Support our Inclusive school for kids with and without disability
ReportLocation: Mancora, Peru
"We need Volunteers"We are a nonprofit special needs and inclusive preschool, for children with and without disabilities in Máncora. The school’s idea is to offer children with disabilities an individual education for better quality of life and to support the children's families, who often show social and/or economic problems too. To realize this dream, we provide teachers, physiotherapists and language therapists to the children. Therefore we can help them to improve in all areas of life.
Besides this, we are searching for solutions to solve social, economic and ecological problems. That´s why we are currently involved in sustainable development projects. In strengthen gardening at the school and sensitizing the children's families to give them an option to live a more sustainable and independent, we hope for a positive influence on society.
Our vision is to raise a sensible, healthy and thoughtful generation with values of respect and supporting each other and the surrounding nature.
We are currently accepting volunteers for multiple positions:
- Teachers for special education
- Teacher assistants
- English teachers
- Arts teachers
- Therapy assistants
- Language Therapy
We also have a farm which is associated with our school. We are accepting volunteers who wish to help on our beautiful goat farm located just outside of Mancora.
WORKING ARRANGEMENT
We especially appreciate every professional, like physiotherapists, psychologists, special needs education teachers, and social workers. To work with our children and their families and/or to give some advice and ideas, how to advance our own work.
If you are not a professional or specialist, but you have any other experience in working with children, especially differently abled children, we still would love to have you here supporting our work. In that case, we want you to stay at least three months so that the children can get used to you and the other way round, too.
Besides working with our children, there is the possibility to work with the plants around the school and give support to some agricultural work and with our animals in the countryside. If you have special knowledge, which could help us realize our vision of a sustainable and healthy life consistent with nature, we would love to have you here, to exchange ideas and gain inspiration.
In the end, there is always the opportunity to create a project and collect donations. Whether it is specialized for one part of our association or the whole one.
The hours of work for teachers, teaching assistants and on the farm are Monday-Friday in the mornings, so you will have the entire weekend and afternoons free to explore Mancora and surrounding areas.
LIVING ARRANGEMENT
Volunteers are welcome to stay at our neighbouring property called the University of Environmentalism and Life; and the teacher Elizabeth's house. There we have rooms for our volunteers to live in during their stay with us. There is also a kitchen for the use of the volunteers. We welcome volunteers traveling solo, with friends, or with partners.
Our accommodation:
- house of bamboo near to the school
- shared rooms
- shared bathroom
- Wifi at school
- outdoor kitchen
- cold showers
