Basecamp International Centers believe international volunteering promotes cross-cultural learning that helps create global awareness, understanding between cultures and provides the platform for positive change. Our volunteers have taught in schools, provided disaster relief support for the International Red Cross, conducted essential research to improve the management strategies of threatened environments, built homes for impoverished people, provided vocational training and programs for street kids and have worked in co-operation with hundreds of local organizations to distribute aid and improve the quality of life for people throughout Asia, Africa and Latin AmericaWe have volunteer placement on Social, Heath and Medical, Environment, Children and Building Projects in Nepal, Peru, Ghana, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Costa Rica and Ecuador.Basecamp International Centers welcomes all the interested volunteers from around the world to volunteer and make a difference.
This is a home/clinic for abandoned children living with HIV. The home provides a positive and nurturing environment for these children so they can continue to live their lives in a healthy atmosphere and continue to receive medical treatment. Volunteers assist the staff to provide quality care and programming to the children living at La Posadita. La Posadita was created to serve abandoned children within Lima suffering from HIV. These children are at the La Posadita as their family cannot care for them any longer. In some cases finances is the reason(their families cannot afford to care for them any longer), in other cases the childrens parents are sick or have passed away from HIV themselves. La Posdita needs extra caring hands to help with this special children who may not be around for very long. A little goes a long way as playing games, organizing arts and crafts and taking the odd field trip to the pool or beach would bring much pleasure to these children. Bonding and attention is very important to these kids who have no parents in their lives.
Please note that La Posadita has a minimum time commitment for volunteers of 6 months. This is a fantastic placement for volunteers who want to volunteer for a longer period of time, really connect with the children and staff and learn to speak spanish fluently.
Volunteers can assist by doing following tasks:-
Organizing games, helping out with drawing and crafts, painting murals, taking children on field trips, etc. The children love face painting, camp style games and dancing. Volunteers must be of age 18 or above with minimum education of high school.
Volunteers with the following special skills are preferred for the placement:-
Child & Youth Worker Early Childhood Education Recreational Programming Day Care Work Teacher - Physical Education.
Basecamp International Centers welcomes all the interested volunteers from around the world to volunteer and make a difference. If you are interested in this placement then please contact us for the details:
Email: info@basecampcenters.com
Website: www.basecampcenters.com Mailing Address 298 Bagot Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7K 3B4
Phone: 613.541.7862
Toll Free : 866.646.4693
Fax: 613.541.1604
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