Quito Office:
Darquea Terán 1650 y Av. 10 de Agosto
P.O. 17-03-00490
Phone: +593 2 222 3242 - Fax: +593 2 222 1628
info@superior-edu.com
Ecuador Spanishs Schools: Galapagos, Quito and Otavalo

VOLUNTEER WORK

The Instituto Superior de Español works with several volunteer organizations to help our students find volunteer positions of social or environmental benefit.

The minimum period for volunteering is 1 week with no upper limit for participation. In the case that volunteers wish to volunteer with one of these projects for more than 3 months our school will help students organize their volunteer visa.

Normally all volunteer programs ask for a contributory payment. This payment in the case of children's organizations will help them to buy teaching or didactical material and in case of environmental organisations it will help them to cover the costs of their programs, from volunteer food and accommodation to resources for development projects.

Volunteer payments run from US$70 to US$750 per month. Some organizations ask for an application payment of around US$35.

Street Children Organizations

Fundación Niñez y Vida
CENIT

National Environmental Organizations

Fundación Brethren y Unida (FBU)
El Arca
Merazonia
Golondrinas
Fundecoipa
Jatun Sacha Foundation

International Organizations

Red Cross
Amnesty International

Street Children Organizations

 

Fundación Niñez y Vida

This foundation has been working in Ecuador for the past 20 years. Our work concentrates on developing marginal urban areas in Quito. We work with children aged 2 to 17, providing various programs which specifically address their needs.

Cost per month: US$100

Cenit Ecuador

CENIT is a non-profit NGO located in a marginalized urban area of Quito, Ecuador. Now in its 14th year, CENIT provides a variety of support services to working girls and their families to help them rise out of grinding poverty. CENIT works to improve the quality of life of whole communities. www.cenitecuador.org

Cost per month: US$70

National Environmental Organizations

Fundación Brethren y Unida (FBU)

The FBU is a non-profit NGO that works in various areas of development: formulation of rural development projects, technical training of agro ecology, environmental education, local management and volunteer work.

Our volunteer programs promote cultural exchange between people from diverse countries with those of rural communities in Ecuador. To enable this exchange we have designed several flexible opportunities that adapt to meet the distinct objectives of volunteers, from organic agriculture to rural teaching, whilst maintaining an emphasis on personal contact with families from the farming communities where we work. Please read a former students testimony about our Ranchero Spanish class program and our volunteer programs. www.fbu.com.ec

Cost: from US$70 a week or US$330 per month (accommodation, transportation and meals included).

El Arca

This project mainly strives to protect, study, and reintegrate animals in danger within the Amazon Basin. Volunteers are needed for: feeding, medical care, cleaning the cages, research assistance, as well as guiding tourists around the property. www.zooelarca.com

Cost: US$250 per month

Merazonia

Centro de Rescate Merazonia is an NGO located in one of the most beautiful areas in Ecuador where the Andes meet the Amazon. Located in 250 acres of rainforest they are in the process of building a rescue centre for trafficked animals.

If you are looking to get off the beaten track and volunteer in the Ecuadorian jungle then please help them. They live in the laid back environment of Mera and presently have a rustic house with views of mountains, jungle and rivers all around them. www.merazonia.org

Cost: US$200 per month

Golondrinas

The Golondrinas Foundation is dedicated to the conservation of natural resources, conservation of cloud forest, recuperation of eroded soils, and environmental education in the lower Rio Mira valley between the provinces of Imbabura and Carchi.

The Golondrinas Foundation welcomes anyone who wishes to participate in our volunteer program, whether you have experience or not! We only suggest that you have the motivation to work, the adaptability to a rural environment and the willingness to make the best of your time with Golondrinas and to learn a little about village life in the Ecuadorian Andes. www.fundaciongolondrinas.org

Cost: US$300 per month

FUNDECOIPA

FUNDECOIPA is a non-profit community based NGO founded with the aim of creating community development in the indigenous communities of Pastaza.The foundation manages the 2710 hectare Arutam Rainforest Reserve and provides volunteer, tourism and research opportunities within the reserve and Shuar communities Arutam and Musap. www.fundecoipa.com

Cost: US$200 per month

Jatun Sacha Foundation

Biological Stations:
• Bilsa
• Jatun Sacha
• Guandera

The Jatun Sacha Foundation (JSF) offers Ecuador volunteer programs with opportunities to develop a wide variety of activities including data field research, environmental education, community service, plant conservation, agroforestry, and reserve maintenance along with the smaller objectives that include the promotion of biodiversity conservation, research, education, and other community programs. Activities are carried out in each of their 8 biological stations. Along with the smaller objectives that include the promotion of biodiversity conservation, research, education, and other community programs. www.jatunsacha.org

Cost: Application fee: US$35Jatun Sacha / Bilsa / Guandera: US$395 per month

San Cristobal on the Galapagos Islands: US$750 per month

International organizations

Red Cross

"The Ecuadorian red cross runs the only free public ambulance service in Quito. I highly recommend this volunteer opportunity for anyone who speaks semi-fluent Spanish and has some experience in emergency medicine. The chance to affect the lifes of people from all walks of life is incredible. The times when those cultural boundaries were crossed and I was able to aid someone who was hurt, clean up after them, clean a newborn baby, made this a life changing experience."
Volunteer Larry Frolich, USA

Amnesty International

Offers opportunities for volunteer work in the following fields:
• Administration
• Office work, accounting
• Promotion (informational material)
• Documentation of research

To contact us please email: info@superior-edu.com