Short-term (2 to 4 weeks) "educational/teaching" projects in Mexico

Habitat for Humanity Mexico, contributes in improving the quality of life in the country through the no-commision credit grants to persons of limited economic resources, for the contruction of decent housing through the system of self and mutual assistance, in which partner families and volunteers work together on the constrution. They work under the supervision of construction experts and are supported with training, technical and administrative help. To receive the training technical and administrative assistance the community is organized into committees. It’s also aimed to interact throughout the construction process and then to keep the group informed and willing to develop common activities which can be with benefit for the community.

Each family builds their own house and are supported by the group of program beneficiaries. Foreign and domestic volunteers are also joined in different activities of that process, such as carrying materials, preparation of concrete, etc. The work begins with the flattening of the land on which a house is going to be built, then ditches need to be dugd and walls can be raised.

In a house in the community with basic services.

Miguel Utrilla (Los Chorros) community is located in a community of San Pedro Chenalhó, Chiapas.

Natate considers volunteering as a mutual exchange between a person that offers his/her time, work and energy for the benefit of a project of common interest and a community which offers to the volunteers a learning, experimentation, personal and collective development opportunity. Volunteering is considered as a social tool promoting inter-cultural dialogue and Peace, creating a relationship between local action and global reflection. Volunteering is a way of life, a way to be. In all the projects proposed by Natate, the citizen participation and especially that of the young people is really important.

The participation fees shall be covered by the volunteers by a bank transfer or deposit, or on arrival. For the two weeks workcamps, the fee is $2,700 Mexican pesos, and for the three weeks workcamps, the fee is $3,000 Mexican pesos. This fee covers accommodation, meals, some materials for the project and part of the administrative expenses. Each volunteer should cover the costs of field trips and extra activities. In some cases these can be included in the general budget. A 50 pesos membership should also be covered. The membership fees help the Nataté to cover expenses such as: promotion materials, visits to projects, office administration, training events and participation in international and national meetings.

Once we confirm your placement at the workcamp you will receive an info sheet. Volunteers are responsible for the organization of their trip. We suggest looking up the costs of the trip before the registration, to avoid the cancellation of your participation for economic reasons. We suggest to the volunteers coming from other continents, arriving one or several days before the beginning of the project, so they can adapt to their new schedules.

There are a lot of opportunities for the volunteers to enjoy and discover in this part of the country. Guatemala is also near. During the workcamp, the recreational activities will be limited to the surrounding area where the project is located. These activities will be organized jointly with the project co-ordinators and the hosting community.

It is not necessary for the volunteers to speak Spanish, but it is highly recommended to make an effort to facilitate the communication during the project. There is NOT an official language in Natate projects. The official language is Spanish. The mayan dialects spoken in Chiapas are: chol, tojolabal, tzeltal, tzotzil, mam y lacandon, which are related to Mayan origin dialects from the Peninsula of Yucatan and Central America.

Natate does not have civil insurance, so we request the volunteers to have an accident and civil responsibility insurance and travel insurance.

The drug situation in Mexico is complicated. Even though the most of the violence is between the cartels and the dealers, the volunteers must be aware of the risks implied in the drugs’ use. Drug consumption is strictly forbidden in the house where Natate accommodates its volunteers or in any of its projects. Breaking this rule will be enough reason for the volunteer to be asked to leave.

Nataté organises projects in the state of Chiapas, in Southeast of Mexico. Chiapas is known for its touristic sites, including natural attractions, pre-hispanic archaeological sites and colonial cities. It has the highest native population in the country and has natural marvels which cannot be compared like the archaeological zone of Palenque and the Agua Azul waterfalls. It adjoins to the East with Guatemala, to the West with Oaxaca, to the North with Tabasco, to the South with the Pacific Ocean and to the Northwest with Veracruz. San Cristobal de las Casas is a city where people of different ethnicities, races and cultures coexist. It is one of the most beautiful and original cities of Chiapas.

