2013

Open Projects
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EVS-MEXICO
How does SIIJUVE A.C. manage EVS Programmes?
SIIJUVE A.C. selects volunteers from different countries who have the qualities and enthusiasm for
volunteering with NGOs in Mexico.
SIIJUVE A.C. provides the volunteer with:
- Training: Depending on the time the volunteer stays in Mexico, s/he will receive 1, 2 or 3
seminars (On arrival Training, Midterm Evaluation, Final Evaluation)
- Spanish course
- Support with visa: We give to the volunteer all documents that are required for the visa.
- Support during the time in Mexico: SIIJUVE A.C. have several national volunteers that
functions as contact persons. Each volunteer has a contact person from SIIJUVE A.C. who
will be available 24 hours in case there is an emergency. They also provide support in case
there is a conflict with the project or host situation.
- Food and accommodation: Volunteers are placed with Mexican families or at the host
projects. Most of the projects in Mexico do not have facilities for volunteers therefore it is
very likely to be placed in a Mexican family.
- We provide the volunteer a project according to his/her profile and the requirements of
the projects.
Projects provide to the volunteer:
- Introduction to the organization, programmes and staff during the first days.
- Meaningful activities.
- Mentor: There is a specific person in charge of monitoring volunteers tasks.
Administration for EVS Programmes:
SIIJUVE A.C.s role is as host organization and we are fully responsible for the volunteers. The
project is not responsible of volunteers.
Financially, SIIJUVE A.C. receives the funding and it is given directly to the project or family for the
services given to the volunteer. We also give funds for local transportation and pocket money to
the volunteer and administrate all the expenses of the seminars and Spanish course.
We provide a financial report with all the expenses of the volunteer to the sending organization.
SIIJUVE A.C. always provides copy of the receipts, never the originals as they are used for our
accountability with the government.
Extension of the programme:
Volunteers can extend their time in Mexico only if they want to travel. They cant extend their
period of volunteering because we have a list of volunteers coming to Mexico and projects so we
need to have available places and give chances to more people to experience time as a volunteer
in our country.
If the volunteer would like to stay longer for traveling then they have to let us know 3 months
before the original departure date. Both sending and organizations should agree on it. This is for
making appropriate arrangements.
LIST OF POSSIBLE PROJECTS FOR 2013
OPTION 1: CHIAPAS
Project 1: Disabled Children
LOCATION Tuxtla Gutirrez, Chiapas.
THEME OR AREAS OF PROJECT Disabled children who have lost their parents or who are
no longer able to live with them.
Physical therapies for disabled children.
AIMS OF THE PROJECT Aldea S.O.S. is a nonprofit, nongovernmental
organization, which principally aim to create families for
children who have lost their parents, integrating them in
a system where they can have a normal life and a
positive future.
Aldea Infantiles SOS was born in Europe after the
Second World War in order to help many children who
lost their families. The first Aldea SOS was built in
Austria in 1949 and the first one in Mexico was built in
1971.
Aldea Infantiles SOS in Tuxtla Gutierrez is the first one in
the world who hosts children with disabilities.
In this case the aim of the project is also to help the
children in their psychological and physical
recuperation.
This project gives a permanent home and a stable
environment, helping them to build their own future
and to be involved in the development of their
communities
PROJECTS ACTIVITIES The SOS Children's Village family-like structure is formed
by four basic principles: mother, brothers and sisters,
house and village.
Each child is given a so-called SOS mother. She is the
main person who cares for this child and is a substitute
for the child's natural parents. She lives in a house
together with the children that she is looking after.
Together with them she organizes the family's daily life.
She creates strong and dependable relationships and
gives the children a safe and loving home. The job of an
SOS Children's Village Mother is usually carried out by
single women who have to complete an extensive
training programme. They are supported in their highly
responsible task by educational co-workers as well as by
women who are still training to be SOS Children's Village
mothers.
Girls and boys of differing ages grow up together in an
SOS Children's Village family like brothers and sisters.
Natural brothers and sisters are not separated. Children
are accepted from small babies until the age of ten
unless there are brothers and sisters involved, in which
case the children could be older.
In Tuxtla Gutierrez the principal activities include
physical and psychological rehabilitation though
different kind of therapy. The aim of the activities is to
improve the quality of the life of the children, to
stimulate their personal skills, in order to improve their
self-confidence.
Beyond that there are also other types of facilities and
aid programmes whose main intention it is to improve
living conditions for families in the neighbourhood on a
long-term basis. The social centres, kindergartens,
medical centres, training centres and schools are not
only used by children and youths from the SOS
Children's Village but are also there for the general
public.

