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• Oaxaca: 
Oaxaca

Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: First Monday of every Month

Description: Adelante offers a wide variety of volunteer assignments in Oaxaca, Mexico. Candidates can choose from sectors including arts, teaching English, archeology, social work, culinary, heath sciences, social and economic development and many, many more.

Adelante provides a low cost volunteer program in Oaxaca, Mexico, with a focus on cultural immersion and real-life experience in an international setting. This program is for independent-minded people looking for a real living abroad experience. Airport pickup, orientation, accommodation, Spanish classes and volunteer placement all included in the program fee.

Volunteer in Mexico is an independent program whereby candidates gain real international work experience while immersing themselves in another culture. The program begins with a two week intensive Spanish course in Oaxaca with local Mexican teachers. Candidates will then participate in a 4 hour a day volunteer position in a local Mexican organisation. Part of the application process is a phone interview to ensure that candidates are suitable for this position - we can usually guarantee placement. The Adelante program is not competitive and starts the first Monday of each month.

Participation in this program will massively upgrade your resume and provide the opportunity to become fluent in Spanish. All candidates have a local Supervisor at their work assignments, plus an English-speaking Adelante Advisor living in Oaxaca. This is a fairly customized program and process. Housing is your own room in a shared apartment.

This program is for independent-minded people looking for a real living abroad experience. You will gain real, international work experience to add to your resume, and you can become bi-lingual if you apply yourself. Instead of just visiting, as a tourist, you will be living and working in Mexico -- there is really no other way to truly learn the language and the culture...

Highlights: ** The amount of time you choose to intern is flexible, with program lengths ranging from 2 to 12 months.

** This can be a non-academic or academic internship - you decide. All candidates who have sought to receive credit for this program have done so.

** Extensive Pre-Departure Orientation and counseling

** You will be met at the airport when you arrive in Oaxaca, and taken directly to your housing

** 2 weeks, 4 hours per day, of intensive Spanish language classes are included in the fee

** 2 - 3 excursions are included during your intensive Spanish coursework.

** This program is designed to be 50% work experience and 50% cultural / language acquisition and immersion.

** Housing is included. Live like a local in a shared apartment with other Adelante candidates, or choose to share with a local Spanish person.

** Volunteer positions are for 4 hours each day, 5 days a week in a local Mexican organisation. Choose from medical, arts, culinary, social work and more! You will gain real, international work experience to add to your resume.

** The Adelante Director in Oaxaca is English-speaking and is available to you for support and assistance should you need it.

Qualifications / Skills Needed: Program candidates should be 18 or older and possess a desire to learn about and live in another culture. Some Spanish is helpful although we can and do place beginner - beginners. Candidates should be enrolled in a University or have already graduated, though we can also place gap-year candidates.

Minimum Education: High School

Languages: English and Spanish

Cost in US$: From $2,195 to $5,690 for 1-6 months, plus $150 application fee. Please contact Adelante to inquire about prices for longer programs up to 12 months.

Cost Includes: Excursions, Housing, In-country orientation/Training, In-country staff support, Language instruction and Written materials pre-departure

* The amount of time you choose to volunteer is flexible, with program lengths ranging from 1 to 6 months * Extensive Pre-Departure Orientation and counseling. * You will be met on arrival in Oaxaca, and taken directly to your accommodation. * Program and city Orientation provided. * 2 weeks, 4 hours a day of intensive Spanish language classes are included in the fee. * Excursions are included during your intensive Spanish course. * Lodging is included. * Volunteer assignments are for 4 hours each day in a local organization, assisting and working with the local people. You will gain real, international experience to add to your resume. * The Adelante Director in Oaxaca is English speaking and is available to you for support, assistance and in many other ways should you need it.

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer Projects: adult education, archaeology, arts, childcare/children, clerical and office work, community centers, community development, community health, community organizing, computer training, cooking, drug or alcohol recovery, education, English teaching, family planning, health care, health education, indigenous issues, law, legal aide, nursing, office work, orphans, playgrounds, population issues, public education, secretarial, self help, social services, social work, teaching, tutor, women, youth and youth development

Typical Volunteer: Candidates are independent-minded individuals looking to upgrade their resumes and improve their Spanish language skills through language and cultural immersion. Flexibility, open-mindedness and a desire to experience another culture are necessary attributes.

Age Range: 18 years and older

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements: Apartment/Flat and Other

Participants Travel to Mexico Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Written Application