Learn Spanish and Volunteer for as low as USD 500 a week
Mexico
Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months, 1-2 years and over 2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: Open all year long
Description:
The Spanish lessons are taught Monday to Friday and the volunteering/internship starts also every Monday throughout the year. Everyone will get a full orientation upon their arrival so that the participants can decide what job/duty they would like to be part of. Most people always choose the orphanages but there are also elder people who need help. Don't forget about the handicaps, blind, deaf, dumb, animals, etc. The duties vary a lot from one another, it all depends what the participants choose. And if TLALOC doesnt have what you're looking for, then TLALOC promises to find something useful for you to do!
Highlights:
Everyone must be at least 18 years old in order to participate. Under 18 are also welcome but they have to have a letter of consent/permit signed by the parents. Kids with their parents are welcome at any age! Please bring donations of any kind. Toys, clothes, medicine, food, tools, material for construction, school supplies etc. It doesn´t have to be new. Everyone can participate from 1 week up to a year or more!
Qualifications:
The participants don't need to have any previous experience in order to become volunteers for the different areas that are currently in need of people to come and make a difference in our communities. Only volunteers speaking basic Spanish is necessary in most of the areas because the staff doesn't speak English very well.
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Languages Used as a Medium of Teaching:
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Cost Includes :
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- Food
- Housing
- In-country orientation/Training
- In-country staff support
- Language instruction
- Registration fees
- Written materials abroad
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Cost Include Description:
The Spanish lessons, the registration fees, the material, airport pick up and drop off, the lodging with 3 meals a day and the volunteering/internship/job placement. Total support from TLALOC's staff 24/7.
Salary / Pay: In some cases a small stipend/salary is provided as an extra every 2 weeks, specially if the participants are commited in a Catholic orphanage for 12 months or more!
Experience Required: yes
Only to speak Spanish good enough to get by (but not always necessary)
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Volunteer Types :
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- adult education
- AIDS
- animal welfare
- community centers
- community development
- community health
- community organizing
- cooking
- counseling
- culture
- eco-tourism
- education
- elderly
- English teaching
- fixing fences
- food
- gardening
- handicapped
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- health
- health care
- health education
- homelessness
- hospital
- housing
- human rights
- journalism
- labor issues
- law
- legal aide
- medicine
- office work
- orphans
- painting
- parks
- popular education
- population issues
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- primary education
- public education
- reforestation
- renovation
- secondary education
- seniors
- social services, social work
- sports
- street kids
- teaching
- tourism
- tree planting
- tutor
- veterinary
- volunteering
- women
- youth
- youth ministry
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Typical Volunteer: Most people choose always to help out in the orphanages and the Children´s Hospital, they do different things such as: Organize the kids to eat, give them a shower and dress them up, help them out with their home works, play with them different games/things: Ridding bicycles, watching movies, swimming, etc...
Age Range: 18 years old mainly, but under age with their parents are welcome too!
This Program is open to
American,
Asian,
Australian,
Canadian,
European,
Kiwi,
South African
and Worldwide
Participants.
This Program is also open to
Families, Couples and Individuals
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Typical Living Arrangements :
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- Apartment/Flat
- Dormitory
- Group living
- Home-stays
- Independent living
- Other
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Participants Travel to Mexico
Independently
or
in Groups
Typically Participants Work
Independently
or
in Groups of from 2 to 10+
Scholarships are Available. TLALOC is always willing and open to offer disccounts to everyone, depending on each situation...
Application Process Involves:
- In-Person Interview when Feasible
- Online Application plus Application Assessment
- Phone Interview
- Written Application
Instituto de Idiomas e Intercambio Cultural TLALOC's Mission Statement: TLALOC's main purpose is to become a leading language school in teaching Spanish as a second language for foreigners the same as bringing volunteers from abroad with the mere purpose of helping those communities who most need it. TLALOC strives to help both, the local and foreign students to learn the language in a highly and effective method, especially Spanish in the way it is spoken in Mexico and English for the Mexican students with a motivated method that is at an affordable price. We also promote mutual cultural experience from Mexico's poorest towns within the state of Morelos.
That's why TLALOC offers different volunteering and internship opportunities as a plus so that the participants can help out in making a big difference in the sorrounding poor communities that arise every day in Cuernavaca's City and the state of Morelos, Mexico. All kinds of Donations are always welcome!
Year Founded: October 2004
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