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Volunteer for Las Tias in Nicaragua

Association Las Tias (the Aunties) is an independent, non profit organization set up by a group of merchant women in Leon. The organization started in 1989, focusing on children with drug problems, such as glue sniffing. But seeing the needs of children who where at high risk of getting into drug taking, they extended their focus to younger ages to prevents others falling into the same habits. To give the children better attention, las tias was divided into two programs for different age group. The first one is a preventative program for children from 6 to 14 years that directly helps 100 child workers from a local market and indirectly helps 500 children, offering support and opportunities in school, art and dance. The second is a vocational program for 14 to 18 years, focusing on group of 30 youth. These youths receive psychological and recreational therapy and are also incorporated into workshop for carpentry, photography, and leather work, as well as primary and secondary school. They are always in the need of volunteers, because is a way that enable the kids to learn different cultures, learn different technics, and a excellent experience for both of them, the volunteer and the children. Working at las Tias is limited only by the imagination an founding resources. We required a minimum of two month commitment, for the kids not having to get use to new faces all the time.

Volunteers can assist by doing following tasks:-

 The work mainly involves helping the kids with their homework, teaching writing, mathematics, English, etc. doing art classes, organizing activities and participating on sport days. Las Tias are always looking for professional or under graduates, teachers, psychologist, social workers and health care workers that want to work as volunteer with them. As mention before they have a workshop where they teach different works to youths, so if you have skills in carpentry, leather work, or any other that we might not know, we welcome the skills you bring and help train in the one ones you lack. Volunteers must be of age 22 or above with minimum education of undergraduation.

Volunteers with the following special skills are preferred for the placement:- Child & Youth Worker Early Childhood Education At-Risk Youth Work Leadership Programming Recreational Programming Social Worker (BSW) Grant Proposals / Fundraising Program Proposal Writting Social Work Student Psychologist Psychology Student Addiction Counseling Crisis Counseling Report Writing / Data Collection Social Worker (MSW)

Basecamp International Centers welcomes all the interested volunteers from around the world to volunteer and make a difference. If you are interested in this placement then please contact us for the details: Email: info@basecampcenters.com Website: www.basecampcenters.com Mailing Address 298 Bagot Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7K 3B4 Phone: 613.541.7862 Toll Free : 866.646.4693 Fax: 613.541.1604

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Basecamp International Centers believe international volunteering promotes cross-cultural learning that helps create global awareness, understanding between cultures and provides the platform for positive change. Our volunteers have taught in schools, provided disaster relief support for the International Red Cross, conducted essential research to improve the management strategies of threatened environments, built homes for impoverished people, provided vocational training and programs for street kids and have worked in co-operation with hundreds of local organizations to distribute aid and improve the quality of life for people throughout Asia, Africa and Latin AmericaWe have volunteer placement on Social, Heath and Medical, Environment, Children and Building Projects in Nepal, Peru, Ghana, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Costa Rica and Ecuador.Basecamp International Centers welcomes all the interested volunteers from around the world to volunteer and make a difference.

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