The cooperative Cotzaselch has organized various international work camps in 2011 with interesting experiences rich in exchange. The cooperative Cotzaselch is a sustainable project serving the community of Tzajalá. With its traditional jewellery workshops, its agro-ecological experimental farm (horticulture, composting, coffee, medicinal plants, etc), the cooperative manages sustainable development projects in complete harmony with nature.
Volunteers will work in agriculture – for example, preparation of the land and construction work; and they will reconstruct various cabins in the community Ha O Mek Ka. They will have the opportunity to do diverse manual labour related to horticulture, composting, and lombriculture, amongst other things.
Time permitting; it is possible to get involved in other works in the community. Presentations in the local schools will be organized by the volunteers.

The activities are directed towards continuing the construction of a pathway that will serve as an access route to the projects of Ha O Mek Ka and the construction of cabins for the volunteers; and the creation of raised beds for the sewing of vegetables, the activities will be based in the permaculture. Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn different workshops about the making of soap, crafts, and cooking.

In the demonstration centre Ha O Mek Ka.

Tzajalá is found 1.5 hours from San Cristóbal de las Casas and 20 minutes from Ocosingo.

San Cristóbal de las Casas.

2950 Mexican pesos which includes accommodation, food, and administrative costs.

Natate considers volunteering as a mutual exchange between a person that offers his/her time, work and energy for the benefit of a project of common interest and a community which offers to the volunteers a learning, experimentation, personal and collective development opportunity. Volunteering is considered as a social tool promoting inter-cultural dialogue and Peace, creating a relationship between local action and global reflection. In all the projects proposed by Natate, the citizen participation and especially that of the young people is really important.

The participation fees shall be covered by the volunteers by a bank transfer or deposit, or on arrival. For the two weeks workcamps, the fee is $2,700 Mexican pesos, and for the three weeks workcamps, the fee is $3,000 Mexican pesos. This fee covers accommodation, meals, some materials for the project and part of the administrative expenses. Each volunteer should cover the costs of field trips and extra activities. In some cases these can be included in the general budget. A 50 pesos membership should also be covered. The membership fees help the Nataté to cover expenses such as: promotion materials, visits to projects, office administration, training events and participation in international and national meetings.

Once we confirm your placement at the workcamp you will receive an info sheet. Volunteers are responsible for the organization of their trip. We suggest looking up the costs of the trip before the registration, to avoid the cancellation of your participation for economic reasons. We suggest to the volunteers coming from other continents, arriving one or several days before the beginning of the project, so they can adapt to their new schedules.

There are a lot of opportunities for the volunteers to enjoy and discover in this part of the country. Guatemala is also near. During the workcamp, the recreational activities will be limited to the surrounding area where the project is located. These activities will be organized jointly with the project co-ordinators and the hosting community.

It is not necessary for the volunteers to speak Spanish, but it is highly recommended to make an effort to facilitate the communication during the project. There is NOT an official language in Natate projects. The official language is Spanish. The mayan dialects spoken in Chiapas are: chol, tojolabal, tzeltal, tzotzil, mam y lacandon, which are related to Mayan origin dialects from the Peninsula of Yucatan and Central America.

Natate does not have civil insurance, so we request the volunteers to have an accident and civil responsibility insurance and travel insurance.

The drug situation in Mexico is complicated. Even though the most of the violence is between the cartels and the dealers, the volunteers must be aware of the risks implied in the drugs' use. Drug consumption is strictly forbidden in the house where Natate accommodates its volunteers or in any of its projects. Breaking this rule will be enough reason for the volunteer to be asked to leave.

Nataté organises projects in the state of Chiapas, in Southeast of Mexico. Chiapas is known for its touristic sites, including natural attractions, pre-hispanic archaeological sites and colonial cities. It has the highest native population in the country and has natural marvels which cannot be compared like the archaeological zone of Palenque and the Agua Azul waterfalls. It adjoins to the East with Guatemala, to the West with Oaxaca, to the North with Tabasco, to the South with the Pacific Ocean and to the Northwest with Veracruz. San Cristobal de las Casas is a city where people of different ethnicities, races and cultures coexist. It is one of the most beautiful and original cities of Chiapas.

