Care for Children

Take on responsibility and support child care projects in Chile. Help children from poor and underprevileged families. If you decide to volunteer with children or teenagers, you can choose between different projects and institutions.

• Children or teenagers in day care centers or kindergarten
• Children with special needs / Teenagers with criminal backgrounds
• Children with disabilities
• Children's homes

Often public institutions in Chile lack financial resources. Children's homes, day care centers or similar institutions deals with too little staff or funds and are dependent on the help of volunteers. Especially sad is the number of children who have to grow up without parents because the families have rejected them, their parents have died, disappeared, or are in jail or simply do not fulfill their parental duties of care. If the homes did not exist, these children would stay unattended or end up in the streets.

Special knowledge in working with children is not required. However, you should be able to take on responsibilities and work independently. Do not forget that you have a role model and you need to be aware of your responsibilities.

Volunteer activities vary depending on the choice of facility and the needs of the children. Below are examples of possible tasks:

• Supporting nursing staff in their daily tasks
• Supervising the children and adolescents
• Giving instructions for playing together, singing, creative crafts, painting, etc.
• Planning special project work (creating a vegetable garden, improving play equipment etc.)
• Help in the home household (cooking, feeding the little ones, rinsing, etc.)
• Organizing leisure activities
• Tutoring and homework assistance

Note: The tasks may vary. They depend on factors such as number of volunteers, weather, season, current needs of the project, as well as self-motivation. Not every volunteer may be fully involved in all these tasks.

Chile is a country that unites many different climates and landscapes. Due to its remarkable length of 4,300 kilometers you can discover extremes such as deserts, salt lakes, volcanoes, temperate rainforest, mountains over 6,000 meters high and eternal ice fjords. With its indescribably large variety of landscape, vegetation and climate, Chile is a popular destination all year round.

The capital of Santiago de Chile never sleeps and in recent decades has developed into a very popular and modern metropolis. There are activities that your heart desires! There is something for everyne; for art lovers, nature fans, culture enthusiasts and party people. Santiago’s location is just perfect since within about an hour can either be in the mountains or at the beach. You can find outdoor adventure sports, like hiking, rafting, climbing, horseback riding, and so on, or just relax at the beach during the weekend.

In Santiago you can:
- Hiking/walking in the hills and parks
- Sightseeing
- Visiting museums and art galleries
- Exploring beautiful neigborhoods
- Strolling through local markets
- Shopping
- Enjoying restaurants and bars / nightlife
- Meeting up with other volunteers
- Doing sports
- Going on day excursions to the amazing surroundings