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Volunteer project: The Morelia Youth Institute (IJUM) is a local governmental agency which has been working with groups of international volunteers in the last 6 years. Together they have carried out many different activities to promote the active participation of the young people in activities where youth can be a change agent and an active member of the community. In this frame, groups of international volunteers have been involved in many activities with the local youngsters. In this project, the aim is to participate in activities related to children and the ancient Purephecha culture. Every summer groups of children participate in many workshops coordinated and organized by the local government such as sports, community projects, old traditions and cultures, etc. The volunteers will work in 4 of the 14 demarcations surrounding Morelia needing community service. They will help in the maintenance and renovation of some public areas such as gardens, squares, basketball fields and schools in bad condition. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities at disposal: beds, kitchen, hot water, etc. Location: Morelia is a beautiful historic city, and capital of the state of Michoacán. Founded almost 500 years ago, the city has a wonderful central zone with buildings dating back to the time of the Spanish conquest as well as all the more modern attributes (shops, bars, cafés, etc). The city's population is over 1 million and the climate is moderately warm, with daytime temperatures ranging from 20-35º C. Morelia is well connected to a variety of great places to visit, such as Pátzcuaro, and the ancient Purépecha capital Tzintzunzan. Nearest airport: Mexico City International Airport Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 160 Euro
Volunteer project: The “Sirenito
Macho” project was founded by the Mayo-Carmona family (a local family)
in which has been implicated progressively local people and
international volunteers to help to protect and preserve different
marine species such as the marine turtle nesting in the coastal line of
the state, specifically in the region close to Marquelia town. Thus, by
collecting eggs from the females and by taking care of them during the
whole process of incubation up to the birth of the baby turtles,
volunteers and local people contribute to the preservation of these
species. The volunteers will carry out different tasks to help preserve two different kinds of marine turtle (Lepidochelys Olivacea and Dermochelys Coracea) by collecting the eggs that the females lay down in the zone and putting them into a yard at the “Sirenito Macho” camping. They will take care of them up to the baby turtles’ birth and help to lead them to the ocean and release them. They will also help to collect statistical data and will patrol the zone where the turtles nest by night. They will have, finally, the opportunity to help cleaning the beach. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Accommodation: Volunteers will be lodged in tents in a camping close to the working area. Location: Marquelia, Guerrero Nearest airport: Mexico City International Airport Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 180 Euro
Volunteer project: Motin del Oro is a little town located near to the Pacific Ocean. The main goal of this project is to foster the community development through local schools to help in the marine turtle species’ preservation nesting in this area. Through different actions we seek preserving the species of marine turtles arriving every year to our beaches to lay down their eggs. We seek, by involving international volunteers, to help to preserve these species by making sure their reproduction as well as avoiding their eggs being stolen. Moreover we seek enriching our working methods by integrating and confronting foreign ideas with those of the local population. Volunteers will contribute to the preservation of the different species of marine turtles by patrolling the different working zones depending on the number of volunteers. They will patrol every zone during the night looking for turtles and carrying out a statistical data register such as collecting date, place, zone, turtle specie, number of eggs collected, etc. They will also have the opportunity of working in the yard taking care of the eggs and the baby turtles. Finally they will be able of liberate the baby turtles in the sea. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Accommodation: Volunteers will be lodged in a private house within the host community with all facilities at disposal (water, place to cook, shower, etc). Location: Motin del Oro, Michoacan Nearest airport: Mexico City International Airport Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 180 Euro
Volunteer
project: The program for protecting the Marine Turtles is run since
1996 together with the Michoacan University and the local people of
Colola Beach. This year again the international volunteers will work
with the people of Colola village to protect the sea turtles. There are
two species of turtles arriving to this area: the Negra (Black Turtle)
and the Golfina (Olive Riddle Turtle). The people involved in the
project will help by collecting eggs, burying them in the turtle camp, taking
care of the baby turtles and collecting statistical
data.