The objective at Xochipilli is to develop a self-sustainable space through the production and consumption of vegetables, the sale of plants, and the creation of links with related projects. In congruence with sustainable development, the space aspires to have rainwater collectors, generation of clean energy and recycling, as well as appropriate technologies. The objective of the space is the development of a model of sustainability that can be replicated in different alternative, rural spaces and contexts; with the aim of achieving sustainable rural development.

The volunteers will be involved in activities depending on the needs of the project, such as cultivation, seed sewing, transplanting of plants, weeding, watering, harvesting, pruning, and polinisation, for example. As well: development and maintenance of systems of water collection, renewable energy, generation of clean energy and the recycling of waste materials.

In a house in San Cristobal de las Casas.

San Cristobal de las Casas.

San Cristóbal de las Casas.

2950 Mexican Pesos which includes accommodation, food, and administrative costs.

Natate considers volunteering as a mutual exchange between a person that offers his/her time, work and energy for the benefit of a project of common interest and a community which offers to the volunteers a learning, experimentation, personal and collective development opportunity. Volunteering is considered as a social tool promoting inter-cultural dialogue and Peace, creating a relationship between local action and global reflection. In all the projects proposed by Natate, the citizen participation and especially that of the young people is really important.

The participation fees shall be covered by the volunteers by a bank transfer or deposit, or on arrival. For the two weeks workcamps, the fee is $2,700 Mexican pesos, and for the three weeks workcamps, the fee is $3,000 Mexican pesos. This fee covers accommodation, meals, some materials for the project and part of the administrative expenses. Each volunteer should cover the costs of field trips and extra activities. In some cases these can be included in the general budget. A 50 pesos membership should also be covered. The membership fees help the Nataté to cover expenses such as: promotion materials, visits to projects, office administration, training events and participation in international and national meetings.

Once we confirm your placement at the workcamp you will receive an info sheet. Volunteers are responsible for the organization of their trip. We suggest looking up the costs of the trip before the registration, to avoid the cancellation of your participation for economic reasons. We suggest to the volunteers coming from other continents, arriving one or several days before the beginning of the project, so they can adapt to their new schedules.

There are a lot of opportunities for the volunteers to enjoy and discover in this part of the country. Guatemala is also near. During the workcamp, the recreational activities will be limited to the surrounding area where the project is located. These activities will be organized jointly with the project co-ordinators and the hosting community.

It is not necessary for the volunteers to speak Spanish, but it is highly recommended to make an effort to facilitate the communication during the project. There is NOT an official language in Natate projects. The official language is Spanish. The mayan dialects spoken in Chiapas are: chol, tojolabal, tzeltal, tzotzil, mam y lacandon, which are related to Mayan origin dialects from the Peninsula of Yucatan and Central America.

Natate does not have civil insurance, so we request the volunteers to have an accident and civil responsibility insurance and travel insurance.

The drug situation in Mexico is complicated. Even though the most of the violence is between the cartels and the dealers, the volunteers must be aware of the risks implied in the drugs’ use. Drug consumption is strictly forbidden in the house where Natate accommodates its volunteers or in any of its projects. Breaking this rule will be enough reason for the volunteer to be asked to leave.

Nataté organises projects in the state of Chiapas, in Southeast of Mexico. Chiapas is known for its touristic sites, including natural attractions, pre-hispanic archaeological sites and colonial cities. It has the highest native population in the country and has natural marvels which cannot be compared like the archaeological zone of Palenque and the Agua Azul waterfalls. It adjoins to the East with Guatemala, to the West with Oaxaca, to the North with Tabasco, to the South with the Pacific Ocean and to the Northwest with Veracruz. San Cristobal de las Casas is a city where people of different ethnicities, races and cultures coexist. It is one of the most beautiful and original cities of Chiapas.

Civil Association “Angels of Love” was created in 2005 as a result of cooperation among 4 persons with disabilities. From that time the group has grown and currently is supported by 10 youth with disabilities. The goal of Association is to provide a space for social, cultural interaction and recreational activities for disabled youth. They make an effort to involve young people in the work and activities carried out by the Association as well as to support them in their emotional development. The main aim of the Association's work is that at through all their work young people acquire skills that will provide for them a personal development, enable work and an give an openness to education and leisure options. What Angels offer are social, educational, cultural, sport and job training programs that can help in social integration, enhancement of horizons and life enjoyment by being treated with respect and affection.

