Summer Camp Volunteer

The main objective of our home is to provide support to homeless children; by means of main values such as solidarity; respect; education and Christian training; and also fulfilling food and clothing; owing to the socio cultural and financial problems of the families in the zone.

The volunteer should prepare workshops on nutrition: healthy eating; effects of poor diet; diets for pregnant women; food hygiene and safety. The volunteer should prepare recreational activities for the children. The volunteer must know how to practice different sports. The volunteer should know how to swim and preferably know how to teach swimming. The volunteer should manage groups of 20 to 30 children. The volunteer should prepare activities to raise awareness about violence: family; gender; bullying; etc. The volunteer should be informed about the situation of the community in order to give talks; activities or workshops aimed at meeting their needs.

We have worked for over 31 years as an institution jointly with the needed; almost alone; with the support of few people and facing many difficulties; but growing in quality and quantity facing the problems. Today we have a large infrastructure to deal with all these needs and we are making a great effort to reach more people and generate a larger impact; always trying to be part of the construction of more fair and inclusive society.