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  Mexico

• Central Highlands: 
Queretaro

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks and 9-12 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks

Description: Duties vary each day, from tutoring school kids with their homework, helping the women sell their sewing projects, cooking for the staff and residents, helping with grant-writing, building homes for graduating women, building solar-panel stoves, facilitating conversation and parenting meetings to the children and women, sharing your heart to others and keeping it open to receive more.

Qualifications / Skills Needed: You must be at least 18 years of age, or with adult consent. Enjoy providing a service and working with others. Capable to live and work in basic and sparse conditions. Spanish knowledge preferred.

Language: Spanish

Cost in US$: From US$ 1030 for 1 week

Cost Includes: Excursions, Food, Housing, In-country orientation/Training, In-country staff support, International travel, Medical insurance, Pre-departure orientation/Training, Registration fees, Travel while in host country and Written materials pre-departure

* Guaranteed placement and pre-departure preparations * One week of Spanish lessons and host family room & board in Queretaro. Additional Spanish lessons, room and board available before or after the program dates * Basic accommodations with full board at project site in Amealco Volunteers must be able to withstand basic living conditions: dormitory-style sleeping arrangements, cold showers, no television, laundry by hand, help in meal preparations, shared cleaning * Airport pickup and transfer * International Travelers Health Insurance * Arrival orientation * Cultural & Volunteer Kit: useful information to prepare you for your adventure abroad * Pre-departure and local support * Visa assistance (if applicable) -Cultural Embrace will assist you with the process to obtain the proper visa, but we have no control or guarantees of government issuances and visa availability.

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer Projects: adult education, arts, athletics, building maintenance, building schools, childcare/children, clerical and office work, community centers, community development, consciousness-raising, cooking, counseling, economic development, education, English teaching, family planning, gender issues, human rights, office work, organic farming, organizational development, orphans, popular education, public education, secondary education, self help, small business development, social services, social work, teaching, technical assistance, tutor and youth

Typical Volunteer: Volunteers that share the compassion of helping others and trying to improve the lives of others while gaining a new perspective on their own.

Age Range: 18+ over or with adult consent

This Program is open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangement: Group living

Participants Travel to Mexico Independently Or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups of <12

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Other
• Phone Interview
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Resume
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time Is 2 weeks-1 year

Cultural Embrace's Mission Statement: Our mission is to encourage people to recognize and appreciate cultural diversity. We believe that visiting a place firsthand allows one to truly experience the authenticity of a culture and develop his/her own impressions. Our goals are to provide quality service and opportunities for people to explore their world and enlighten their eyes, mind and heart. Traveling is a reciprocated flow of communication and interaction between people...the more you seek, the more you learn. "Discover the Similarities - Share the Differences"