The activities held by volunteers on this camp are related to agriculture, precisely to preparing vegetable patch and building a chicken coop. Furthermore the volunteers will be providing cultural and educational activities with young people with disabilities and will take care of small remodeling of Association's facilities.

In an Association's place in the neighborhood of Cuxtitali

San Cristobal de las Casas (Chiapas).

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas.

2950 Mex. Pesos (which includes accommodation, food, administrative costs).

Natate considers volunteering as a mutual exchange between a person that offers his/her time, work and energy for the benefit of a project of common interest and a community which offers to the volunteers a learning, experimentation, personal and collective development opportunity. Volunteering is considered as a social tool promoting inter-cultural dialogue and Peace, creating a relationship between local action and global reflection. In all the projects proposed by Natate, the citizen participation and especially that of the young people is really important.

The participation fees shall be covered by the volunteers by a bank transfer or deposit, or on arrival. For the two weeks workcamps, the fee is $2,700 Mexican pesos, and for the three weeks workcamps, the fee is $3,000 Mexican pesos. This fee covers accommodation, meals, some materials for the project and part of the administrative expenses. Each volunteer should cover the costs of field trips and extra activities. In some cases these can be included in the general budget. A 50 pesos membership should also be covered. The membership fees help the Nataté to cover expenses such as: promotion materials, visits to projects, office administration, training events and participation in international and national meetings.

Once we confirm your placement at the workcamp you will receive an info sheet. Volunteers are responsible for the organization of their trip. We suggest looking up the costs of the trip before the registration, to avoid the cancellation of your participation for economic reasons. We suggest to the volunteers coming from other continents, arriving one or several days before the beginning of the project, so they can adapt to their new schedules.

There are a lot of opportunities for the volunteers to enjoy and discover in this part of the country. Guatemala is also near. During the workcamp, the recreational activities will be limited to the surrounding area where the project is located. These activities will be organized jointly with the project co-ordinators and the hosting community.

It is not necessary for the volunteers to speak Spanish, but it is highly recommended to make an effort to facilitate the communication during the project. There is NOT an official language in Natate projects. The official language is Spanish. The mayan dialects spoken in Chiapas are: chol, tojolabal, tzeltal, tzotzil, mam y lacandon, which are related to Mayan origin dialects from the Peninsula of Yucatan and Central America.

Natate does not have civil insurance, so we request the volunteers to have an accident and civil responsibility insurance and travel insurance.

The drug situation in Mexico is complicated. Even though the most of the violence is between the cartels and the dealers, the volunteers must be aware of the risks implied in the drugs’ use. Drug consumption is strictly forbidden in the house where Natate accommodates its volunteers or in any of its projects. Breaking this rule will be enough reason for the volunteer to be asked to leave.

Nataté organises projects in the state of Chiapas, in Southeast of Mexico. Chiapas is known for its touristic sites, including natural attractions, pre-hispanic archaeological sites and colonial cities. It has the highest native population in the country and has natural marvels which cannot be compared like the archaeological zone of Palenque and the Agua Azul waterfalls. It adjoins to the East with Guatemala, to the West with Oaxaca, to the North with Tabasco, to the South with the Pacific Ocean and to the Northwest with Veracruz. San Cristobal de las Casas is a city where people of different ethnicities, races and cultures coexist. It is one of the most beautiful and original cities of Chiapas.

