Over the past few weeks, I had a chance to meet with four energetic volunteer coordinators at nonprofits based in Antigua, Guatemala, with programs all over the country. For the next few posts I’d like to share some of their thoughts with you on volunteers and volunteering.
I started out each interview asking, “What type of volunteer opportunities does your organization provide?” The broad range of answers I heard is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of volunteer offerings in Guatemala.
Yaëlle Stempfelet, Volunteer Coordinator at Safe Passage
Volunteer opportunities at Safe Passage include:
• Primary school classroom assistants
• Administrative positions
• Gardening and maintenance
Amanda Turner, Operations Manager at CasaSito
Volunteer opportunities at CasaSito include:
• Educational work in daycare centers and schools
• Community infrastructure projects
• Medicinal gardens
María Jesús Morales, Short-term Volunteer Coordinator at Common Hope
Volunteer opportunities at Common Hope include:
• Housing construction
• Teaching assistants and library support
• English-Spanish translation
• Health clinic – doctors
Stefan Ege, Operations Manager at Constru Casa
Volunteer opportunities at Constru Casa include:
• Short-term housing construction
• Volunteer coordination
• Researcher
• Financial assistant
• Translation (English-Spanish-Dutch)
Next week: What do you look for in a potential volunteer?
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