VOLUNTEERS REQUIREMENTS The volunteer is not required to have specifically
knowledge or previous experience in the area.
She/he needs:
Interest in working with children and youngsters
with disabilities
Enthusiasm and willing to help the others
Patience and sensibility
VOLUNTEERS TASKS The volunteer will assist the teachers working in
childrens rehabilitation and education process.
In the center the children are divided in different
groups, depending on the age. In each group there are
two or three assistants who work in physical therapy,
according to the necessity of each child.
Some of the older children do educational activities like
drawing or painting, recognizing animals, numbers and
colors. They also learn how to count, to read and to
write simple words.
In the Childrens Village there are specifically rooms for
the different activities: a gym, a swimming pool, a game
room, a therapy room.
The volunteer will work in the different room,
depending on the necessity.
His/her activities will be:
Working in the education with the older boys
(20% of the activities)
Playing with children in the game room (20% of
the activities)
Helping the teachers in the physical recuperation
(40% of the activities). After the first learning
period, the volunteer will work alone.
Feed the children (10% of the activities)
Helping the doctor in the infirmary.
Once a week the volunteer will join the children in the
swimming pool, helping them in the bath and in the
therapy.
NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS IN
PROJECT
1
HOST SITUATION Host family in Tuxtla Gutirrez, Chiapas.
HOLIDAYS According to the program
TIMETABLE From Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.


PROJECT2. Cultural Work Shops
LOCATION Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas.

THEME OR AREAS OF PROJECT
Human development through art and culture.

AIMS OF THE PROJECT Organizing workshops and artistic events with
disadvantaged children and youngsters from Tuxtla
Gutierrez City and surrounding rural communities.

PROJECTS ACTIVITIES The project runs different workshops:
Painting and drawing
Engraving with linoleum
Papier Malite
Collage
Performance, etc.
The volunteers are free to create a new workshop.
COMMUNITY CONTEXT The city of Tuxtla Gutirrez that has more than 500
thousand inhabitants and the rural areas near the city.
VOLUNTEERS REQUIREMENTS Volunteers should have a lot of imagination, initiative
and like cultural activities such as painting, drawing, etc.
You should have a lot of patience to work with children.
Plenty of enthusiasm and energy.
VOLUNTEERS TASKS You will be working together with the project in taking
the workshops to different homes for street children.
NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS IN
PROJECT
1-3
HOST SITUATION
Living within the project facilities or in a host family in
Tuxtla.
HOLIDAYS According to the program.
TIMETABLE 12:00 to 20:00hrs



OPTION 2: MEXICO CITY AND STATE OF MEXICO CITY
Project 1 in Mexico City : Inclusion of Young people.
LOCATION Mexico City

THEME OR AREAS OF PROJECT Home for girls coming from troubled families. Most of the
girls are between 5 and 18 years old. The project also hosts
some street girls.
AIMS OF THE PROJECT a. Support and give food, protection and education to
girls.
b. Provide a safe environment where girls can find love
and someone who takes care of them.
c. Provide the tools for the girls so they can maintain
themselves in the future.
d. Incorporate the girls into society in a responsible
and active way.
e. Help the girls to regain self-confidence and dignity.
f. Avoid violence, prostitution and delinquency.
PROJECTS ACTIVITIES The project provides street girls with a house to live
in, as well as food, educational and training
workshops in order to offer them an alternative and
achieving an independent life.
The project also gives psycological support to the
girls and teaches them values such as tolerance and
respect.
COMMUNITY CONTEXT It is common to find street girls in Mexico. Some of them
were completely abandoned since they were babies. Other
girls come from low income families where they have
experienced violence and have been abused, therefore
prefer to leave their families and live in streets. This
situation creates additional problems as they start to
prostitute themselves or participate in delinquency in order
to obtain small amounts of money.
Ayuda y Solidaridad par a las Nias de la Calle I.A.P. tries
to offer them a better life and at the same time preventing
to continue the circle.
VOLUNTEERS REQUIREMENTS As this type of work is emotionally and physically
demanding, the volunteer must have a strong personality
and a positive outlook. In addition, it is important that the
volunteer is open-minded and very patient and tolerant.
Since the project works with street girls and many of them
have experienced traumatic experiences, we ask for women
volunteers.
If the volunteer lives in the project then she should be ready
to live in a community where there is no much privacy.
VOLUNTEERS TASKS The volunteer has to be willing to create and develop
activities with the girls (music, sports, crafting,
theater, reading)
Help the girls with their homework
Help the girls in housekeeping
Play with the girls
Spend a lot of time with the girls and young women.
NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS IN
PROJECT
1 or 2
HOST SITUATION living in the project.
HOLIDAYS According to your program.
The project requires that volunteers do not take their
holidays on Christmas or Easter.
TIMETABLE Monday to Friday from 9am to 3pm or from 2pm to 8pm.


