its activities and the organisations of international workcamps is becoming an important tool for the organisation.

NAT/LTV011. Tzajalá

Activities:
The volunteers will realize works of organic agriculture, as well as construction works using ecological and traditional materials and will rehabilitate several of the cabins in the Ha O Mek Ka community. These will have the opportunity to realize diverse handicrafts and will learn and apply techniques of permaculture, horticulture, composts, lombriculture amongst others.
Duration of the project:  From 2 months to one year
Location: Tzajala, municipality of Ocosingo; approximately 1 hour from San Cristobal de las Casas.
Starting date: August
Places: 2

NAT/LTV012. JARDIN DE EPIFITAS
"Botanical garden of Chiapas's in San Cristóbal de Las Casas".
The local association Jardín de Epifitas works in the creation of a Botanical Garden in the Cerrito of San Cristóbal with the approach of the Environmental Culture like demonstrative center through workshops throughout the City; where sustainable examples are shown like: techniques of recycling, productive generation of clean energies, possibilities and optimization in the use of the resources (water, ground and biodiversity).

Objective:
Reproduction of local species to incorporate the local flora in projects of repopulation, conservation, and restoration in urban and suburban areas.

Goals:
The volunteers will:
·     Rescue plants of diverse vegetable families
·     Care, culture and exhibit plants recovered with an educational purpose
·     Develop and train with horticultural ends and educational project.
·     Develop artistic activities inside the garden
·     Work on investigation of species with genetic, forest, horticultural, handcrafted potential and other sustainable development purposes.
.    Participate in the creation of the Botanical Garden in the San Cristobal hill.
Duration of the project:  From 3 months to one year.
Location: San Cristóbal de las Casas
Starting date: Anytime
Places: 2-4

Natate Voluntariado Internacional A.C.

NAT/LTV013. Management and  support to a NGO

Nataté offers the opportunity to volunteers who want to know the functioning of an Association of International Voluntary Service to take part in Nataté's office as support in diverse sectors of the association's activity.
This way the volunteers will have the possibility to work in the medium and long-term volunteers' sector on the following tasks:

• To suport in the short, medium and long term volunteers' sector:
·     Participation to the follow-up of the volunteers who take part in diverse projects(projects, finance, etc).
·     Help in the elaboration  of promotion documents , details of every projects, draft of the program of medium and long-term voluntary work
 ·     Help on the different stages of the volunteers: preparation at the arrival, preparation before the end of their volunteering, evaluations, etc.
·     Contacts with international organizations and development of cooperation with new associations
      Work in the elaboration of the budget
·     Update the web page.
·     Participation in workshops and local, regional, national and international seminars
·     Draft of articles for the association's monthly bulletin
 ·     Translation and corrections of documents and projects
Duration of the project:  From 3 months to one year
Location: San Cristóbal de las Casas
Starting date: Anytime
Places: 2

AMISAD A.C.

AMISAD A.C. is an educational institution that has as a mission to support people with some kind of mental handicap in order for them to develop a personal independence. Likewise, it promotes an integral development of the  residents through its Educational Model and through its engagement to integrate itself into society.

NAT/LTV14. AMISAD
Amisad proposes to the volunteers a very human and enriching experience through the daily accompanying of a group of mentally challenged people (recreational activities, meals, etc). The volunteers will participate and coorganise the following activities :

• Painting
• Handcrafts
• Kung Fu
• Tai Chi
• Theatre
• Gym (adapted)
• Foot ball
• Table games
• Dance
• Animals caring
• Cooking
• Pastry
• Outside activities such as walks, swimming pool, hikes, movies, etc...

Duration of the project:   6 to 12 months
Location: Zapopan, Jalisco
Starting date: Any time
Places: 1
Remarks: The volunteer will receive Spanish courses if needed as well as a Mental Disability basic training

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VIVE Mexico

SUMMARY LIST OF MEDIUM TERM PROJECTS (MTV) 2010-2011

 

 

 

THE MTV PROJECTS SHOWN IN THIS PROGRAM ARE THE SAME WORK THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES IS THE LOCATION AND THE DATES. TO SEE MORE DETAILS SEE THE CONCERNING MTV PROJECTS INFO SHEETS.