The Solidary Center Tsomanotik www.manotik.org is an educative and demonstrative center, which promotes the sustainable development and the solidarity, through intercultural projects with youngsters from different countries, solidarity projects that contribute to local community development and agro-ecological projects. Tsomanotik allows participants to see the different realities leading to reflection and motivation to take local and global solidarity actions.
The vision of this association is to awaken a solidarity consciousness in the youth, so that from being aware of the causes of injustice and poverty, they could act for a more fair world, and accompany marginalized groups from Chiapas on their development process. The center does not produce contamined water, because we have ecologic bath the waste produce composts, we have 2 treatments of gray water, 2 cisterns for water of rains. In the agro-ecological area there is an organic garden, cunigallinero (it is a place where rabbits and chickens habit), 3 areas for composts, 6 boxes of bees, we produce mushrooms and area of milpa (corn plant)

The first week, the volunteers will have training about the sustainable development and community life through workshops, cine-club and other activities. They will visit 3 important places: 2 trapiches (mills used for the extraction of juice of the cane, where the sugar is done) in these places you will be able to observe the process of cultivating it and the production of honey in “panela” (sugar not refined); you will visit the Montebello’s Lakes, where you will have the opportunity to know the process of the cultive of organic coffee and visit the Waterfall of Chiflon. During the second week, the volunteers will be involved in agro-ecological activities as the work in the organic garden, ecological compost, lombricomposta, cunigallinero and the milpa. We hope that the volunteers have enthusiasm and motivation for knowing the place and taking part actively in the activities.

Volunteers stay at the Tsomanotik center, in a shared room.

Tzimol, community located 10 minutes away from the city of Comitán, Chiapas.

Comitan de Dominguez, Chiapas..

3450 Mexican pesos per month, which cover accomodation, food (except the lunch in the Montebello’s lake, around the 50 mexican pesos), tranportation between the project, transportation to Montebello’s lake, the mills and the waterfall of Chiflon, and administrative cost.

Natate considers volunteering as a mutual exchange between a person that offers his/her time, work and energy for the benefit of a project of common interest and a community which offers to the volunteers a learning, experimentation, personal and collective development opportunity. Volunteering is considered as a social tool promoting inter-cultural dialogue and Peace, creating a relationship between local action and global reflection. In all the projects proposed by Natate, the citizen participation and especially that of the young people is really important.

The participation fees shall be covered by the volunteers by a bank transfer or deposit, or on arrival. For the two weeks workcamps, the fee is $2,700 Mexican pesos, and for the three weeks workcamps, the fee is $3,000 Mexican pesos. This fee covers accommodation, meals, some materials for the project and part of the administrative expenses. Each volunteer should cover the costs of field trips and extra activities. In some cases these can be included in the general budget. A 50 pesos membership should also be covered. The membership fees help the Nataté to cover expenses such as: promotion materials, visits to projects, office administration, training events and participation in international and national meetings.

Once we confirm your placement at the workcamp you will receive an info sheet. Volunteers are responsible for the organization of their trip. We suggest looking up the costs of the trip before the registration, to avoid the cancellation of your participation for economic reasons. We suggest to the volunteers coming from other continents, arriving one or several days before the beginning of the project, so they can adapt to their new schedules.

There are a lot of opportunities for the volunteers to enjoy and discover in this part of the country. Guatemala is also near. During the workcamp, the recreational activities will be limited to the surrounding area where the project is located. These activities will be organized jointly with the project co-ordinators and the hosting community.

It is not necessary for the volunteers to speak Spanish, but it is highly recommended to make an effort to facilitate the communication during the project. There is NOT an official language in Natate projects. The official language is Spanish. The mayan dialects spoken in Chiapas are: chol, tojolabal, tzeltal, tzotzil, mam y lacandon, which are related to Mayan origin dialects from the Peninsula of Yucatan and Central America.

Natate does not have civil insurance, so we request the volunteers to have an accident and civil responsibility insurance and travel insurance.

The drug situation in Mexico is complicated. Even though the most of the violence is between the cartels and the dealers, the volunteers must be aware of the risks implied in the drugs’ use. Drug consumption is strictly forbidden in the house where Natate accommodates its volunteers or in any of its projects. Breaking this rule will be enough reason for the volunteer to be asked to leave.

