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If you enjoy sharing knowledge and connecting with people from different cultures, join our La Guayunga team, located in the heart of Quito's Historic Center, Ecuador! You are enthusiastic, patient, and creative, and you want to contribute to our community through teaching mathematics and languages. Main activities: Help students strengthen their mathematical knowledge. Teach languages such as English, Spanish, or another.
25 hours of help per week
Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.
Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.
2 days off per week
Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Discounts on Restaurants: Get discounts at nearby restaurants.
Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.
Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.
Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.
Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.
Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.
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.
Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely
Fluent English or Intermediate Spanish
Between 18 and 70 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
You will have activities 5 times a week, with a 5-hour shift per day; in the case of language classes and math classes, only two hours would count, and for each shift you will enjoy a free meal. For your comfort and productivity, you will have access to our coworking space, ideal for achieving a good learning experience, as well as to the volunteers' kitchen, where you can prepare your own meals and share with travelers from all over the world.
🙌 Also, your experience is not limited to teaching.
You will be able to complement your collaboration by participating in other areas of the hostel, adding variety to your day-to-day.
You will have benefits on tours and local experiences, to make the most of your stay in Quito.
💡 Here you will not only collaborate, you will also learn, have fun and live a cultural exchange that will stay in your memory forever.
🛠️ Main and secondary activities
Math Teacher
Provide support in basic mathematics, arithmetic, algebra and problem solving.
Prepare simple, interactive and dynamic educational activities.
Adapt classes according to the learning level of each student.
Language Teacher
Teach languages such as English, Spanish or others you are fluent in.
Help students improve their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.
Foster cultural exchange through language learning.
Additionally, you will have the opportunity to complement your experience by collaborating in other areas of the hostel, such as:
Maintenance: support in small tasks to keep spaces in good condition.
Kitchen assistant: help in preparation or plating alongside our team.
Reception: welcome travelers and provide basic information.
Store cashier: collaborate in the service and handling of the hostel's small shop.
⏰ Collaboration shifts
Shifts last 5 hours, 5 days a week.
They can be rotating, depending on daily need:
Morning
Afternoon
Night
Each shift includes a free meal and access to spaces such as the volunteers' kitchen and our coworking area.
📜 Rules of coexistence
To ensure everyone enjoys a pleasant experience at La Guayunga, we ask our volunteers to comply with these basic rules:
Respect always first 🙌 – Maintain a respectful attitude toward guests, volunteers and hostel staff.
Visits in common areas 🏠 – If you receive friends or guests, they may only stay in the shared spaces.
Alcohol and tobacco in moderation 🍻🚭 – Drinking or smoking is allowed only in designated areas, taking care of the well-being and tranquility of others.
Clean spaces for all ✨ – Keep order and cleanliness in the shared spaces we share.