MTV PROJECTS

 

The MTV projects were born of the necessity to involve international volunteers in volunteer projects in Mexico to work together with Mexican youngsters.

 

Vive Mexico started to organize these projects in 2001 with excellent results, reason why we have decided to open more places for International Medium Term Volunteers.

 

Volunteers in these projects will have the chance to interact with many local communities and will be working closely with Mexican young people. This is an experience about organizing, working and making at the same time long lasting friendships by helping communities. But, most important, it is about sharing a life experience with the people of Mexico.

 

Many things have to be made for coordinating international work-camps and one of them is leading international groups of volunteers; this is what these projects are all about. Volunteers will lead different groups of international volunteers in projects taking part in Mexico.

 

The projects can vary in many ways. Vive Mexico organizes every year a great diversity of activities.

 

The MTV volunteer will be the camp leader of the international work-camps and will be in charge to coordinate groups of international volunteers to work in the activities of the projects but also to encourage the interaction with locals giving raise to a cultural exchange of all participants.

 

This is a very demanding work and you will be working with a Mexican co-leader in each camp.

 

The Mexican co-leader and the MTV will receive:

 

1.-A Leader Training Course about how to lead international groups of volunteers.

2.-A training in order to adapt to the Mexican culture, manage cultural shock and motivation of work teams.

3.-A training in order to learn more about administration team tools, techniques to manage conflicts and how to make teams of people work smoothly.

 

WORK: The work will consist in helping to coordinate local projects in different communities in Mexico and to be the camp leader of groups of international volunteers (managing daily life, organizing volunteers’ finances, etc.), and also to coordinate the relationships with the local people. Every project always will be supported by Vive Mexico staff and the local hosts of each project.

 

Each MTV volunteer will lead 2 or 3 groups of international volunteers in 2 or 3 different projects. Between each camp there will be a vacation period before the next project starts and at the end of the MTV period will make a general evaluation of his/her stay in Mexico.

 

LOCATION: Each MTV project will be held in different locations in Mexico.

 

POCKED MONEY: Vive Mexico will cover all the expenses of the MTV volunteers while in the international projects. Between each project there is an 8 to 17 days vacation period that could be used to rest but also to prepare all the necessary things before the next project starts. Vive Mexico will not cover any expense during these days but after each project volunteers will receive a pocket money.

 

DETAILS OF THE MTV PROJECTS AND THE WORK-CAMPS TO LEAD IN EACH ONE:

 

CODE                    NAME                                                                   DATES                                    TYPE                VOLS                EXTRA-FEE

VIVEMTV01        LEADING PROJECT IN MEXICO I                  09/06/10 - 30/07/10                  LEAD                      2                             0

Projects to lead:

Leader training and cultural preparation                                          09/06/10 - 14/06/10

VIVE01  IJUM I                    Morelia, Michoacán                         16/06/10 - 02/07/10                                      

Vacation period                                                                                03/07/10 - 12/07/10

VIVE02 IJUM II                    Morelia, Michoacán                        14/07/10 - 30/07/10

 

 

CODE                    NAME                                                                   DATES                                    TYPE                VOLS                EXTRA-FEE

VIVEMTV02        LEADING PROJECT MEXICO II                       07/07/10 - 20/08/10                  LEAD                   2                             0

Projects to lead:

Leader training and cultural preparation                                                  07/07/10 – 12/07/10

VIVE03  Tlaxco                                   Tlaxco, Tlaxcala                           14/07/10 - 30/07/10

Vacation period                                                                                        31/07/10 – 02/08/10

VIVE09                Entrepreneur Camp          Morelia, Michoacán           04/08/10 - 20/08/10

 

 

CODE                    NAME                                                                   DATES                                    TYPE                VOLS                EXTRA-FEE

VIVEMTV03        LEADING PROJECT IN MEXICO III                07/07/10 - 20/08/10                  LEAD                    2                             0

Projects to lead:

Leader training and cultural preparation                                                         07/07/10 - 12/07/10

VIVE04  Global Warming Workcamp                Leon, Guanajuato                14/07/10 - 30/07/10