Nataté organises projects in the state of Chiapas, in Southeast of Mexico. Chiapas is known for its touristic sites, including natural attractions, pre-hispanic archaeological sites and colonial cities. It has the highest native population in the country and has natural marvels which cannot be compared like the archaeological zone of Palenque and the Agua Azul waterfalls. It adjoins to the East with Guatemala, to the West with Oaxaca, to the North with Tabasco, to the South with the Pacific Ocean and to the Northwest with Veracruz. San Cristobal de las Casas is a city where people of different ethnicities, races and cultures coexist. It is one of the most beautiful and original cities of Chiapas.

Habitat for Humanity Mexico, contributes in improving the quality of life in the country through helping people build their own homes. This is done through no-commission credit grants to persons of limited economic resources, the contruction of decent housing through the system of self and mutual assistance, in which partner families and volunteers work together on the constrution. They work under the supervision of construction experts and are suported with training, technical and administrative help. To receive the training technical and administrative assistance the community is organized into committees. It’s also aimed to interact throughout the construction process and then to keep the group informed and willing to develop common activities which can be of benefit for the community.

Each family builds its own house and is supported by the group of program beneficiaries. Foreign and domestic volunteers are also joined in different activities of that process, such as carrying materials, preparation of concrete, etc. The work begins with the flattening of the land on which a house is going to be built, then ditches need to be dug and walls can be raised.

In a house in the community with basic services.

Miguel Utrilla (Los Chorros) community is located in the community of San Pedro Chenalhó, Chiapas.

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas.

2700 mex. pesos which cover accomodation, food, administrative costs.

Natate considers volunteering as a mutual exchange between a person that offers his/her time, work and energy for the benefit of a project of common interest and a community which offers to the volunteers a learning, experimentation, personal and collective development opportunity. Volunteering is considered as a social tool promoting inter-cultural dialogue and Peace, creating a relationship between local action and global reflection. In all the projects proposed by Natate, the citizen participation and especially that of the young people is really important.

The participation fees shall be covered by the volunteers by a bank transfer or deposit, or on arrival. For the two weeks workcamps, the fee is $2,700 Mexican pesos, and for the three weeks workcamps, the fee is $3,000 Mexican pesos. This fee covers accommodation, meals, some materials for the project and part of the administrative expenses. Each volunteer should cover the costs of field trips and extra activities. In some cases these can be included in the general budget. A 50 pesos membership should also be covered. The membership fees help the Nataté to cover expenses such as: promotion materials, visits to projects, office administration, training events and participation in international and national meetings.

Once we confirm your placement at the workcamp you will receive an info sheet. Volunteers are responsible for the organization of their trip. We suggest looking up the costs of the trip before the registration, to avoid the cancellation of your participation for economic reasons. We suggest to the volunteers coming from other continents, arriving one or several days before the beginning of the project, so they can adapt to their new schedules.

There are a lot of opportunities for the volunteers to enjoy and discover in this part of the country. Guatemala is also near. During the workcamp, the recreational activities will be limited to the surrounding area where the project is located. These activities will be organized jointly with the project co-ordinators and the hosting community.

It is not necessary for the volunteers to speak Spanish, but it is highly recommended to make an effort to facilitate the communication during the project. There is NOT an official language in Natate projects. The official language is Spanish. The mayan dialects spoken in Chiapas are: chol, tojolabal, tzeltal, tzotzil, mam y lacandon, which are related to Mayan origin dialects from the Peninsula of Yucatan and Central America.

Natate does not have civil insurance, so we request the volunteers to have an accident and civil responsibility insurance and travel insurance.

The drug situation in Mexico is complicated. Even though the most of the violence is between the cartels and the dealers, the volunteers must be aware of the risks implied in the drugs’ use. Drug consumption is strictly forbidden in the house where Natate accommodates its volunteers or in any of its projects. Breaking this rule will be enough reason for the volunteer to be asked to leave.

Nataté organises projects in the state of Chiapas, in Southeast of Mexico. Chiapas is known for its touristic sites, including natural attractions, pre-hispanic archaeological sites and colonial cities. It has the highest native population in the country and has natural marvels which cannot be compared like the archaeological zone of Palenque and the Agua Azul waterfalls. It adjoins to the East with Guatemala, to the West with Oaxaca, to the North with Tabasco, to the South with the Pacific Ocean and to the Northwest with Veracruz. San Cristobal de las Casas is a city where people of different ethnicities, races and cultures coexist. It is one of the most beautiful and original cities of Chiapas.

