PROJECT: Universal values should be integrated inside educational programs, this project is looking for highly motivated international volunteers who are willing to raise values' s awareness in the college students and the local community. Volunteers who want to inspire students and locals to stand against crime, drug abuse, school dropout and other social problems .The school promotes and encourages gender equity among the students as well. Among with students from Higher Education Institutes of Coatzacoalcos and international volunteers this project will design a campaign to promote values on college students and the community. The school willl use different media and tools available at the University to promote them. Nowadays, it is necessary and urgent to encourage students and community values such as punctuality, commitment, solidarity, respect, love, equality and it will be easier and better if young people from different nationalities working as volunteers could assist and support spread the message
WORK: The volunteers will participate in the following activities: Participation in a forum to reflect on values. Development and dissemination of values through posters and banners. Inspire students to recognize and stand against crime, drugs and other types of violence Lectures to students of the University about values and globalization. Visit the different media inside and outside the school.Design of brochures and distribute them in the community.
PLACE: Coatzacoalcos, in Nahuatl, means "The place where the snake hides." According to the legend, this is the place where the god Quetzalcoatl made his final journey to the sea around the year 999 and where he made his promise to return. Coatzacoalcos lies within the Olmec heartland. Excavations in 2008 for a tunnel underneath the Coatzacoalcos River indicate a substantial pre-Hispanic population. By the time of the Spanish arrival the area was under Mayan influence. In 1522, Hernán Cortés ordered Gonzalo de Sandoval to fund a settlement near Guazacualco. Sandoval named it Villa del Espíritu Santo. The San Martín Tuxlta is an active volcano lying northwest of Coatzcoalcos in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas. It erupted in 1664, in May 1793 with large ash falls and lava flows, and most recently in 1796.
LEISURE: Coatzacoalcos is a major port city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, on the Coatzacoalcos River. The city offers many different touristic places to visit such as: Catemaco Lake, Sontecomapan Lagoon, Huazuntlán Waterfalls, Palenque Pyramids, La Venta Museum, beautiful beaches and shopping malls.
HOSTING: Volunteers will be hosted in a particular house with all services at disposal: Hot Water, Electricity, Restrooms, Showers, Kitchen, Fridge, Laundry room, Safety Box and Wi-Fi connection.
SPECIAL REQUIRMENTS: Comfortable Clothing, Sneakers, Sunscreen, Cap, Beach clothing, Sun glasses and Mosquito repellent.
SPECIAL OFFER FOR VOLUNTEERS: For all the volunteers accepted in the Vive México Workcamps there are FREE SPANISH courses all year round at the Vive Mexico International Cultural Center at Morelia City, come and take place in a FREE Spanish course one week before your workcamp starts!.
EXTRA FEE: 190 EURO
INCLUDES (only during the project days), Hosting (according to the conditions specified at the project description) 3 meals a day, Local transportation with project purposes, Administration and organization expenses, tools and materials.
DO NOT INCLUDE: Airfare to Mexico, Transportation from international airport to the project place, Leisure activities, Insurances.