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  Mentor and teach physically and mentally challenged local residents when you volunteer with our Special Needs Program in Bolivia.

As a volunteer in Santa Cruz, you will be working in various capacities with physically and mentally challenged children and adults. Opportunities include volunteering at a school for the vision impaired, a school for the hearing impaired, and a school for children with special needs. Each school needs help in different departments, and all welcome both lay volunteers and trained specialists.

Volunteers will help run workshops including sports, arts, cooking, and carpentry for both adult and youth students at the schools. You will also assist teachers in classes, as well as with lesson planning and recreational activities. As a volunteer with our Special Needs Program in Bolivia, you will have the chance to use your skills to make a difference in the lives of both teachers and students at special needs schools in Santa Cruz.

As a volunteer you can choose to:
Work at schools for the vision impaired, hearing impaired, or for    children with special needs
Assist in various workshops, including carpentry, gardening,
    cooking, tailoring and computers
Help teach English
Assist teachers with organizing and preparing creative lesson     plans
Organize extra curricular activities, including sports and games
  Mentor children with games, songs and stories

Specific skills are not required, but specialists in the field are needed and welcome!



Project Length: Start Dates:
Minimum: 2 weeks
Maximum: Unlimited

1st and 3rd Monday of every month.
Closed December 15th -January 15th.

Project Cost: Cost Includes:
2 weeks:
Extra week:
Airport pickup
Accommodations Spanish classes
City tour
3 meals per day
Activities
Schedule: Accommodations:
M-F, 4-5 hours per day, depending on project. Bolivian host family
Private room


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