The main work consists in collecting
turtle eggs, burying them again in a secure place, and getting the
baby turtles back safely to the sea. This must be carried out at night since
the turtles do not go out of the ocean during the day (because of their
natural predators, it is safer for the turtles get out of the ocean in the dark).
Together with the people from Colola, the volunteers will seek
for the turtles and take care of the eggs and the baby turtles. Local
people, who are very friendly, work with the group and explain
them what to do. There are also some extra activities to be done with the local people in order to help improve the town such as setting names to the streets or helping to arrange a multi-purpose playground for the children, and maybe some cleaning work, but this depends on the volunteers' initiative. The local people are very open to participate in other activities that the group of volunteers can propose, so any ideas will be welcome. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Accommodation: Volunteers will stay at the turtle camp in a wooden construction, made of coco palm trees. It is safe and very fresh (needed in the warm weather of the beach!). There are wooden beds, a kitchen and a rustic bathroom. There is electricity just enough to light some lamps and it is necessary to bring sleeping bag and mattress. The place is basic but functional and it is located 20 to 30 minutes walking from Colola town, where you can find more services. Location: Colola is a small town located on the Michoacan State coast, between Maruata and La Placita towns. It's a remote place that offers an excellent opportunity to be close to nature, on a virgin beach, with no tourism around. The closest city is Tecoman at 200 kilometers, but other villages such as La Placita that are closer (45 minutes by bus) can offer Internet connection. Nearest airport: Mexico City International Airport Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 180 Euro
Volunteer project: The Ecology
General Direction of Benito Juarez’s Town Hall is a governmental agency
charged of administrating public goods related to natural resources and
environmental matters by providing technical advice and standards about
ecological studies, projects and actions having an environmental impact
as well as environmental management. It is also charged of giving
authorizations and licenses related to using and managing natural
resources within a sustainable development frame. It is a local agency
working tightly with the municipality, the regional and federal
governments on environmental management by coordinating and promoting
projects and programs for the environmental improvement of the town as
well as participating in the design and execution of development
programs in the community.
The volunteers will contribute to dignify
the Benito Juarez community through improving green areas where more
leisure activities could be carried out as well as to allow the world to
know about the natural wealth and the different endangered species, both
animal and vegetal, in the area. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Accommodation: Volunteers will be lodged at the Kabah’s Municipal Greenhouse. Location: Cancun is a coastal city in Mexico's easternmost state, Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula, best known as the Mexican Caribbean. Nearest airport: Cancun International Airport Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 210 Euro
The international volunteers will help to organize and develop leisure activities for the local youngsters such as sport activities (football, basketball, swimming, baseball, box, etc.), artistic workshops (origami, sculpture), ecological tasks (reforesting parks), etc. They will also be able to organize meetings with outstanding sportsmen. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Accommodation: Volunteers will be lodged in a gymnasium with all facilities at disposal: hot water, showers, kitchen, etc. There are no beds, so you will need to bring a sleeping bag and an air mattress. Location: Cancun is a coastal city in Mexico's easternmost state, Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula, best known as the Mexican Caribbean. Nearest airport: Cancun International Airport Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 210 Euro
Volunteer project: The IXIM project
is an association working for improving the quality of life of the
Abasolo community inhabitants through different projects focused on
sustainable and community development. Through a wide diversity of
activities and workshops such as jewelry, ecological agriculture,
ecological construction and handcrafts, the IXIM project intends to
improve the living standards of the local communities, fostering at the
same time a respect for the indigenous cultures and ways of living. Volunteers will work in a wide diversity of tasks and activities such as ecological and cultural workshops: activities to build a “temazcal” (a pre-hispanic sauna), language courses, jewelry workshops, ecological agriculture workshops, cooking workshops. Some cleaning tasks within the community will also be carried out by the volunteers and local people. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a community center with almost all facilities at disposal. Location: Abasolo is located in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico, in the municipality of Ocosingo. Nearest airport: Mexico City International Airport Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 180 Euro
To warrant the marine turtles’ permanence in the area they arrive