Epiphytes Garden is a project aimed at creating a space that protects the flora and fauna of the region where the inhabitants of the city of San Cristobal de las Casas, and visitors can learn about the importance of maintain forests, to separate and recycle waste, and so on. Another aim is to provide a space for the reproduction of epiphytes such as orchids and bromeliads. The idea is to have a space rich in flora and fauna that can enjoy and engage people in the city, which is intended, can multiply the knowledge gained in this botanical garden. Epiphytes Garden is located on the hill of San Cristobal de las Casas.

The work will consist in the rehabilitation of a live fence (demarcation made from native trees of the region), construction of a rainwater-harvesting tank, a greenhouse for plant production, building a gazebo, cleaning and sorting of trash. During the camp will hold workshops and/or awareness raising of the people in the surroundings of the place on the future care of the botanical garden. Other activities will restore and increase access stairs, improve certain parts of the future garden. Also be built using land adobes to be used in the infrastructure of the garden.

In the volunteer’s house located in the city center of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas.

San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas.

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas.

2950 mex. pesos which cover accommodation, food, administrative costs.

Natate considers volunteering as a mutual exchange between a person that offers his/her time, work and energy for the benefit of a project of common interest and a community which offers to the volunteers a learning, experimentation, personal and collective development opportunity. Volunteering is considered as a social tool promoting inter-cultural dialogue and Peace, creating a relationship between local action and global reflection. In all the projects proposed by Natate, the citizen participation and especially that of the young people is really important.

The participation fees shall be covered by the volunteers by a bank transfer or deposit, or on arrival. For the two weeks workcamps, the fee is $2,700 Mexican pesos, and for the three weeks workcamps, the fee is $3,000 Mexican pesos. This fee covers accommodation, meals, some materials for the project and part of the administrative expenses. Each volunteer should cover the costs of field trips and extra activities. In some cases these can be included in the general budget. A 50 pesos membership should also be covered. The membership fees help the Nataté to cover expenses such as: promotion materials, visits to projects, office administration, training events and participation in international and national meetings.

Once we confirm your placement at the workcamp you will receive an info sheet. Volunteers are responsible for the organization of their trip. We suggest looking up the costs of the trip before the registration, to avoid the cancellation of your participation for economic reasons. We suggest to the volunteers coming from other continents, arriving one or several days before the beginning of the project, so they can adapt to their new schedules.

There are a lot of opportunities for the volunteers to enjoy and discover in this part of the country. Guatemala is also near. During the workcamp, the recreational activities will be limited to the surrounding area where the project is located. These activities will be organized jointly with the project co-ordinators and the hosting community.

It is not necessary for the volunteers to speak Spanish, but it is highly recommended to make an effort to facilitate the communication during the project. There is NOT an official language in Natate projects. The official language is Spanish. The mayan dialects spoken in Chiapas are: chol, tojolabal, tzeltal, tzotzil, mam y lacandon, which are related to Mayan origin dialects from the Peninsula of Yucatan and Central America.

Natate does not have civil insurance, so we request the volunteers to have an accident and civil responsibility insurance and travel insurance.

The drug situation in Mexico is complicated. Even though the most of the violence is between the cartels and the dealers, the volunteers must be aware of the risks implied in the drugs’ use. Drug consumption is strictly forbidden in the house where Natate accommodates its volunteers or in any of its projects. Breaking this rule will be enough reason for the volunteer to be asked to leave.

Nataté organises projects in the state of Chiapas, in Southeast of Mexico. Chiapas is known for its touristic sites, including natural attractions, pre-hispanic archaeological sites and colonial cities. It has the highest native population in the country and has natural marvels which cannot be compared like the archaeological zone of Palenque and the Agua Azul waterfalls. It adjoins to the East with Guatemala, to the West with Oaxaca, to the North with Tabasco, to the South with the Pacific Ocean and to the Northwest with Veracruz. San Cristobal de las Casas is a city where people of different ethnicities, races and cultures coexist. It is one of the most beautiful and original cities of Chiapas.

