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As a HELP Environment Volunteer at Otra Cosa Network, you'll plan and deliver weekly environmental education classes for children, lead volunteers, organise beach clean-ups through the "Yo Cuido Mi Playa" campaign and support other community projects such as raising awareness for the environment. Depending on your motivation and our necessities you can become a Environment-Coordinator gaining more in depth experiences at project organisation.
25 hours of help per week
Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.
Teaching Sports: Teaching or assisting the host, guests, or local communities in practicing sports or physical activities.
Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.
Amount: £ 300 One time
Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project
Description: There is a small volunteer contribution attached to our volunteering positions to help cover administration and project costs, but this is much lower than the fee charged by many other 'voluntourism' companies and organisation. This low-cost volunteering model helps us to ensure the continuity of our projects. However a longer stay gets relatively cheaper than short term stay. Please see our website for more details.
2 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.
Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Intermediate Spanish or Intermediate English
Over 18 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
The HELP Environment Volunteer/ Coordinator is one of the four Project Roles available at OCN. Your role is to plan and update the OCN environment curriculum, including planning weekly environmental education classes for the children at the Recreational and Educational Centre (REC) in Cerrito de la Virgen. You will be in charge of delivering the classes, as well as briefing and leading a team of supporting volunteers. Additionally, you will organise the monthly beach clean as part of our 'Yo Cuido Mi Playa campaign'. We also encourage you to come up with your own ideas for the project (for example, previous volunteers have implemented composting and hydroponic garden projects).
Running the HELP Environment project only requires a few hours a week, so, for the rest of your time, you will act as a multi-project volunteer. This will give you the chance to work on various other projects within the OCN portfolio.
Potential activities include: HELP English; HELP Youth; HELP Literacy; Global Glow (girls' education and empowerment); REC homework support sessions; English classes at the library; English classes at María del Socorro primary school; assisting with taking inventory at the library.
For students, all volunteer positions are available as internships, which is ideal for students looking to complete a year in industry/placement abroad. In this case, you will receive an extra level of mentorship and all appropriate communication with your academic institution to ensure compliance with internship placement requirements.
The OCN recreational centre (REC) opens from Monday-Wednesday and on Fridays, from 3-5pm. Each day is designated to a different project, with HELP Environment taking place on a Tuesday. Before each Environment class, you will meet with the REC Coordinator and a team of supporting volunteers at the OCN volunteer house to brief them on your lesson plan for the day, delegate roles, and answer any questions. Although the REC is open from 3-5pm, some of this time is for the kids to play and socialise, so you will not be expected to plan/lead a two-hour lesson. You will have plenty of opportunities to interact with the children we help and create a bond with them.
Your Tasks:
Plan and update the HELP Environment curriculum.
Deliver environmental education lessons to the children at the REC.
Maintain and update all material related to the Environment program.
Register the children's attendance and ensure that we have their emergency contact details.
Write weekly reports and monthly reviews on the project progress and impact, to be shared with REC Coordinator and Monitoring and Evaluation Officer.
Organise the monthly 'Yo Cuido Mi Playa' beach clean.
Participate in weekly REC meetings with the other HELP Project Coordinators and REC Coordinator/Program Manager.
Be creative in coming up with new ideas and policies to improve the program.
What you can expect from us:
Personal pick-up upon arriving and walking tour through Huanchaco
Help with organising accommodation for your time in Huanchaco
A thorough introduction to the organization
Training in First Aid and Child Safeguarding
2 days holiday per month
24/7 emergency support
Reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses
Organized activities (barbeques, game nights, volunteer lunch etc.)
Certificate