to lay down their eggs, volunteers will carry out actions focused on
protecting the females and their nests through making brigades all day
and night long to collect eggs and bring them to the camping making sure
that the female is going back to the sea. They will be in charge also of
putting the eggs into incubators carrying out a register of statistical
data (looking out at the nests and registering survival data) and
liberating the baby turtles. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Accommodation: Isla de Pájaros Turtle's camping
Location: Isla de Pajaros is an
island, very close to the Mexican coast, specifically in Playa Michigan
(Michigan Beach). It is very close to Tecpan de Galeana, a city on the
coast, only 20 minutes from Isla de Pajaros. Nearest airport: At the same distance between Acapulco International Airport and Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Airport. Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 180 Euro
Volunteer project: The
international volunteer project is intended to give the opportunity to
the local population of interacting with international people, helping
in the local development through different actions such as reforestation
and renovation of public spaces. The volunteers will work on reforestation of some protected areas to avoid desertification and help to prevent some endangered animal species from disappearing. The group will also carry out some restoration activities such as painting walls in local schools. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Accommodation: Volunteers will be lodged in a private house with all facilities at disposal. Location: Lombardia, Michoacan Nearest airport: Morelia City International Airport Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 160 Euro
Volunteer
project: The Technological College of Zamora provides different
study programs and levels such as bachelor, master and doctorate degrees
as part of their educative program, carrying out as well specialization
courses focused on technological and scientific education. Moreover it
organizes and promotes academic and scientific exchange programs between
national and foreign institutions as well as social service activities
for its students. It develops and promotes also cultural and sport
activities to foster the student’s development. Volunteers will participate in different activities together with local students trying to achieve a rich and meaningful cultural exchange. They will carry out cultural, sport and tourist activities with the students. The cultural activities include music, literature and dancing workshops, and there will be some ecological tasks such as reforestation and cleaning some school areas. The group will be able to visit the surrounding areas in order to learn more about the culture of the region. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Accommodation: Volunteers will be lodged in a house with all facilities at disposal (beds, showers, kitchen, etc.). Location: Zamora city was founded in 1574 by the King of Spain. Its official name is Zamora de Hidalgo which was the name given to the city after the Mexico Independence. It has a nice weather (not hot or cold) and it is a very rich region for farmers, very famous for its extraordinary strawberries. Nearest airport: Guadalajara International Airport Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 160 Euro
Volunteer project: The Youth Sate
Direction North Zone Delegation is a branch of a Governmental Agency
corresponding to the North Zone of the State which works tightly with
young people between 12 and 29 years old of all social backgrounds. It
is a delegation belonging to the Youth State Direction working within 5
municipalities carrying out social activities, courses and permanent
lectures everywhere young people are. Its main goal is to foster youth’s
participation either in cultural, ecological, technological or social
activities to foster their development. Volunteers will carry out different activities of rehabilitation and improvement of sport and public spaces to create consciousness among the population about taking care of it. The rehabilitation activities include wall painting and reforestation activities in general as well as leisure activities with children and young local people to create cultural exchange. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Accommodation: Volunteers will be lodged in a house with all facilities at disposal. Location: Cancun is a coastal city in Mexico's easternmost state, Quintana Roo, on the Yucatan Peninsula, best known as the Mexican Caribbean. Tulum is nestled on the coast south of Cancun. Tulum is the site of a Pre-Columbian Maya walled city which dates from about 1200 AD. One of the best-preserved coastal Maya sites, Tulum is today a popular site for tourists. Nearest airport: Cancun International Airport Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 210 Euro
