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Education and Community Development Internship

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4 - 16 weeks  ·  Age 18 - 50+
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Highlights

  • Community Outreach: Immerse yourself in a remarkable volunteering opportunity supporting education efforts to contribute to the harmonious relationship between locals and wildlife.
  • Express your true affection for the next generation by improving their lives with education in conservation, soft skills, technologies, sciences, sports, etc.
  • Gain Knowledge: Collaborate closely with specialists in the field, acquiring valuable knowledge about local communities and sustainable development.

Highlights

  • Community Outreach: Immerse yourself in a remarkable volunteering opportunity supporting education efforts to contribute to the harmonious relationship between locals and wildlife.
  • Express your true affection for the next generation by improving their lives with education in conservation, soft skills, technologies, sciences, sports, etc.
  • Gain Knowledge: Collaborate closely with specialists in the field, acquiring valuable knowledge about local communities and sustainable development.
  • Live in the Amazon Rainforest: Wake up to the sounds of the jungle, explore the rainforest in night walks and make cultural experiences in our communities outreach.
  • Adventures included: Embark on thrilling adventures, such as boat rides along the majestic Amazon River to watch dolphins!
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    Especially good for

    Age 18+
    Singles
    Couples
    Families
    Groups
    50+

    About the program

    The volunteers will assist our Education Program lead for the Education Coordinat, teaching children subjects such as English, Sciences, Tech and Environmental Education

    Our volunteer program as teaching members of the communities is very important in the project progress. We need people who are very dynamic, who know how to communicate with children and young people to instill important topics related to Environmental Education and other topics. We do not require ...

    About the program

    Our volunteer program as teaching members of the communities is very important in the project progress. We need people who are very dynamic, who know how to communicate with children and young people to instill important topics related to Environmental Education and other topics. We do not require previous experience, according to your aptitutes the volunteers will have different activities, from helping to the preparation of the environmental education classes, elaboration of the didactic material for the classes, assistance in the classes doing games for the children or for young people, sometimes lead their own classes, propose topics, develop new workshops.

    The project

    The general problem that exists in this area of ​​the Amazon is the uncontrolled use of natural resources by unscrupulous people, which causes many losses of wildlife. All animals that come to our center were rescued from illegal traffic or hunting, then there is a great work to be done to create awareness in the children and young people of the communities near the habitat of these animals in danger, we must bring them information in a didactic and precise way so they will learn the consequences of the economic practices that affect the environment and species, in addition to offering them education options so they can think about a better future.

    Volunteer work

    The volunteer program for school teacher includes the following activities in general:

    • Support the Education Coordinator
    • Elaboration of teaching material for the classes
    • Teamwork to determine the order of the topics that will be discussed
    • Support to the program leader within the classes
    • Elaboration of their own class, in case they want to develop a specific theme
    • Give ideas for new topics
    • If you have driver license you can be in charge to drive to van to pick up and drop off the students 
    • Organize the students in groups and supervise that they carry out the activities of the workshop
    • The topics we teach are: english, basic computer programs, sciences, basic animal care and biosafety, leadership, basis business classes, sustainable development, community responsability and teamwork. Also we sometimes offer tuttoring after school.

    The volunteers must be mainly responsible, has passion for their work and they have to be very observant, and can contribute ideas and improvements in the education process. All ideas and improvements that can be implemented will be taken into account and welcome. What we want is forming a team in which all volunteers from different countries leave a positive mark on the project with ideas and improvements, they will see in the future through the social networks that they contributed to the growth of the project.


    What you can expect

    Volunteers can be sure that the facilities where they spend their days are comfortable and is a quiet environment, which allows them to work during the day and relax or do research at night. Our team is very united, we are a young organization that has grown little by little during the last 14 years, bringing together people who love what they do and contribute ideas, whose main objective is the welfare of the animals in custody. In this project your ideas will always be welcome.

    The staff of RAREC speak English and Spanish. In our team we have specialists and proffesionals on site, they live in RAREC and they will be in charge of designating the tasks and supporting volunteers in all the activities or doubts they may have. The project directors also live in RAREC and we are attentive to all the needs of the volunteers.

    Typical day

    A typical day for a volunteer begins at 7 am with breakfast. 

    The first activity in the morning is to go to the school to develop the planned classes.

    Five weekly environmental education workshops are developed with different age groups, and daily English classes according to an schedule.

    On ...

    Typical day

    A typical day for a volunteer begins at 7 am with breakfast. 

    The first activity in the morning is to go to the school to develop the planned classes.

    Five weekly environmental education workshops are developed with different age groups, and daily English classes according to an schedule.

    On Saturdays, the young people or children arrive at the rescue center and the topics of the workshop must be supervised and reinforced.

    In the afternoon volunteers should prepare the teaching material and the topics for the next class.

