SOCIAL PROJECT EQ-SE13 IN ECUADOR

This day care centre in Quito was founded by three Dutch girls, who had been working as volunteers themselves in Ecuador some years before. Facing the poverty and the problems that many young mothers have raising their children, they decided to open a day care centre in order to provide a better future for young children. Children aged 6 months to 5 years are hosted here. During the afternoon, children up to the age of 13 have the opportunity to come in and ask for help with their homework. At this moment, the day care centre hosts 65 children permanently and 20 more for the homework group. The project now has a psychologist working at the project who gives workshops to the parents about social values and problems within families.

Volunteers can be asked to perform the following activities:

1. Helping children with their homework
2. Preparing meals
3. Organizing group activities
4. Making house visits
5. Giving the children your love and attention

To work at this project volunteers are needed with the following requirements:

1. Basic level of Spanish
2. Love for children
3. Patience
4. Creative mind
5. Self dependency  
6. Willing to take initiative

The minimum time requested to work at this project is 4 weeks.

Volunteers are expected to work Monday till Friday from 8.30-17.00.

In order to participate in this program, you should at least have a basic knowledge of the Spanish language.