Volunteer with Children - Public Health and Medicine with Special Needs Bolivia
Hosted by
- Bolivia
- Coroico
Frequently asked questions
This program starts at $250 USD. For full pricing, visit the provider’s website.
This program requires participants to be at least 18 years old.
The program runs for 4 weeks.
Yes, the program includes housing. Participants stay in guesthouses or with a host family.
The program fee includes accommodation, activities, some meals, and wifi.
This program is located in Coroico, Bolivia.
About Program
Sustainable Bolivia is supporting the Centro Nuevos Horizontes which is working with children with special needs. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this Centre is able caters to the unique physical and psychological needs of each individual. Services include assessment and evaluation, physical therapy and rehabilitation, individualized educational programs, speech and communication support, play therapy and vocational training.
Responsibilities may include:
Provide physical therapy & rehabilitation, based on your own personal qualifications, to physically and developmentally disabled individuals both at the center & at their homes
Evolve & adapt new methods of teaching to enable differently abled individuals to live independently
Empower individuals to become as independent as possible through adaptive education, physical rehabilitation, & teaching self-advocacy
Provide direct care to disenfranchised individuals who cannot afford treatment
Program Highlights
- Volunteer with children with special needs and make the difference
- Help out with your skills an understaffed center
- See concrete results in your work
- Learn or improve your Spanish
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Program Impact
* Help an understaffed center
* Help with your experience and/or your expertise
