La Vida Idealist » stipends http://lavidaidealist.org Stories and Resources from Idealists in Latin America Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:49:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Hidden Benefits of Volunteering http://lavidaidealist.org/2009/10/09/the-hidden-benefits-of-volunteering/ http://lavidaidealist.org/2009/10/09/the-hidden-benefits-of-volunteering/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:20:29 +0000 Lisa Hetzel http://lavidaidealist.org/?p=1805 LisaMost organizations offering volunteer opportunities will not be able to pay a stipend to help cover living expenses. Potential volunteers might feel like they’ll be totally on their own, fending for themselves in their new lives in Latin America. However, most nonprofits do offer valuable benefits to volunteers, in order to help them get settled in and prepared for their volunteer experience. Below, four volunteer coordinators share some of the benefits of working at their nonprofit organization in Guatemala.

Amanda Turner, Operations Manager at CasaSito

María Jesús Morales, Short-term Volunteer Coordinator at Common Hope

Stefan Ege, Operations Manager at Constru Casa

Yaëlle Stempfelet, Volunteer Coordinator at Safe Passage

This post concludes the series of interviews with volunteer coordinators. Thanks so much to María Jesús, Yaëlle, Amanda and Stefan for sharing their time and insights with me!

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