Civil Association “Angels of Love” was created in 2005 as a result of cooperation among 4 persons with disabilities. From that time the group has grown and currently is supported by 10 youth with disabilities. The goal of Association is to provide a space for social, cultural interaction and recreational activities for disabled youth. They make an effort to involve young people in the work and activities carried out by the Association as well as to support them in their emotional development. The main aim of the Association's work is that at through all their work young people acquire skills that will provide for them a personal development, enable work and an give an openness to education and leisure options. What Angels offer are social, educational, cultural, sport and job training programs that can help in social integration, enhancement of horizons and life enjoyment by being treated with respect and affection.

The activities held by volunteers on this camp are related to agriculture, precisely to preparing vegetable patch and building a chicken coop. Furthermore the volunteers will be providing cultural and educational activities with young people with disabilities and will take care of small remodeling of Association's facilities.

In an Association's place in the neighborhood of Cuxtitali

San Cristobal de las Casas (Chiapas).

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas.

2950 Mex. Pesos (which includes accommodation, food, administrative costs).

Natate considers volunteering as a mutual exchange between a person that offers his/her time, work and energy for the benefit of a project of common interest and a community which offers to the volunteers a learning, experimentation, personal and collective development opportunity. Volunteering is considered as a social tool promoting inter-cultural dialogue and Peace, creating a relationship between local action and global reflection. In all the projects proposed by Natate, the citizen participation and especially that of the young people is really important.

The participation fees shall be covered by the volunteers by a bank transfer or deposit, or on arrival. For the two weeks workcamps, the fee is $2,700 Mexican pesos, and for the three weeks workcamps, the fee is $3,000 Mexican pesos. This fee covers accommodation, meals, some materials for the project and part of the administrative expenses. Each volunteer should cover the costs of field trips and extra activities. In some cases these can be included in the general budget. A 50 pesos membership should also be covered. The membership fees help the Nataté to cover expenses such as: promotion materials, visits to projects, office administration, training events and participation in international and national meetings.

Once we confirm your placement at the workcamp you will receive an info sheet. Volunteers are responsible for the organization of their trip. We suggest looking up the costs of the trip before the registration, to avoid the cancellation of your participation for economic reasons. We suggest to the volunteers coming from other continents, arriving one or several days before the beginning of the project, so they can adapt to their new schedules.

There are a lot of opportunities for the volunteers to enjoy and discover in this part of the country. Guatemala is also near. During the workcamp, the recreational activities will be limited to the surrounding area where the project is located. These activities will be organized jointly with the project co-ordinators and the hosting community.

It is not necessary for the volunteers to speak Spanish, but it is highly recommended to make an effort to facilitate the communication during the project. There is NOT an official language in Natate projects. The official language is Spanish. The mayan dialects spoken in Chiapas are: chol, tojolabal, tzeltal, tzotzil, mam y lacandon, which are related to Mayan origin dialects from the Peninsula of Yucatan and Central America.

Natate does not have civil insurance, so we request the volunteers to have an accident and civil responsibility insurance and travel insurance.

The drug situation in Mexico is complicated. Even though the most of the violence is between the cartels and the dealers, the volunteers must be aware of the risks implied in the drugs’ use. Drug consumption is strictly forbidden in the house where Natate accommodates its volunteers or in any of its projects. Breaking this rule will be enough reason for the volunteer to be asked to leave.

Nataté organises projects in the state of Chiapas, in Southeast of Mexico. Chiapas is known for its touristic sites, including natural attractions, pre-hispanic archaeological sites and colonial cities. It has the highest native population in the country and has natural marvels which cannot be compared like the archaeological zone of Palenque and the Agua Azul waterfalls. It adjoins to the East with Guatemala, to the West with Oaxaca, to the North with Tabasco, to the South with the Pacific Ocean and to the Northwest with Veracruz. San Cristobal de las Casas is a city where people of different ethnicities, races and cultures coexist. It is one of the most beautiful and original cities of Chiapas.