Vacation period                                                                                               31/07/10 - 02/08/10

VIVE12  Lazaro Cardenas                Lazaro Cárdenas, Michoacán                 04/08/10 - 20/08/10

 

 

CODE                    NAME                                                                   DATES                                    TYPE                VOLS                EXTRA-FEE

VIVEMTV04         LEADING PROJECT IN MEXICO IV               07/07/10 - 20/08/10                  LEAD                   2                             0

Projects to lead:

Leader training and cultural preparation                                                          07/07/10 - 12/07/10

VIVE07 Sea Marine Turtles Guerrero I Tecpan, Guerrero                             14/07/10 - 30/07/10

Vacation period                                                                                                31/07/10 - 02/08/10

VIVE08 Sea Marine Turtles Guerrero II Tecpan, Guerrero                             04/08/10 - 20/08/10

 

 

CODE                    NAME                                                                   DATES                                    TYPE                VOLS                EXTRA-FEE

VIVEMTV05        Leading Project in Mexico Vn                                 28/07/10 - 10/09/10                  LEAD                2                             0

Projects to lead:

Leader training and cultural preparation                                                      28/07/10 - 02/08/10

VIVE10  Sea Marine Turtles Colola I Colola, Michoacan                           04/08/10 - 20/08/10

Vacation period                                                                                            21/08/10 - 23/08/10

VIVE13  Sea Marine Turtles Colola II                Colola, Michoacan           25/08/10 - 10/09/10

 

CODE                    NAME                                                                   DATES                                    TYPE                VOLS                EXTRA-FEE

VIVEMTV06         Leading Project in Mexico VI                                 28/07/10 - 10/09/10                  LEAD                   2                             0

Projects to lead:

Leader training and cultural preparation                                                     28/07/10 - 02/08/10

VIVE11  Sea Marine Turtles Marquelia I  Marquelia, Guerrero                04/08/10 - 20/08/10

Vacation period                                                                                           21/08/10 - 23/08/10

VIVE14  Sea Marine Turtles Guerrero II   Marquelia, Guerrero                25/08/10 - 10/09/10

CODE                    NAME                                                                   DATES                                    TYPE                VOLS                EXTRA-FEE

VIVEMTV07        Leading Project in Mexico VII                                08/09/10 - 22/10/10                  LEAD                    2                             0

Projects to lead:

Leader training and cultural preparation                                                            08/09/10 - 13/09/10

VIVE15  Sea Marine Turtles Colola III                     Colola,Michoacan           15/09/10 - 01/10/10   

Vacation period                                                                                                  02/10/10 - 04/10/10

VIVE17  Sea Marine Turtles Colola IV                    Colola, Michoacan            06/10/10 - 22/10/10

 

 

CODE                    NAME                                                                   DATES                                    TYPE                VOLS                EXTRA-FEE

VIVEMTV08         Leading Project in Mexico VIII                            08/09/10 - 22/10/10                    LEAD                2                             0

Projects to lead:     

Leader training and cultural preparation                                                             08/09/10 - 13/09/10   

VIVE16  Sea Marine Turtles Marquelia III   Marquelia, Guerrero                    15/09/10 - 01/10/10

Vacation period                                                                                                   02/10/10 - 04/10/10

 VIVE18 Sea Marine Turtles Marquelia IV  Marquelia. Guerrero                      06/10/10 - 22/10/10

 

 

CODE                    NAME                                                                   DATES                                    TYPE                VOLS                EXTRA-FEE

VIVEMTV09         Leading Project in Mexico IX                              20/10/10 - 03/12/10                   LEAD                   2                             0

Projects to lead:

Leader training and cultural preparation                                                               20/10/10 - 25/10/10

VIVE19  Sea Marine Turtles Colola V                  Colola, Michoacan                 27/10/10 - 12/11/10

Vacation period                                                                                                    13/11/10 - 15/11/10

VIVE21  Sea Marine Turtles Colola VI                 Colola, Michoacan                17/11/10 - 03/12/10

 

 

CODE                    NAME                                                                   DATES                                    TYPE                VOLS                EXTRA-FEE

VIVEMTV10       Leading Project in Mexico X                                   20/10/10 - 03/12/10                  LEAD                   2                             0

