The Film Club Cultural "Luis Espinal"has more than 13 years of almost continuous in Cochabamba. Was founded in June 1998 in the environments of the Youth Ministry in Cochabamba. Their actions contributed to popularize the use of videos in popular education and especially in trying to create critical awareness of the viewer through the CINE DEBATE analysis. Film screenings currently performs debate every Thursday and plans to expand its power to village squares and neighborhoods of Cochabamba with the participation of local population or group. His vision is to raise critical consciousness and solidarity of youth and the general public is sometimes manipulated by the media of mass communication. It is also related cultural institutions in Cochabamba with which coordinates activities of cultural policies to benefit the people.
Work:
Volunteers will participate in the organization, promotion, distribution and projection of the Video Discussions at different venues around the city and countryside. Support the development of audiovisual communication workshops with local groups. Participate in cultural and audiovisual activities of Cochabamba. The volunteers will participate in the International Camp for Arts and Culture scheduled for August 2011.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will be accommodated in a house in Cochabamba. The property is collective.
Location:
City of Cochabamba.
Requirements:
Volunteers must have experience in PR, media and culture. Your Spanish level must be acceptable. 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 to be paid upon arrival. Food is paid by the volunteer.
"La Tinkuna" is a social and cultural centre located in a suburb of the city of Cochabamba. It was created in 2006 and promotes social, educational and cultural exchanges between young people and children. It is an alternative space where various groups used self-managed environments for art and popular culture.
Work:
The volunteers involved in tutoring courses for children and youth, and organized recreational activities and recreational workshops. Volunteers also participate in the maintenance of the centre with other local volunteers.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will be housed in the same social center "La Tinkuna", where accommodation is shared.
Location:
Villa Busch, Cochabamba City, Bolivia.
Requirements:
Have an interest in cultural, educational, craft and social work with the local population. 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.
Red Tinku is a volunteer organization, was formed in 1998 by university students, farmers and unemployed youth. That diversity, coupled with his self-managed work has allowed him to become a leader in the social and cultural movement in Bolivia. Since 2007 he has been linked to international volunteering and is currently in the task of promoting the culture of volunteering in Bolivia. Works on human rights, environment, youth leadership, culture, communication and popular education as a tool for social transformation.
Work:
The volunteers accompany the process of institutional coordination to support the work of International Volunteer in the office and visiting the various urban and rural projects. Also support the social, cultural and educational Tinku Network with other local volunteers and groups. Participate in strengthening communication networks (Web, facebook, newsletters, etc).
Accommodation:
Volunteers will be accommodated in a house in the city of Cochabamba. The property is collective.
Location:
Cochabamba City, Bolivia
Requirements:
Willingness to work as a team and an acceptable level of Spanish. Forward to sharing and interaction. 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.
Life Project is an association of human development nonprofit, focusing on the young people, teenagers, children and elderly people, it has no religious affiliation, political party or government. Their interest is to serve the population that is at risk, unprotected and without discrimination perform cultural work in the city of El Alto and Bolivia.
This institution is interested in Human Rights to promote the building of a just and egalitarian society, where the most important is the solidarity with their fellow men to live without regard to race, color, origin, culture, etc. It trains young children to become actors with life project, strengthening democracy and defending human rights of the population.
La Casa de la Solidaridad Life Project, through its project seeks to contribute to there being a fair and just society where all people can be really committed to local, national and global levels and to foster human development in each of its spaces, with the exercise and defense of human rights in the context of participatory democracy.
Work:
Volunteers accompany the process of formation and organization of technical training project in community business enterprises to excluded populations (workshops, seminars, video projections, etc).
Will enable women, children and youth in technical skills that promote decent work and fair trade products with alternative education, creative, critical and intercultural dialogue based on knowledge and respect for diversity. Under the philosophy of learning by doing and learn and unlearn from each other together.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will be accommodated in a house in El Alto, La Paz
Location:
2nd district of El Alto City, La Paz, Bolivia
Requirements:
Volunteers should be eager to share and learn with the local population. Volunteers must have experience working with children. Your Spanish level must be acceptable. All volunteers must have medical insurance. Upon arrival, volunteers must attend a seminar on the social, cultural and political life of Bolivia.
Participation fee:
90 Euros per month covering accommodation. Food is paid by the volunteer.
Is a new project but who have long experience in direct work with children and low-income women. The project EcoEducativo "LIBER ART" is a civil non-profit organization that was founded in 2008 in the city of Samaipata, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Aims to support popular education process with active participation of the local peasant community. In his psycho power used as popular communication tool through art and culture. It has an educational and a small public library under construction. Works with rural women in leadership processes and non-formal education by organic gardens, seminars, courses, training workshops.
Work:
Volunteers support in interactive workshops with kids, build educational materials recycling plastic bottles, recycled paper. Accompany the educational process. Also support the work of women with agroecological gardens surrounding communities to the project.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will be accommodated in a house in the village of Samaipata, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Location:
The project is located in the town of Samaipata, Santa Cruz.
Requirements:
The volunteer must be willing to work together and speak an acceptable level of Spanish. All volunteers must have medical insurance. Upon arrival, volunteers must attend a seminar on the social, cultural and political life of Bolivia.
Participation fee:
90 Euros per month covering accommodation. Food is paid by the volunteer.
AYNI-BOLIVIA is an associative network that encourages and promotes educational and cultural projects for children and adolescents from disadvantaged communities in Bolivia.
The main objective of the project "A bookmobile to Cochabamba" is the incentive to read and improve their understanding through workshops to encourage reading and writing. It should be noted that in Bolivia, 65% of children "read" do not understand what they read. It also offers educational support (primary and secondary) and arts and entertainment.
The communities that benefit from mobile library services have been chosen according to local needs and with the agreement and commitment of the population. So, come in every neighborhood, once a week, with our bus full of school books, stories, games and crayons to color, to meet children who are waiting with impatience and joy.
Work:
Volunteers support the activities already scheduled bookmobile (tutoring and games) but also can make proposals and implementation of new workshops whose topics include: health, nutrition, care of the environment, and other artistic expression. They may also promote the project, writing articles, taking pictures, making videos or presentation documents, seeking support, new contacts, etc.
Accommodation:
Be accommodated in a house in Cochabamba. The accommodation is shared.
Location:
Cochabamba City, Bolivia
Requirements:
- Acceptable level of Spanish to communicate with the team and with children. - Experience in education or communication. - Responsible, capable of taking initiative and teamwork.
All volunteers must have medical insurance.
Upon arrival, volunteers must attend a seminar on the social, cultural and political life of Bolivia.
Participation fee:
90 Euros per month covering accommodation. The food is paid by the volunteer.
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