Volunteer Experience Mexico

  Mexico

• Cuernavaca: 
Cuernavaca
• Pacific Coast: 
Tuxtla Gutierrez
• Gulf Coast: 
Michoacan

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: January- June, June- August, October - January

Description: Join CCUSA and our Mexican partner, Ventur Pipiol, as you take on the opportunity to travel through some of Mexico's most extraordinary places, getting to know both the people and the culture.

The volunteer programs are unpaid in monetary terms. However, you will gain immeasurable valuable skills to last a lifetime, great friends from across the world, hands-on education, environmental, and career experience for your resume, and the knowledge that you made a global difference.

There are FIVE different Program Options to choose from, running between 4 and 22 weeks in length.
* "Alternare" challenges you to work with local farmers on this Monarch Butterfly Reserve to create ecological alternatives, implement new agro-ecological techniques, and organize local activities.
* "Tradiciones- Ninteotl Traditional Medicine" live within a community as it was 100 years ago, work with the elders to learn their spiritual and traditional ways,restore artifacts and make a lasting difference by building Medicine House,the foundation for this important cultural center.
* "Tuxtlas- Helping to build Ecotourism"- Based inside a Biosphere in Mexico's only surviving Jungle, help bring ecotourism to the area and to curb the problem of deforestation in this rain forest. You are an essential ingredient to social change by educating tourists and helping local farmers build eco-infrastructure.
* "Ensenare- Teach in Mexico" This program is focused on youth and gaining hands on classroom experience in rural community schools in Mexico.Teaching English to students age 6-15 in traditional Mexican communities.
* "Aventura- Volunteer & Adventure in Mexico"- This five week program includes 2 weeks volunteering at Tuxtlas Biosphere above, plus a 3 week adventure excursion throughout the most beautiful and untouched places in Mexico. Scuba dive, swim, raft, hike, and see the best of Mexico!

Highlights:
* Valuable Orientation at the Hacienda, where you'll meet other participants, learn cultural information about Mexico, and training information to prepare you for your project.
* Take advantage of the opportunity to discover Mexico as a local, as a globally minded citizen, and as an adventurous participant.
* Room and board included
* Local transportation between Hacienda (Orientation) and your project available)
* Flexible Volunteer program options, flexible dates

Qualifications: Volunteers must be High School graduates, age 18 or older. All Volunteers must have a strong deisire to experience and become immersed in Mexican Culture in the program option they choose.

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: varies, please inquire

Salary / Pay: 50 pesos per day food voucher or equivalent, as well as transportation to your project and donation on your behalf to the Volunteer Project.

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Motivated and globally minded individuals who have a passion for rebuilding and assisting communities, environmental habitats while cultivating friendships and experiences to last a lifetime.

Age Range: 18 and older

This Program is open to American Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Mexico Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 6

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Job and Internship Network

CCUSA's Mission Statement: CCUSA is passionately committed to providing exchange programs of the highest quality in countries around the world. We are dedicated to excellence in all areas of operation, providing first-rate staff to employers and partners on all of our exchange programs.

Year Founded: 1985