Projects to lead:

Leader training and cultural preparation                                                            20/10/10 - 25/10/10

VIVE20  Sea Marine Turtles Marquelia V  Marquelia, Guerrero                      27/10/10 - 12/11/10

Vacation period                                                                                                  13/11/10 - 15/11/10

VIVE22  Sea Marine Turtles Marquelia VI Marquelia, Guerrero                      17/11/10 - 03/12/10

 

 

CODE                    NAME                                                                   DATES                                    TYPE                VOLS                EXTRA-FEE

VIVEMTV11         Leading Project in Mexico XI                                08/12/10 - 28/01/11                  LEAD                2                             0

Projects to lead:

Leader training and cultural preparation                                                             08/12/10 - 13/12/10

VIVE23  Sea Marine Turtles Colola VII              Colola, Michoacan                15/12/10 -  31/12/10

Vacation period                                                                                                  01/01/11 -  10/01/11

VIVE25  Sea Marine Turtles Colola VIII             Colola, Michoacan                12/01/11 -  28/01/11

 

 

CODE                    NAME                                                                   DATES                                    TYPE                VOLS                EXTRA-FEE

VIVEMTV12         Leading Project in Mexico XII                               08/12/10 - 28/01/11                  LEAD                2                             0

Projects to lead:

Leader training and cultural preparation                                                              08/12/10 – 13/12/10

VIVE24  Sea Marine Turtles Marquelia VII    Marquelia, Guerrero                   15/12/10 -  31/12/10

Vacation period                                                                                                    01/01/11 -  10/01/11

VIVE26  Sea Marine Turtles Marquelia VIII   Marquelia, Guerrero                  12/01/11 -  28/01/11

 

 

CODE                    NAME                                                                   DATES                                    TYPE                VOLS                EXTRA-FEE

VIVEMTV13         Leading Project in Mexico XIII                          26/01/11 - 11/03/11                     LEAD                2                             0

Projects to lead:

Leader training and cultural preparation                                                              26/01/01 – 31/01/11

VIVE27  Sea Marine Turtles Colola IX                          Colola, Michoacan       02/02/11 - 18/02/11

Vacation period                                                                                                    19/02/11 – 21/02/11

VIVE29  Sea Marine Turtles Colola X                           Colola, Michoacan        23/02/11 - 11/03/11

 

 

 

CODE                    NAME                                                                   DATES                                    TYPE                VOLS                EXTRA-FEE

VIVEMTV14        Leading Project in Mexico XIV                              26/01/11 - 11/03/11                  LEAD                2                             0

Projects to lead:

Leader training and cultural preparation                                                       26/01/01 – 31/01/11

VIVE28  Sea Marine Turtles Marquelia IX     Marquelia, Guerrero            02/02/11 - 18/02/11

Vacation period                                                                                            19/02/11 – 21/02/11

VIVE30  Sea Marine Turtles Marquelia X      Marquelia, Guerrero            23/02/11 - 11/03/11

 

 

SPANISH COURSE FOR CAMP LEADERS

 (Only for participants of Medium Term Voluntary Service Projects in MEXICO)

Vive Mexico besides the MTV projects organizes an intensive Spanish course for all the camp leaders interested in learn and practice Spanish.

 

This activity is organized 7 days before the starting date of each camp. The volunteers MUST GO to Morelia City to take part in it. Afterwards, they must go to their project meeting point by themselves.

 

The cost for the Spanish language course is:

 

SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSE                                                100 EUROS

 

The cost includes:

•             Hosting for 7 days and 6 nights in a private house in the city with all facilities at disposal.

•                Materials needed for the course (theory books, exercise’s books, etc.)

•                Intensive Spanish courses are given by a professional Spanish teacher in Morelia City 3 hours a day plus homework.

 

This cost is very cheap compared with a traditional language courses in a private Spanish school in Mexico, and the people giving the course are professional Spanish teachers. The courses length will be about 3 hours a day during 5 days and the participants will have a lot of homework to do.

 

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

 

Volunteers have to indicate in the confirmation slip if they want to take part in these activities and in which dates.

