FEATURED VOLUNTEER PROJECTS...
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It is a home child minding centre in Santa Cruz Bolivia. Local children attend and are offered English classes as well as other extra curricular activities such as theatre, music and cultural studies... |
This is a Catholic School of about 1.900 students. They have all levels kinder garden, primary and secondary. Class’s size is about 30 students in the mornings and about 15 in the afternoons... |
This project is about an alternative home, where the main attribute is the quality of the integral education of abandoned and unprotected children of Santa Cruz, so they can be further participants and act normally in the society as good citizens... |
Bolivia is the 13th country of biggest biodiversity in the world and this project in Santa Cruz is a good sample, their principles are based on conservation, defense and study of the Bolivian and South American fauna. |
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The project is about is a museum with a small collection of contemporary art in a building with a lovely courtyard. It is mostly composed of paintings by Bolivian artists, but also has several sculptural pieces. The museum also holds temporary exhibitions approximately once a month. School groups visit regularly... |
The project was founded in 1986; it is about a weekly magazine that comes attached to the most important newspaper of Santa Cruz every Thursday. It is oriented mainly to children and students, since the contents are about games and articles that help kids to learn about Bolivian culture, art, good values and principles... |
The ethnographic and folklore museum houses a small exhibition on various ethnic groups of Bolivia. The display includes a small collection of instruments, costumes, utensils/ceramic work, hunting tools, ceremonial ritual items such as masks and so on. It provides information on the various groups such as Chiquitanos, Ayoreos, Mojeños, etc. |
The Tourism Development project is an oportunity for adventurer participants, they would work in the main Tourist Office in Santa Cruz. This is a great opportunity to find out about Bolivia visiting places and working on cultural aspects that give the country its identity... |
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This is a Catholic School mixed gender school. They have all levels kinder garden, primary and secondary. Class’s size is about 40 students from 6 to 18 years old. Volunteers give support to the teachers by training a group of the class.
The kids are been trained in Soccer, Basketball and Volleyball, but if volunteers would like to teach a new sport it is possible too... |
The Symphonic Orchestra was created in September 2003 in Santa Cruz, since then on half hundred of young talents are part of this group. The OSJ gives the opportunity to finish their musical formation and volunteers can became a member as well and share their talent with Bolivian musicians... |
This project is about an orphanage for children with disabilities, it was founded in 2007 by Padre Alirio Henao, who had a long previous experience working for 12 years with disabled people. The project is a non profit organization that receives donations from the government and from people of the community... |
Based on love for nature and preservation concepts about twenty five years ago, a quite unique undertaking began under the name of Ecological Park. The park is fifteen minutes away from downtown Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the largest city of Bolivia, and one of the major agro industrial centers in the south American region... |
