Working with children volunteer program

Working with children Volunteer Program

An experience that will not only benefit the lives of others, but will also develop your own skills and personal opportunities too! Travel with a purpose! Discovering Spanish culture in a way that you would not see if you only traveled as a tourist.

Highlights!

We offer you another kind of tourism, getting to know a beautiful place in a proactive way.

Seeing the development of a child, and being a part of that process, is priceless. As a childcare volunteer you’ll play a direct role in helping children, while you will also learn new skills. Furthermore, you will:

Get to know more about Childhood Development
Learn directly from the professional teachers and caregivers you work with
Get a deeper understanding of the global challenges children face
Improve your Spanish knowledge
Meet people from different places and culture
Collaborate in the achievement of objectives of the 2030 Agenda
Taste the delicious typical gastronomy
And combine all of this with a lot of free time to travel

Working with Children program. Voluns Spain

We believe that travel and getting to know different realities is the key to growing in all areas of your life!

Volunteer program details

The Social volunteer program is a great opportunity to make a difference in a community. This volunteering in Valencia is designed to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds, giving them tutoring in after-school programs.

Children have many difficulties in school and do not receive as much attention as they need from their parents and family members. As a volunteer you will help support a play and learning area for children at risk of social exclusion, and will also help to create support networks for marginal neighborhoods.

Your work directly contributes to improve the lives of those children!

VOLUNTEER TASK

As a volunteer your actions will be:

Plan and run fun activities and games to teach things like motor skills and teamwork
Organize all kinds of workshops, sports or cultural activities
Help elementary and middle school students with their homework
Play with the kids
Increase emotional care and support to each child
Raise awareness of healthy living and the environment
Be an international friend for children 🙂

The time of volunteer work is during the week from 3 am to 6 pm approximately. Mornings and weekends are free to study the language, travel and explore the nearby areas or other cities like Barcelona, Granada or Madrid. Our local staff will give advice and help organize your trips!

PROJECT LIFE

Volunteers will work according to school week, Monday through Friday after children’s classes, between 4 and 8 pm.

At the end of June the official classes end, and the volunteers who join the program in this period will help to organize and support the summer school for the children in July.

The schedule in July will be between 9 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon.

The rest of the day volunteers will have time to relax, go to the beach, join our cultural activities, explore the city, play sports in the river park and go for tapas.

Weekends are free to take trips or travel to other cities. Our local staff will help you and advise you to organize your trips!

Volunteers live in a fully equipped shared apartment with other volunteers and students. Host family accommodation is also available.

LOCATION

Valencia is a city that is located along the east coast of Spain. The city is one of the largest in the country in terms of population (with around 800,000 inhabitants), falling only behind Barcelona and Madrid.

The city of Valencia has 300 days of sunshine, a beach and is close to nature. It also has a wealth of history and culture:

7 km of beach near the city plus the entire coast of the Valencian Community adjacent to other natural parks and a large marine reserve.
Museums, historic and avant-garde buildings such as The Museum of Arts and Sciences.
A very varied institutional and alternative cultural agenda with a lot of music on offer.
A BioParc Zoo. and the Oceanographic, one of the largest aquariums in Europe.
A great connectivity with other cities by bus and train.

ACCOMODATION

Share apartements. Volunteers will live in a fully equipped shared apartment with other volunteers and students.

Each apartment has three or four bedrooms, one or two bathrooms and have fully-equipped kitchen, a lounge with TV, a washing machine and an iron. The expenses of water, gas and electricity are included in a normal use.

Host family accommodation is also available. Living in Spain with a family is the best way to become familiar with the Spanish lifestyle, get to know local people and practice the language. Taking half board is the best way of feeling part of the family!

The accommodation are close to the center, no more than 20 minutes away by public transport.

All extra information about the accommodation it will be in your Welcome pack 😉

RESERVATION

Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older, be fit and physically prepared to work in the outdoor and intermediate level of Spanish. Of course, love children, be dynamic, active and open mind.

Accounts

Free Trial

Duration and cost

€1165

3 WEEKS *

Available for three weeks, * Indicative price

Ask for extra week prices

Our group programs include:

Pre-departure information
Airport pickup on arrival date
Volunteer placement
Accommodation: shared apartment, single room (other accommodation type also available)
Orientation, training and coordination
Transportation to the project
24h emergency phone

Not Included:

Flights, insurance, Spanish lessons, meals, local transport, return airport transfer.

REMEMBER!! You can join one of our intensive courses before, during or in another volunteer project. Knowing the language will make you enjoy it much more. Your experience here in Valencia and you can communicate with all your new friends in Spain. It is always good to speak a language with millions of speakers around the world. 20 Spanish lessons per week: €175 (2 weeks minimum, registration fee €50).

Noelia, Voluns