About Program
Volunteer at an orphanage in Bolivia! It is a shelter for mixed gender children from 0 to 10 years old. There are about 80 children living there currently. The older ones (6 to 10 years old) attend to a school in the mornings and the babies stay at the shelter to receive all the necessary care.
During the afternoons they do their school homework with tutors and volunteers that eventually help them. After they finish homework they play games, do some sports, etc, and at 6:30 they get a meal and take shower.
List of Volunteer Work activities:
* To help at the kitchen, cleaning, washing dishes, etc.
* To help children with homework.
* To share the activities and experiences of the children who live in the project.
* Helping children with their personal care.
* Preparing workshops. Non formal education such as handcrafts, English, art, music, theatre, etc.
* Taking the children to parks, market, zoo, etc.
* To play games with the kids and any entertaining activity.
* The project is open to new ideas or skills like painting, carpentry, music, sports or whatever the volunteers can do.
Other possible volunteer projects include: wildlife rescue, teaching English, sports development and more. Visit the Volunteer Challenge website for more information!
Consider your impact: Volunteering abroad can be a rewarding experience for both volunteers and local communities, and at Go Overseas, we believe all volunteers should have the resources to make informed decisions about the type of volunteer project they want to partake in. However, despite best intentions, some organizations offering placements in orphanages may unknowingly place children in danger. You can read about the potential dangers of orphanage volunteering here.
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