The rural community of Potrero, was a former farm or ranch. Quechua is a community that has a small school and school board. Agrarian Union is organized where the Assembly of community activities shall decide. The villagers have small individual land and common grazing lands. Located at the foot of the mountain Tunari, in a beautiful valley, which produces flowers and vegetables.
Work:
Volunteers begin work with farmers agro-ecology. Courses will also provide educational support to children and youth, recreational and leisure games using audiovisual material. Collaborate with other local volunteers to design strategies of community-based ecotourism in the area has a forest and a waterfall.
Accommodation:
Stay at a farmers' union headquarters and in the cabins of the cultural center to be built in the area.
Location:
Potrero Community, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Requirements:
Volunteers must have an acceptable level of Spanish to communicate with farmers, children and youth. Willingness to live with the farmers to share knowledge. A 2-week International Camp will be held in the summer (June) All volunteers must have medical insurance. Upon arrival, volunteers must attend a seminar on the social, cultural and political life of Bolivia.
Participation fee:
80 Euros per month covering accommodation. The food is paid by the volunteer.
The rural community of Chiquicollo, is located in the municipality of Tiquipaya, considered the heart of Mother Earth, after the Peoples' Summit on Climate Change (2010). It borders the city of Cochabamba and is considered agro-ecological reserve area and tourism. It has a schoolhouse and a school. In the community currently being built Red Tinku ecological cabins. It is an agricultural area where farmers grow vegetables, corn and fruit. It has an irrigation system for agriculture.
Work:
The volunteers mainly support children and young people in school support and organization of workshops, art and culture. May also be involved in the construction of agro-ecological cabins and gardens.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will be accommodated in a house in Cochabamba. The property is collective.
Location:
Chiquicollo, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Requirements:
Be predisposed to interact with neighbours, children and youth in the community.
All volunteers must have medical insurance.
Upon arrival, volunteers must attend the seminar on the social, cultural and political life of Bolivia.
An international two-week camp will be held in the summer (July)
Participation fee:
80 euros covering accommodation. The food is paid by the volunteer.
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