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Title: YCI-Guatemala
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In Planning
Timeline:
January 1 00 to January 1 00
Description:
Join a team of volunteers and travel to Guatemala to work with local people on community-based projects. Discover the key principles of sound community development and learn from local leaders who are making a difference. Working in teams of six to 12 volunteers with the support of YCI staff, volunteers will work for five weeks to improve the social and economic welfare of communities.
YCI and local partner Reto Juvenil Internacional are currently involved in a project based in the La Communidad plantation. La Comunidad’s richest resource is the 40 families living and working on the plantation. These third generation plantation workers, as a collective, work according to the principles of Direct Democracy. Within the community’s organizational structure there is a Women’s Committee, an Education Committee, and other bodies working to ensure that the equal rights of each member are respected. A visit to La Comunidad will give you the opportunity to learn about their complex history of exploitation and their extended struggle for land and workers’ rights.
All profits raised by the community are divided amongst its members and are used to improve health, education and living conditions. Located 1,000 metres above sea level, La Comunidad is 45 minutes from the coastal town of Retalhuleu. A short hike through the plantation will bring you to cascading waterfalls with crystal clear water, natural forest, and breathtaking views of Santa Maria volcano.
As part of team in Guatemala, you could:
* Support the main source of income of the cooperative, through direct participation in macadamia and coffee production.
* Help maintain the successful tourism business run out of the plantation, through various maintenance activities.
* Provide aid in developing and implementing new electricity projects, providing homes with sustainable forms of power.
* Assist in delivering water, teaching English, and promoting and publicizing the community’s products.
Contact Name: Lauren Chender
Contact Email Address: volunteersupport@yci.org
Contact Phone Number: 416 504 3370 X 313
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