Children with Special Needs (Code: BOL5
Under volunteer program in Bolivia, volunteer can choose this special school that gives support to more than 120 children and adults who are blind, deaf or who have Downs Syndrome. Volunteers' assistance is greatly and urgently needed in many areas of this project. Rustic Volunteer Travel works in collaboration with local partners to focus on developing the basic skills of these individuals and reintegrating them back into society. This program is the perfect place for volunteers looking for opportunities to share their love, compassion, and skills with these less fortunate children/adults who have rarely experienced life as a normal child.
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| Project/Volunteer's Life: |
Projects remain closed during July, December and January. Volunteers sometimes get their own classes too. Volunteers work 5 hours a day from Monday to Friday. All the required textbooks will be provided by the school. Volunteers can bring games to share with the school children.
Blind: The clinic with 35 staff is open throughout the year. Professional volunteers will support others from the same background with any up-dated method of diagnostics and treatments. As an additional activity, volunteer can teach English. Volunteers who are not professional can be class assistants but all the volunteers, regardless of their background will be working under the supervision of professionals in every area. Volunteers are required to participate in special activities like workshops. The project has magazines, textbooks, and all the equipments for diagnostics and treatments.
Down Syndrome/Deaf: Volunteers can be a class assistant in math, literature, science, history, sports, music, dance, and also be involved in various workshops like cooking, dressmaking, cosmetology, and carpentry. For children with Down's syndrome, t he school also needs a phonoaudiologist, psycho pedagogue, psychologist, physiotherapist, genetic specialists. |
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| Skills and Qualification |
Volunteers must learn as much Spanish as possible before arriving in Bolivia . The volunteers can teach and experiment with their other skills in the school as well. Volunteers who are oculist will get to interact with the professionals from the same background and also come in contact with people who need medical services, but oculist is not a requirement to volunteer in the blindness project. |
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| Meals/Accommodations: |
Rustic Volunteer Travel manages room/food for volunteers. Volunteers live with the host family and we manage a separate, simple, clean and modest room as well as local meals three times a day. Volunteer will also have an access to our office in Bolivia and mobile number of our coordinators. Our staffs also visit volunteers in each 2-4 week interval as a part of the program. Details covering living accommodations provided prior to arrival |
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| Project Locations: |
Special needs children projects are available in Santa Cruz ( Andes Mountains , f amously called the El Oriente by locals). Bolivia is celebrated for its famous mines and friendly yet diverse and protective culture. It's full of contrasts: from it Spanish influence style of architecture to the pre colonial period influence yet still has many of the amenities you would expect from a city. Volunteers can organize different possible excursions during and after the project to visit places of interest. There is a tourist infrastructure already in place the volunteer can use during weekends. For example: skiing, silver mines, hot springs, mountains, ecotourism, pink river dolphins, riverboat trips, lakes, city tours, arts, entertainment parks, museums festivals, restaurants, hotels, and many more.
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| Rustic Volunteer and Travels offers a variety of volunteer projects and travel packages in Bolivia. You can customize or upgrade this travel itinerary to meet your specific interests. Please contact our travel advisor for more details |
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