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Learn mexican culture talking and helping ladies after sixty!

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The experience

Spend time with elderly ladies who live alone, sharing daily activities like going for a walk, cooking, and playing games. Have interesting conversations, learning about Mexican history, traditions, and customs.
Try Mexican dishes, share some reading with them, go out dancing, take them to the movies, accompany them with grocery shopping, or engage in any other positive and healthy activity.

What you offer

15 hours of help per week

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Elderly Care: Assisting and spending time with the elderly.

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 277 Per week

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers and Donation to project

Description: We contribute to delivering school materials, clothes, shoes, and medical assistance to children who live within vulnerable populations from low-income families. Volunteers contribute 277 USD per week to cover food expenses, maintenance, and financing of our organization.

What you get

4 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner Spanish or Beginner English

Between 20 and 80 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

This program is to support women over sixty independently, visiting them in their homes and making their lives more productive and joyful.

The objective is to improve the quality of life of women over sixty who feel alone and who enjoy the company of others but who do not have many family members interested in doing so. Sharing moments, having interesting conversations, and being listened to changes their lives. They make their days more joyful and valuable, filling them with hope.

Activities & Shift

The activities are:
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 4 pm to 8 pm

The activities are open and flexible

*Spending quality time
*Go for a walk
*Go grocery shopping
*Go out for dancing
*Having conversations
*Paying games
*Watch movies

Weekends are free and are a good opportunity to do trekkings around the hidden beaches and do tourist stuff like parasailing, snorkeling, RZR, etc (extra cost)
you have time to visit small towns like Sayulita, San Pancho, Lo de Marcos, etc.

Rules

Be respectful, empathetic, proactive, responsible, and kind