Rustic Volunteer and Travel
 
Volunteer Travel Guatemala

Guatemala Orphanage Project Work in an orphanage

Orphanages in Guatemala aim to offer homes, educations, and hope for orphans Contribute your talents, love, and hard work to give orphaned children a brighter outlook and a future that holds hope instead of misery. Rustic Volunteer Travel provides volunteers/travelers to support abandoned or orphaned children by giving them an education, and thus create better opportunities and a happy life as adults. Volunteers/travelers can benefit by supplying these orphans with much-needed love and companionship as well as a solid foundation to meet their needs and nurture their interests, goals and ultimately make their dreams for a brighter future become reality.

 

Fact File Guatemala

Arrival Point:

Aurora International Airport , Guatemala City

Airport Pick-up:

Upon the receipt of your flight information, our in-country coordinator or other project staff will greet the volunteers in the airport and take you to your project site. The address and telephone number of the local contact hotel will be given before departure just in case volunteers miss our representative in the airport. Please make sure to e-mail your flight information to both the USA office and the local in-country coordinator's office.

Departure Point:

Aurora International Airport , Guatemala City

Airport Drop:

Rarely, a few do request an escort back to the airport; this is an extra expense of about $75.  Most are very familiar and comfortable with their stay and have great ease taking their own taxi or bus back to the airport.

Internal Transportation:

Rustic Volunteer Travel manages one-way transportation to project. Volunteers will be responsible for their own personal and return travel. We do not cover daily transportation from host family/hotel to the project. Volunteers will be responsible for their personal and return travel. Our program is designed to save you the volunteer as much as possible.

Start Dates:

1st and 3rd Mondays of each month

Arrival Before Start Date:

Rustic Volunteers/Travelers coming to Guatemala are advised to arrive one day before their program start date. If you arrive more than one day early or stay after the program, you will be responsible for your room and food expenses.

Working Hours: 30- 40 hours per week