City/State: Various cities throughout Ecuador Country: ECUADOR Humanitarian and Ecological Volunteer Programs REQUEST MORE INFORMATION »» ELEP - Experiential Learning Ecuadorian Programs Mosquera Narvaez 163 y America Pichincha ECUADOR South Amer Phone: (593 9) 9963605 / 9400851 Program description: ELEP is a cultural, educational, private and nonprofit organization created to organize, manage and provide exciting volunteer opportunities for individuals and groups from all over the world to be able to take part in a wide range of projects. Volunteers do not need to have any special skills. They just need a willingness to help. Living and volunteering in Ecuador for a short or long term, you could help enrich the lives of Ecuadorian needy people and make a real contribution and difference in this part of the world. This is a more challenging and you as volunteer have the opportunity to contribute to the development Ecuadorian people. Here you are some projects where you voluntary service is welcome: Humanitarian/Social Programs CHILD CARE: This program is dedicated to volunteering in NGOs for children. We can place you in some exciting social and humanitarian programs in collaboration with a large number of orphan, street children centres, children hostels, children worker and centres for infant care in rural or urban communities. You can help children of low economic resources who come from poor homes; some have mothers in prison and many other difficulties in their young lives. In many cases they have been abandoned by their parents. You can help them improve their living conditions through volunteering in one of these institutions. Depending on your own skills and interests, you can teach English, music, dance, maths, computer or collaborate cooking, eating, bathing and personal development, administrative tasks, homework help, activities and general care for the children or any number of activities or generally just spend quality time with the children. Furthermore, you can participate in the rehabilitation process to their families and society. AIDS: Our program is designed to collaborate and participate in health clinics, non-profit organizations or government agencies working with this devastating HIV/AIDS disease. As a volunteer, you can assist in developing sexual health education, promote prevention program and training seminars for groups like lay health professionals and sex trade workers. In addition, you can assist in the medical and psychological attention and antiretroviral therapy programs. There are also opportunities to provide comfort and support directly to patients, their families and the community. You can make visits to hospices and medical facilities, which really provides you with a sense of the personal side of this disease. HUMAN RIGHTS: Our host Human Rights organizations seek to promote and protect individual rights. The activities of the organisation include: human rights education to youth and children and teachers in schools, women's rights (emphasis on reproductive and domestic rights) education in rural areas, psychological attention in crisis, legal pursuit of human rights cases, foreign governments abuse of local interests, and more. TEACHING ENGLISH: Our English teaching project in Ecuador is located in the urban and rural communities. Volunteers also have the opportunity to explore and learn or improve the Spanish language. Most of the volunteers working in this project work as a teacher in a private or public elementary school. Responsibilities of volunteers include teaching simple English and the practice of simple conversational English with the children. Additional help with health, sanitation, and extra curricular activities are also expected. We believe education is the key to enabling this South American country to rise above its poverty. You will help in this process by teaching a class for some hours each day from Monday to Friday. Volunteers are free to use a variety of methods like singing songs, repeating words and playing with flash cards. The aim of your work is to help the children to enjoy learning English. HEALTH / NURSING: Our health/nursing programs welcome anyone thinking of taking up nursing or alternative health. By working on this program, you will make a real contribution in hospitals, clinics and NGO's. Your help is needed throughout Ecuador to help the Ecuadorian population in the poorest urban or rural areas. Our host medical centres and patients welcome medical students, specialist, nurses, etc. The key requirements in our health/nursing volunteer programs are initiative, enthusiasm and readiness to work in unfamiliar circumstances in certain cases. You will be involved in the day-to-day running of medical centres, observing or directly providing general assistance to the doctors and nurses or you might help maintain the files, help at the reception desk or in the nursery, assist with patient check-ups, etc. MICRO-ENTERPRISE PROJECTS: These projects consist in the preparation of different groups of people, with little or no economic resources, to help them create small one-person businesses. This activity will allow them to obtain a small self-earned income to better provide for their families. The volunteer will assist small enterprises dedicated to produce handicrafts. Our program provides training in the following areas: - Processing recycled paper - Create ecological post cards with floral and