    In addition, the volunteers of this program can complement their work with the organization of additional extracurricular workshops or activities, such as cleaning a beach with the youth, a sexual education campaign, a medical campaign, sustainable development activities classes, etc.


    Night Activities (After 7 pm) at least 1 per week

    ·        Movie nights

    ·        Dance classes

    ·        Board games night

    ·        Night walks in RAREC


    EXTRA ACTIVITIES:

    Every stay of 4 weeks or more, will have included:

    • Boat ride in the Amazon River to watch dolphins in their natural habitat (all transportations included)
    • National Reserve and Belen market for stays of 4 weeks or more.
    • Kukamas tribe for styas of 6 weeks or more.


    The schedule is from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., in days off the volunteers can ask our volunteer coordinator to go with them to outside tours to guide them or translate, volunteer coordinator will show you the options and cost.

    Free-time activities

    We have a recreation room with A/C, strong wifi signal, board games,videogames, movie projector and kitchen to use. Within RAREC you can hike to the creek at the end of the land or to a big lagoon where the amazonian manatees live, where you can swim, in the whole way you can observe wildlife in ...

    Free-time activities

    We have a recreation room with A/C, strong wifi signal, board games,videogames, movie projector and kitchen to use. Within RAREC you can hike to the creek at the end of the land or to a big lagoon where the amazonian manatees live, where you can swim, in the whole way you can observe wildlife in freedom. 

    Our road connection allows us to reach any tourist place in the Region, for example the Allpahuayo Mishana Reserve is a 30 minustes by road and Pacaya Samiria reserve is 4 hours from RAREC by road and by river.

    Night Activities (After 7 pm) 

    • Movie nights
    • Dance nights
    • Board games night (competitions)
    • Night walks in RAREC.

    Requirements

    Requirements

    Minimum Age: 18 years

    In order to join the program you need to be at least 18 years old on the program start date. There might be exemptions if you can provide the permission of your legal guardian(s) or if your are accompanied by your parents.

    Language Skills

    You need to speak English (basic level)

    Education Requirements

    at High School level

    Criminal Background Check

    required

    Required Documents

    References to call

    Nationality Restrictions

    No restrictions. Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.

    Other Skills

    Responsible Punctual Hard working Dynamic personality

    Time Commitment

    Your helping hand will be required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 08:00 - 16:00

    What's Included

    What's Included

    On-site Services

    Accommodation Includes:

    • Full meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner). You must confirm if you have any special diet such as vegan, vegetarian, or food allergies. Regional fruits and drinks available anytime.
    • Volunteer bedrooms made of noble material and wood (4 or 6 volunteers per room) with A/C and mosquito nets
    • Electricity all day in all the facilities
    • Dining room with some ingredients if you want to prepare something extra, board games, movie projector and A/C.
    • Wi-Fi available in common area, study room and al bedrooms, strong signal
    • Shared bathrooms with running water outside the bedrooms, we have cleaning service in bathrooms and common areas every day
    • Exterior area with hammocks
    • Laundry machine for free use. No dry machine
    • Pick up and drop off in Iquitos Airport
    • Equipment (RAREC t-shirts and rain boots)


    Airport Pickup at C.F. Secada Vignetta International Airport

    Pick up and drop off in Iquitos airport included. 

    Before making the purchase of your air tickets, please review the following recommendations:

    RAREC's private transportation picks up the participants on Mondays, only at the times indicated in the chart, so we give you the flights that we recommend to take from Lima to Iquitos.

    If you prefer to take a later flight than we suggest, the other option is to arrive one day before, stay in the city of Iquitos and we will pick you up on Monday at 8 a.m. 

     

    MONDAY ARRIVAL – ALL PROGRAMMES

    FLIGHTS ARRIVAL BEFORE 7:30 AM

    PICK UP IN IQUITOS AIRPORT - 7:30 AM

    COLLECTION FROM A HOTEL APPROX 8AM – 8.30AM

    ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TO RAREC 10:00 AM

     

    ANY LATER FLIGHTS:

    WILL BE COLLECTED BY TAXI (at own expense)

    Please note that if flights are delayed outside of these pick up times that you will need to book a taxi (at own expense)

     

    DEPARTURES - MONDAY AND SUNDAY ONLY

    Regarding departures, RAREC's private transportation can take the volunteers on Sunday and Monday, but only at the times indicated in the chart, so we give you the flights that we recommend to take from Iquitos to Lima, so you don't have to wait to much time at the airport. If you prefer to take a later flight than we suggest, the other option is that our transportation leaves you in the city of Iquitos, so you can spend the day in the city and then go to the Airport or we can contact you with a trustworthy taxi who can take you to the airport when you call him (direct payment to the taxi driver).