Volunteer project: The Morelia Technological Institute Graduated Association is committed with the local population to foster an entrepreneur culture among students, graduated young people and the general public. Being aware of the lack of opportunities and perspectives for the young people after being graduated and the high levels of scholar desertion, they have proposed this project to foster an entrepreneur culture where local children could have a wide learning experience sharing opinions, working methods and experiences with the local students and international volunteers in a multicultural environment. We think that by facing different cultures and ways of thinking, we can open communication channels throughout the world to make children and youngsters conscious about being responsible entrepreneurs within a multicultural frame and being respectful of cultural diversity as well as diversity in ideas and thinking and being socially responsible and taking care about the environment. The volunteers will participate in the organization of different workshops with local professors and graduated young people in coordination with the Technological Institute Graduated Association, to awake the consciousness among children about being responsible entrepreneurs and motivating them to build and shape a life project having clear goals and to encourage them to continue studying, helping to reduce the scholar desertion. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a house with all facilities at disposal: beds, kitchen, hot water, etc. Location: Morelia is a beautiful historic city, and capital of the state of Michoacán. Founded almost 500 years ago, the city has a wonderful central zone with buildings dating back to the time of the Spanish conquest as well as all the more modern attributes (shops, bars, cafés, etc). The city's population is over 1 million and the climate is moderately warm, with daytime temperatures ranging from 20-35º C. Morelia is well connected to a variety of great places to visit, such as Pátzcuaro, and the ancient Purépecha capital Tzintzunzan. Nearest airport: Morelia City International Airport Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 160 Euro
Volunteer
project: The Leon Technological Institute is an educational
institution offering educative services through different programs such
as bachelor and master degrees. Through different activities, the
institution seeks to achieve their goal of fostering the student’s
participation within their communities, helping them to solve some of
the problems they have by integrating culture, human values and
scientific knowledge. One of these activities is the Community Social
Service, an instrument to raise the student’s active participation in
solving specific issues in their communities. The volunteers will help the local community through different activities such as reforestation and maintenance tasks within community schools. They will also provide support to asylums and orphanages by doing different actions and will give support to the Rural Development Agency. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Accommodation: Volunteers will be lodged in a house within the host community. This house is provided of all facilities at disposal: hot water, electricity, kitchen, etc. Location: The city of León – officially named León de los Aldama – is the fifth most populous city in Mexico and the largest city in the state of Guanajuato. It is also the seat of León municipality. Also known as The Shoe Capital, it features large factories that not only produce shoes, but also boots, belts, jackets, and other leather accessories, serving both national and international markets. Nearest airport: The “Bajio” International Airport Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 160 Euro
Volunteers will help to protect and to preserve the marine turtle together with the local students, and to achieve a linguistic and cultural exchange. They will also organize workshops and forums about English language so that local students could learn more about the language and could practice their knowledge. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Accommodation: Volunteers will be lodged in a house with almost all facilities at disposal. Location: Lazaro Cardenas is a city on the Pacific coast of Mexico. It has 160,000 inhabitants and counts with all the modern services. It is located very close to beautiful places on the Mexican coast. Nearest airport: Ixtapa – Zihuatanejo International Airport Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 160 Euro
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Renovating
schools and public spaces in Michoacan
Volunteer
project: The Sport and Youth Municipal Council (“Consejo Municipal
de la Juventud y el Deporte”) is a governmental agency charged of
working with young people regarding their needs through different
activities such as sport activities, courses and lectures about
different subjects and matters interesting for the young people: drugs,
alcoholism, etc., involving different publics such as international
volunteers. Through these actions the agency intends to foster the life
together between local youngsters and international young people as well
as to give rise to a meaningful cultural exchange through a different
experience. 
Volunteer
project: The Isla de Pajaros Turtle’s Camping A.C.
is a non-governmental organization registered by SEMARNAT (a
governmental agency for environmental matters) since October 29th, 2001.
One of the goals of the project is to raise consciousness among the
population, at national and international level, about preservation,
protection and rescue of the population of marine turtles in the Mexican
coastal line. 
This is a marvelous spot
with wonderful people living there and caring for the turtles.
Volunteer
project: The Technological College of Lazaro Cardenas is the most
important educative institution in the region. It belongs to the
Technological Education National System, whose objectives are to foster
technological education through different programs such as bachelor
degrees, carrying out at the same time different academic, cultural,
sports and social activities. 
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