VOLUNTEER IN THE BOLIVIAN PANTANAL!

Help the Children of Quijarro!!!!!

Children from poor backgrounds need your help in all areas you can think of. From games, sports, chess, music, art and theatre to teaching English and things from your culture, any skills that you have will be of great assistant.

No particular level of Spanish is required (but beginner is recommended to enhance the experience for the children). Spanish lessons are available for a small fee.

We are beginning this brand new volunteer program with local school “Pinocho”. A new program and a large student population (350 pupils aged between 5 and 13 years) mean a big variety of ideas and activities can be suggested to the school director, by you! We are particularly interested in hearing your ideas to educate and involve the kids in recycling and ecological farming, and to encourage learning through games, song and physical activities. But all initiatives are welcome.

Special opportunities

As you will be one of the first volunteers here, those who join us in the next few months (June --August 2008), will have a lot of say in how the program will move forward.

Objectives

Our main objective is to give children of the poorer areas the chance to further their education and enjoy their childhood. Many children come from families where parents must work all day to provide basic needs such as food and housing and may not be able to give as much attention to education and play they deserve. Our organization hopes to give the children the knowledge, joy and self respect that every child in the world should have.

Costs

Volunteering at Pinocho school costs only your time and caring attitudes. However, volunteers will need to pay for their own accommodation and living expenses - this will vary depending on whether you choose to live on the Bolivian side in the town of Quijarro or on the Brazilian side at the town of Corumba. We suggest you budget for around $70 a week, which will stretch further on the Bolivian side.

Apply

To apply email Andres@jodanga.com telling us:

• about yourself
• when you are going to arrive
• how long you can stay
• what you can help the kids with

Please answer all of these questions and for the time being we are only interested in applicants who will be arriving within the next 3-4 months. If you are planning a trip to Bolivia/ Brazil a bit later on please email us closer to the time.