PROJECT: Cuautla’s Tourism Office wants to improve
the image of the old railway station of Cuautla in which
the Experiential Railway Museum and the Museum of
Independence are located. Being one of the major
tourist attractions of the city, it requires on-going
maintenance.
WORK: The volunteers will paint the façade of the main
building as well as the Municipal Tourism Office and a
one of the ouside walls of the station in order to value this cultural heritage of the city
of Cuautla. Besides the volunteers perform improvement tasks in the Experiential Railway
Museum and some green areas as well as in the station’s platform. The work will be
complemented with some awareness-raising activities
organized for and with the local population, especially
children and youth: workshops identifying the assets of
the community, site of the heritage of the city,
presentation of the heritage of volunteers’ countries
and regions students from schools, cultural and
educational institutions. Volunteers will discover the
Convent Route, Route of the haciendas and other tourist
attractions including Agua Hedionda, spa with healing
waters sulphated higher mineral balance in the world.
LOCATION: Cuautla is located 2 hours south of Mexico city.
ACCOMMODATION: Volunteers will be staying at a house adapted with all basic
services.
TERMINAL: Mexico City International Airport
REQUIREMENTS: Interest in Cultural Heriatge
and Renovation.
PARTICIPATION FEE: $3,000 pesos, includes
accommodation and food and some organisational
costs.