Ecuadorian topics, taking advantage of the limited resources at hand - Creation of ornamental candles - Porcelain figures - Clothes, etc. INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION WORK: If you are looking for a rewarding experience to provide decent housing for a family in need, join our Volunteer Programs in Ecuador which offers a vibrant cultural and humanitarian experience. Many Ecuadorian families live in substandard, overcrowded and unhealthy conditions. With your help, more deserving families can have decent places to call home. Help repairing fences, roofs or cabins, assistance and supporting with construction of water pipes, houses, schools, etc. Our objectives are to help Ecuadorian families benefit from available and existent housing programs. Ecological Programs GENERAL CONSERVATION PROGRAMMES: Work in the midst of the most spectacular Ecuadorian biodiversities where projects range from maintaining to research. Your help is needed in the preservation, investigation, environmental education and management of the Ecuadorian flora, fauna and landscapes. We work in collaboration with a big number of private and public reserves, National parks and NGOs throughout Ecuador (Andes, Coastal, Amazonia and Galapagos Islands). Environmental projects such as reforestation, agroforestry, organic and sustainable farming practices, permaculture, tree nursery, biological research, environmental education (focused to promote the protection and conservation), recuperation and regeneration of the ecosystem are available. Ecuadorian dry, cloud, rain and mangrove forest wait for you. Live in a world of plenty nature and enjoy it while volunteering. ANIMAL CARE: The goal of this program is to rescue, rehabilitate and relocate confiscated animals to their natural habitat. You as volunteers will feed animals and clean and repair cages. In addition, you will help to build new cages and improve existing facilities to provide more natural environment for the birds and animals. Volunteers are needed to gather food from the forest for animals in captivity, introduce the food to the animals, monitor progress, consult with the biologist, and under supervision of the biologist and centre staff, teach the animals how to eat and other behaviours they need to know in the wild. VETERINARY MEDICINE: You can combine a veterinary placement with an animal care placement, working in a zoo, animal rehabilitation centre or animal clinic. You may be able to spend some time concentrating on the veterinary practice. Working as a veterinary volunteer, you will be involved in vaccinations, operations, laboratory work, post-mortems, meat inspections and the routine treatment of domestic farm animals and pets. These programmes are available to you in Amazon Region, Machalilla National Park, Galapagos Islands, Baños, Guayabamba and many other places throughout Ecuador. Other volunteer descriptions (micro-credits, etc.) are available upon request. ELEP will gladly to help you with the experience you are looking for and invite you to experience Ecuador while volunteer. General program information: Program open to: Everyone Travel to site: Varies Is opportunity more independant or group orientated: Varies Living arrangements on the program: Home stays (living with local families) How long does the program last?: Various Durations What are the dates of this program: Year round Benefits and advantages of the program: Highlights:    - Put your skills to the service of the ecuadorian community - Make new friends and learn about a new culture - Learn or improve your Spanish skills - Expand your horizons - Make a real contribution and difference in Ecuador Qualifications: - Willingness to help - No previous experience is required - Knowledge of the Spanish language - 18 years and older - Open mind - Desires to learn and share Languages required besides English: Spanish Other Volunteering Programs listings from ELEP - Experiential Learning Ecuadorian Programs throughout ecuador, ecuador Internship, Volunteer and Spanish Course Programs throughout ecuador, ecuador Volunteer Projects in Ecuador throughout ecuador, ecuador Health Projects for Healthcare Professionals throughout ecuador, ecuador Community Projects in Ecuador throughout ecuador, ecuador Micro-Enterprise Project in Ecuador throughout ecuador, ecuador Volunteer as a Teacher: Education Projects throughout ecuador, ecuador Environmental Projects: Tropical Forests throughout ecuador, ecuador Volunteer Programs with Children in Ecuador throughout ecuador, ecuador Teach English in Ecuador throughout ecuador, ecuador Affordable Volunteer Program + Free Spanish quito, amabato, cuenca and guayaquil, ecuador Human Rights Volunteer in Ecuador quito, ambato, cuenca and guayaquil, ecuador HIV/ AIDS Volunteering Program in Ecuador ecuadorian coastal, andes and amazonia, ecuador Organic Farm & Agroforestry Projects in Ecuador ecuadorian coastal, andes, amazonia and galapagos , ecuador Environmental Conservation in Ecuador ecuadorian amazonia, andes, coastal and galapagos , ecuador Animal Rescue/Care & Veterinary Medicine in Ecuado throughout ecuador, ecuador Volunteer Abroad, Internship Abroad with ELEP throughout ecuador, ecuador Praktikum und Freiwilligenarbeit in Lateinamerika throughout ecuador, ecuador International Work Experience & Internship Abroad throughout ecuador, ecuador ELEP Ecuador Praktikum - 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