PROJECT2.
LOCATION Toluca , Estado de Mexico
THEME OR AREAS OF PROJECT To take care of street children.
AIMS OF THE PROJECT To help children who are at risk of living on the streets or
who are already homeless, providing them with protection,
affection and understanding. In addition provide an overall
education and development that shall contribute to the
recovery of their self-respect and enhance their possibilities
of having a good life in adulthood.
PROJECTS ACTIVITIES DIF is a public institution that offers a real option for
children who are at risk of living on the streets or who are
already homeless.
With the institution's support, the rehabilitated children
have proved that they are capable of regaining their self-
respect and initiating a life project, having the appropriate
basis of education, health and social relationships.
The project also has some other activities such as taking
care of handicaped people. When the volunteer arrives he
together with the project will decide the area to work
within.
COMMUNITY CONTEXT
DIF Municipal is part of the local governments. It works with the
most vulnerable sectors of society. You will work with street
children, children from poor families or children without parents;
the project gives them nourishment, accommodation and school.
VOLUNTEERS REQUIREMENTS Volunteers need to be tolerant and should have a lot of
patience.
Punctuality, positive attitude, motivation and initiative for
activities with the children.
Desirable: Basic level of spanish.
VOLUNTEERS TASKS Language classes. (English - basic level)
Teaching songs, games and intercultural activities in
a different language.
To take care of children during daily life
Computer lessons to children
Sport activities with children.
You will work with children from 5 to 15 years old.
NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS IN
PROJECT
1-2
HOST SITUATION Host family in the city of Toluca
HOLIDAYS According to the program, plus all the official holidays
TIMETABLE Monday to Friday during the morning hours.


OPTION 2: PUEBLA
Project: Botanic Garden
Activities for the volunteer: Help in the Botanic Garden, support the Project when they receive
groups of children and explain them things about environment, flowers, herbs, etc.
LOCATION San Andrs Cholula, Puebla, Mxico.
AIMS OF THE PROJECT Show to the community the importance of plants not only for its
intrinsic value but also for their essential role of biodiversity and
the utility and pleasure they provide to humans.
Encourage to the visitors to create living spaces in their homes,
jobs and schools.
Community awareness on the need for their involvement in the
conservation of our natural resources.
To be stronger as a center for study and conservation of wildlife
and be an alternative recreational space.
THEME OR AREAS OF PROJECT The Ethno botanical Garden work with sharing knowledge with to
the community about the importance of environment and
different types of plants and animals. The project works both with
visitors in the garden and through different types of media. We
understand the Garden as a community project, a community that
is learning and experiencing through contact with the natural
environment.
PROJECTS ACTIVITIES The garden project is divided in 5 areas: PLANTS: in this area
makes collections in places representing different vegetation types
and with different degrees of disturbance, INSECTS: in this area
makes collections in areas representing different types of
vegetation. BIRDS: Divulge, through an interactive catalog of birds,
observation tours and educational workshops, bird species that
live in Cholula, making known where we can find them and how
we can support conservation. EDUCATION This area is focus in
various activities: Guide Tour, giving about an hour, a tour where
the visitors will experience through smell, taste, feeling, and
hearing the collection of plants and their uses and interesting data
to recover knowledge and traditions. Workshops: is a perfect
complement of the tour, provides a range of workshops related to
the world of plants, birds, insects and environment. Summer
School: Each year a theme is focused on that articulate various
activities for children, looking at them and they promote a culture
of conservation; and other activities as: Conferences and talks,
participation in exhibitions fairs and conferences, The Garden
Goes to School, Social Service and Volunteering.
COMMUNICATION: in this area organizing community events,
contact with the media and updating information on social
networks.
COMMUNITY CONTEXT The city of Cholula is located just west of the state capital of
Puebla and is part of its metropolitan area. The city is divided into
two municipalities called San Pedro Cholula and San Andrs
Cholula, which also include a number of smaller communities that
surround the main city. There are about 118,170 inhabitants.
VOLUNTEERS REQUIREMENTS Real commitment to the project, responsibility, punctuality,
availability.
VOLUNTEERS TASKS The volunteers will participated in all the areas of the Project:
The specific task are:
Help to planting, care and raise awareness of garden plants, both
which are planted and which are for sale.
- Books (bookstore) to list the botanical library and make index
cards.
- Collect information on the plants (inventory): make a constant
count inventory or garden plants as well as information or
features.
- Welcome visitors: short course (Introduction) of the garden.
- Guided tours (children and adults): Guided tours for individual
and familiar garden plants and their properties. For this it is
important to study the plants and learn a travel order.
- Office: Help realize Excel and Word documents, for filing the
information or new documents.
- Events: cooperate and assist at events and participate in
workshops and activities to be undertaken during the year.
- Workshops (children and adults) / educators: working and
participating in workshops for children and adults who are held in
the garden (compost, paper making, aromatherapy, medical kit,
etc.).
- Birds and insects: field collections i.e. collect insects and take a
care and maintenance of the existing collection.
- Dr. Plant: In this project, we invite children to participate in the
care of a plant, will come to visit, to water, take pictures. Take
count of the plants and children who acquire a new and monitor
each plant.
- Irrigation: Water as garden plants such as compost, so take care
of them.
NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS IN
PROJECT
1 (Maximum 6 months)
HOST SITUATION Host family
TIMETABLE Wednesday to Saturday from 9:00 to 14:00 hrs.