 

Since the first year we organized this course it had been really successful, we strongly recommend to your volunteers to take part in it. If they do not speak a good Spanish, it will help them to enjoy even more their work-camps. It is also an opportunity to spend one week in the beautiful city of Morelia in a relaxing atmosphere. For further questions do not hesitate to contact us.

 

 

 

LONG TERM PROJECTS (LTV)

 

INTRODUCTION:

 

Dear partners,

 

In these pages you will find the brief information about the Long Term International Voluntary Service Projects in Mexico for 2010-2011.

 

This program is conceived with the objective to provide a learning experience to all volunteers but also to have something useful and positive to realize in the communities. In Vive Mexico, we are always looking and working to offer more and better opportunities for the young people to have an educational experience, a formative trip and, at the same time, an enjoyable stay in Mexico as a volunteer.

 

We will be very happy to welcome your volunteers in Mexico, to show them our culture, our way of living, our history, our feelings and how we work to help in the solution of some of the most common problems in Latin-American countries and how we do it in international projects bringing together each volunteer and the local people working to build a better world.

 

 

REQUIRMENTS TO TAKE PART IN LTV PROJECTS

 

1.- To be able to speak in Spanish and English or French.

2.- To be 18 years old or older.

3.- To be in a good state of health.

4.- To have an open mind to be able to understand and live in a different culture, to be adaptable and be able to work in teams for a long period.

5.- To have previous experiences working with teams (preferably in work camps but is not a must).

6.- It is important to have a medical insurance as we cannot provide it.

7.- To be an active and proactive person, able to organize and manage within groups.

 

GENERAL CONDITIONS ABOUT THE LTV PROJECTS:

 

1.- Detailed info sheets will be sent for all the volunteers of each project.

2.- Spanish is the language of the project. Volunteers must be able to communicate in Spanish and write it fairly well. (If the volunteer need it, he/she can take the Spanish course given before starting every LTV project).

3.- It would be very good if volunteers could count with a previous preparation for projects taking part in Latin American countries in order to reduce the cultural shock, nevertheless all volunteers will have an orientation course about the Latin American culture.

4.- An orientation meeting about the project will be given to all volunteers.

5.- Volunteers will need to bring a sleeping bag and an mattress.

6.- The food is provided in the house where the volunteer will stay from Monday to Friday, the hosting in the community is provided during all the project, volunteers must bring their own pocket money.

7.- There is an extra fee of 500 Euros, which is used to cover the expenses of the training, administrative costs, and evaluations.

 

WHAT IS A LONG TERM VOLUNTARY SERVICE PROJECT

 

The voluntary service project is an exchange between a person who gives his/her time, work and energy to a worthwhile project, and a host community, which offers to the volunteer an opportunity to experience, to learn new things and to develop personal skills and personal abilities.

 

The Voluntary Service Movement is a way to propose creative solutions face many different issues such as ecology, recycling wastes, cultural problems or even social problems. Volunteers face many aspects of the culture where they are volunteering and it is way to have an international experience but also to open the mind to understand different cultures, different ways of living and different people concerned for our world.

 

The Vive Mexico Long Term Voluntary Service projects lasts for 6 months. During 2009 and 2010 volunteers will be involved in different works depending on the camp and location, please read the information below…

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR ALL THE LTV PROJECTS IT IS NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK SPANISH AND ENGLISH (OR FRENCH)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY LIST OF LONG TERM PROJECTS (LTV) 2010-2011

 

 

 

THE ACTIVITIES OF THE LTV PROJECTS ARE THE SAME ONLY IN DIFFERENT DATES. THERE MIGHT BE SOME SPECIAL ACTIVITIES BUT THEY WILL BE DISCUSSED WITH THE VOLUNTEERS ONCE THEY ARRIVE IN MEXICO. THE PROJECT IS FOCUSED IN TEACHING ENGLISH AND/OR FRENCH IN MEXICAN COMMUNITIES. TO SEE MORE DETAILS OF THE LTV PROJECTS PLEASE REFER TO THE CONCERNING INFO SHEETS.

