PARTICIPATION FEE: 3200 pesos or 180 Euros. It includes food & accommodation.
PROJECT DETAILS: The Comunidad Agropecuaria Industrial A.C. was founded 20 years ago and has had various volunteers from all over the world. Kibbutz means community, in specific to live in a community where the people sow and harvest their own food. This community also owns a hostel for seminars, social events and a social center in Amexhe, Guanajuato, close to Querétaro City. In the community the environment is respected, they make their own compost and implemented green energy. Their mission is to be an auto sustainable community with respect to the environment and to have a social impact. They pay attention to vulnerable social groups with few resources.
The community’s objectives are:
To be 100% auto sustainable.
To give workshops to the children from Amexhe in terms of recycling paper, plasti, cans and elllaborating compost.
To give maintenance to the animals house.
To have their own brand of dairy products and to offer them to the community.
To contribute to the self-employment and education of the people in Amexhe.
The daily timetable is: from 8.00 to 8.30 a.m. meditation, at 8.30 a.m. breakfast, work from 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. and from 3.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m., lunch during the break. Additionally, every Thursday at 7.00 p.m. there is a meeting of the community. The volunteers are going to have free time from Saturday at noon to Sunday 9.00 p.m.
WORK OR ACTIVITIES TO REALIZE: It is important to give maintenance to Kibbutz installations because is the presentation of the Center where volunteers live during their volunteering, where different meetings, seminars, social events are organized.
The volunteers are going:
To help maintaining and painting the “Dairy Unity”.
To impart different workshops to Amexhe´s children Center in terms of recycling paper, plastics, cans and elllaborating compost.
To install the “fertirriego” system for the fruit trees.
To feed and to give maintenance to the place where the animals living in Kibbutz.
To inspire the children to read, by creating workshops from them.
PLEASE!!!: Each volunteer ought to bring a Power Point presentation (10 – 12 slides) of their countries, in which, they will show their regional costume, their language, the money their country uses, traditional food, the most important cities. Please bring a flag from your country (40x60 cms.) and give it as a gift to Kibbutz.
ACCOMODATION: The lodging is going to be in rooms with one or two beds and a private bathroom. The rooms are part of the project, therefore no transportation from the accommodation to the project is needed.
FOOD: From Monday to Saturday the breakfast and lunch are going to be cooked for a person from Kibbutz. The volunteers are going to cook by themselves their meals on Sunday.
LANGUAGE: Spanish (30 - 40% or more) will be welcome in order to be able to realize the activities.
LOCATION: Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato is at about three hours in a half by bus from Mexico City.
FREE TIME: Interesting places nearby to visit are Querétaro, Celaya, San Miguel de Allende, Peña de Bernal, Tequisquiapan, Guanajuato. In the area of Kibbutz the volunteers can practice jogging, they can play squash and soccer.
REQUIREMENTS: Good disposal for teamwork, dedication, responsibility and willingness to work with youth and adults. In addition, good manner and enthusiasm to learn and serve. Bring clothes according with the activities. Please bring your own insurance.
MEETING POINT: The meeting point will be at the VIMEX office at 9 am next day of the arrival.
NOTE: It is forbidden to consume drugs during the project.
COMMENT: You can take the Intensive Spanish Course that we offer to the volunteers before to go the project.
See the information and conditions at the section of the Spanish Courses 2015.
The meeting point will be at the VIMEX office before the project starts.