    MONDAY DEPARTURE: FROM RAREC 6:00 AM - ARRIVAL TO AIRPORT 7:00 AM

    RECOMMENDED FLIGHTS DEPARTURE BETWEEN 8:15 AM TO 12 PM

    REMEMBER: We don't recommend you take departure flight before at 8 am, as you won't be able to arrive on time from RAREC to the Airport.

     

    SUNDAY DEPARTURE FROM RAREC 11:00 AM - ARRIVAL TO AIRPORT 12:00 PM

    RECOMMENDED FLIGHTS DEPARTURE BETWEEN 2 PM TO 4 PM


    Accommodation

    The volunteers are going to live in RAREC facilities. About our location, RAREC is one hour from the city by car, at Km. 47. The city of Iquitos is the largest population center in the area; RAREC is in a jungle area, connected to Iquitos by the only road that is here. We hire a point of electricity, so we have electricity all day in all the facilities, and you can receive internet through the wifi, we have 3 starlink antennas in different areas with strong internet signal.

    Regarding the property, we have built approximately one fifth of the land, leaving the trees as they were and building in certain spaces the animal areas, the houses where we live and the structures made with wood and noble material where we have the kitchen, the dining room, and the recreation area, these are  structures where you can be very comfortable. All the rest of the land is still untouched jungle; there we hike to the creek that is at the end of the land.

    Accommodation also includes free use of laundry machine. Each volunteer is assigned a room where there may be other volunteers as well. The rooms are made of noble material and wood, there are bunk beds, with one fan for each bed. They are very fresh and have anti-bugs nets on windows and on the beds.

    We have comfortable structures to stay and at the same time we are completely surrounded by the sounds of the jungle and trees, so we guarantee the jungle experience. In addition, the on days off, you can go anywhere; the road connects us to all the tourist places of Iquitos. Also you can ask our volunteer coordinator to go with you as guide or translator, just have to cover their expenses as entrances, transport and food.

    Food & Beverages

    The fee includes:

    • Breakfast, we serve fruit juice and pancakes, apart of that you can make free use of the kitchen and ingredients to prepare or serve a complete breakfast.
    • Typical Peruvian lunch: main course, fruits and drink at 12:30 pm
    • Dinner: sandwiches, soups, salads or pasta, at 6:00 pm (also, free use of the kitchen and ingredients to prepare something additional if you want).

    Breakfast: 

    Breakfast is self-service, you will have a stock of ingredients in the volunteer dining room that you can help yourself to.

    Eggs, tinned evaporated milk, tinned soy milk, bread  rolls, dairy yogurt, jam, margarine, oatmeal, roasted coffee, soda crackers, corn flakes cereal, sugar, selection of herbal teas.

    SEASON DEPENDANT: A tray of regional fruit such is placed on the dining room table, depending on availability

    A few days a week, around 7:30 am, our cook serves fruit juice and pancakes.

    Lunch and dinner: 

    Food is prepared by the RAREC kitchen, and served in the volunteer dining room. Most meals consist of rice, beans, lentils, chickpeas, split peas, pasta or quinoa, eggs, chicken and sometimes beef and pork or fish depending on their availability.

    In addition, if you want to prepare something else, there will usually be the following items in stock:

    Vegetable oil, salt, pepper, cumin, oregano, baking powder, soy sauce, white vinegar, red vinegar, garlic, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, rice, wheat flour, corn flour, popcorn, ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard and chili sauce.

    We do not serve desserts. But there is usually jelly or rice pudding in the fridge to eat when desired. 

    For vegetarians, the menu includes soy meat or vegetable stews such as mushrooms, carrots, green beans, onions, tomatoes, broccoli, as well as eggs and cheese.

    Take into account our recommendations:

    We can serve:

    • People without dietary restrictions.

    • Vegetarian (take into account that there is not much variety, for long stays).

    • Nut allergy (no airborne) 

    • Allergic to gluten or celiacs (take into account that we do not have a variety of gluten-free products, that is, we do not serve gluten-free bread, or if there is pasta, we do not serve gluten-free pasta, instead we serve rice).

    We can serve, but you need to bring your food supplements:

    • Vegan (you need to bring your own protein options, take into account that there is not much variety, for long stays).

    • Kosher and Halal (take into account that there is not much variety, for long stays).

    We cannot attend:

    • People with allergies to various foods, combinations of different allergies and preferences are often hard to accommodate.

    • Picky eaters

    • Nut allergy (airborne), we cannot guarantee that the sites that we work at will be nut-free.

    • Any reaction so severe that trace contaminants would cause reaction

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    Details on arrival

    The volunteers can join the program throughout the year.

    They are welcome in any month of the year. The rainy months are from December to February, the rest of the year is very hot.

    Arrival dates on Mondays.

    Availability
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

    Program Fees

    $546 per week 4 - 16 weeks Age 18 - 50+

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    Duration

    4 - 16 weeks

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