PROJECT: Vive Mexico has been working this Long Term Program since 2003 with excellent outcomes. The international exchange and cultural understanding is an important tool for the education of every human being. This project was born within this philosophy: a Long Term Volunteer is needed to work within a school in a Mexican community helping in activities involving local youngsters to promote a cultural exchange and learning of the young people.

 

WORK: The volunteer will be part of the school staff. He/she will be giving English and/or French courses for the local youngsters, students of the school (the average age of the students is between 15 an 19 years old) and probably the local people of the town. He/she will also help to organize local groups of ecology or sports and organize some activities for the people of the town but most of them oriented to develop positive activities for the local youngsters with the collaboration of the teachers of the school.

Please remember that detailed schedule and organization of the activities can not be provided to you at this moment due to the long time you will be in the place and because you must agree with the host about terms and conditions of the project before starting to work in the school. Also please remember that in Mexico the conception of time an organization is by far more relaxed than many countries, so please be flexible.

 

Vive Mexico also organizes projects for groups of international volunteers that stay in some communities for 20 days participating in activities for the town development so, in the case the community welcomes a group of international volunteers long term volunteers will help in the organization of the activities the international group will carry out.

This information will be given to you once you arrive in Mexico and this information can change but all the changes will be discussed with you and your local coordinator in the project place. You will also be supported by the local teachers.

 

PLACE: The possible locations where LTV projects could take place are:

Acahuato, Cahulote, Churumuco. Epitacio Huerta, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Las Cruces, Manga de Cuimbo, Paracuaro, Penjamillo, Senguio, Tzintzingareo. There are many other communities but all of them are located in Michoacan State, once volunteers are accepted the community will be designated to them depending on their skills and experience.

 

HOSTING AND FOOD: Hosting and food are provided for the whole length of the project. Volunteers will be hosted by a local family.

 

MONEY: VOLUNTEERS WILL NOT RECEIVE POCKET MONEY but just food and hosting, so volunteers should bring extra money to buy personal supplies and to travel around during vacations and weekends.

 

FEE: 500 EURO

Each Long Term Volunteer has to pay a 500 € fee once arrived to the meeting point in the Vive Mexico office. This fee is used to pay for the administrative expenses of the project for the whole stay of volunteer in Mexico.

 

IMPORTANT REMARKS:  NOTICE THAT IN VIVE LTV 01 THERE ARE 15 PLACES IN TOTAL AND VIVE LTV 02 HAS 15 OPEN PLACES IN TOTAL, BUT VOLUNTEERS WILL BE HOSTED ONE IN EACH COMMUNITY AND IT WILL BE DESIGNATED DEPENDING ON THE EXPERIENCE AND CURRICULUM VITAE.

 

THE PLACE WHERE VOLUNTEERS WILL BE HOSTED IS TO BE DESIGNATED ONCE THE VOLUNTEER HAS ARRIVED TO MEXICO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPANISH COURSE FOR CAMP LEADERS

 (Only for participants of Long Term Voluntary Service Projects in MEXICO)

 

Vive Mexico besides the LTV projects organizes an intensive Spanish course for all the camp leaders interested in learn and practice spanish.

 

This activity is organized 7 days before the starting date of each camp. The volunteers MUST GO to Morelia City to take part in it. Afterwards, they must go to their project meeting point by themselves.

 

The cost for the Spanish language course is:

 

SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSE                                                100 EUROS

 

The cost includes:

•             Hosting for 7 days and 6 nights in a private house in the city with all facilities at disposal.

•                Materials needed for the course (theory books, exercise’s books, etc.)

•                Intensive Spanish courses are given by a professional Spanish teacher in Morelia City 3 hours a day plus homework.

 

This cost is very cheap compared with a traditional language courses in a private Spanish school in Mexico, and the people giving the course are professional Spanish teachers. The courses length will be about 3 hours a day during 5 days and the participants will have a lot of homework to do.

 

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

 

Volunteers have to indicate in the confirmation slip if they want to take part in these activities and in which dates.

 

Since the first year we organized this course it had been really successful, we strongly recommend to your volunteers to take part in it. If they do not speak a good Spanish, it will help them to enjoy even more their work-camps. It is also an opportunity to spend one week in the beautiful city of Morelia in a relaxing atmosphere. For further questions do not hesitate to contact us.