If you intend to be a volunteer in Ecuador we highly recommend that you take Spanish lessons because a good level of speaking and understanding Spanish is often needed. Check out the following links for more information about the different courses offered and the costs:
You can work in any area of CAMPO ESPERANZA depending on your interests and personal qualification.
Since Camp Hope is a small institution, we will not be able to pay wages, but we will support you as much as possible by organizing your stay in Ecuador.
From our volunteers we expect:
- Engagement
- Flexibility
- Enjoys working with children
- Willing to adapt to another culture
Conservation Program in the cloud forest (Yunguilla Community)
Volunteer Program for Sustainable Development at "YUNGUILLA" Located at only 50 minutes from Quito. Public bus required.
26 families belong to this comunity with about 200 people. They need your help for environment protection and conservation programs.
The Turismo comunitario is very important for the comunity. You can help them by working in the vivero of fruits and vegetables cultivation.
Conservation programs
Work in the chese farm
Work in the Mermelade farm
Work in re-plantation
Teach English to the Children in the local litle children school.
Enviroment educvation.
Participate in adventure activities with the locals.
To get to Los Cedros in one day you must take the 6:00am bus which gets into Chontal at 9:30am or the 8:00am bus from Otavalo(buy your ticket the day before) which gets to Chontal around 1:00pm. This gets you to the reserve in time for lunch from Quito. At that time in the morning it is easier and safer to get a taxi to the Ofelia bus station – from the Mariscal area, this should cost around $5-10. hte buses leave early in the morning..... more...
Conservation Program in the Jungle. (Town of Tena)
Work, enjoy and get the best experince staying at the Jungle in the Amazon.
We offer 1 week program for volunteers with no too much time in Ecuador. If you feel that you want to work more than 1 week, no worries, just let us know how long!
WHAT CAN I DO FOR WORK VOLUNTEER?
Conservation programs
Work in re-plantation or in the Vivero, The medicinal plants farm
Cleaning trails in the reserve
Keep in well conditions the Orchids
Monitoring animals in the jungle
Teach English to the Children in the communities around.
More options in the jungle are also available.
Location - Tena town - Sector Punta Aguano - Río Napo in the Amazon. Travel for 6 hour in a public bus from Quito
Animal resque program in Quito
Do you like animals? Want to help to prevent illegal trafficking of animals? Want to help with medical aid to those animals that were in captivity and are now sick?
We require people who likes animals and who want to contribute to their physical and emotional wellbeing.
Cristobal Colon Spanish School supports ASONIC an organization that help to the parents of children who are diagnosed with cancer in Ecuador.
Dear Student, part of the money that you pay for your Spanish classes at our School is aimed to ASONIC to finance some of their daily expenses like: rent, payment of basic services of electricity, water, telephone, food volunteers, payment of teachers, etc. ....... reed more
Location
Galapagos Programs
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES IN THE ISLANDS
- Habitat restoration: removement of introduced vegetation.
- Reforestation with native species: seed collection and classification, nursery work, reforestation lines maintenance.
- Organic agricultural activities and agroforestry to help maintain and secure food production for the station.
- Station maintenance.
- Personal project (develop your own project or support different conservation projects that are being developed at the station at the time)
- Trail maintenance.
- Sign elaboration for trails.
- Basic construction activities.
- Help clean fresh water supply.
- Help in kitchen
- Petrel’s observation: nests finding, clearing around the nests to facilitate the mother’s entrance, bird’s behavior.
- Phenology studies and flora inventories: observation and classification of native, endemic and invasive species.
- Bird’s observation at the reserve to determine if they are native, endemic or invasive.
- Germination Project: Determine the most effective method for germination in vegetable production and other species.
- Coffee production to see the possibility of exportation coffee.
There are more than this for you to help!: Pint, construct, plant, draw the walls for better, more.....
The 10th Grade Visits Ecuador from Democracy Prep on Vimeo. Watch this video to see what you can do as a volunteer and how you can help our children in Quito, Ecuador, as of April 2012:
Whatch other video with our experiences while volunteering in Quito, Jungle and in the cloudforest of Ecuador
HOUSING FOR VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers will stay in local Host Families with nice & kind people
OUR PARTNERS
We have affiliations with the following organizations working with volunteers in Ecuador:
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