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Teaching and Community Development!
ORGANIZATION: AYNI
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
AYNI is a unique grassroots organization in that it does not try to convert people, does not charge a lot of money to volunteer, does not use volunteering to profit, and does not offer a pre-packaged feel good pseudo cultural experience. AYNI offers a real experience of working with children and families in a small rural indigenous village that is struggling to survive the daily crisis of living in poverty. Programs are opportunities to develop strong relationships, invest time, heart, and talents, make a difference, and gain a real understanding of poverty and its related issues.
AYNI focuses on Development and Education, with the main goal of empowering children and their families by providing avenues by which they can improve their quality of life. In order to remove or alleviate some of the obstacles that people living in extreme poverty face, AYNI runs a variety of Education and Development programs.
In short, AYNI attempts to enrich the child's childhood and educational experience by providing opportunities to learn, play, and have fun. AYNI teaches ESL offers sports and recreational programs, run library programs, and ultimately develop lasting relationships with the children. Volunteers are like camp counsellors for the economically impoverished child. This interaction is mutually beneficial, and the children's smiles are absolutely contagious. Volunteers and children alike find it very rewarding.
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About AYNI
Location:
Box 477, Stouffville, Ontario L4A 7Z7, CA
Mission Statement
AYNI was founded on the idea of reciprocity, and having a sense of responsibility for each other. The concept or philosophy is based on the idea that everyone needs help at some point in their lives. Some days you will help, and other days you are the one who will be helped. Society in fact, as Margie always tells her students "cannot progress unless we are helping each other". AYNI focuses its initiatives in two major areas, Sustainable Development and Education. The organization works together with the community of Alto de los More to alleviate or address some of the major barriers of living in extreme poverty. Our role is multifaceted and continues unfold and grow within the community.
Description
AYNI has existed on a shoestring budget since 2001. We have made miracles from pennies, and we get paid in smiles. AYNI has opened the doors to the community of Alto de Los Mores to more than 350 volunteers from around the world.
What started out as an individual attempt at impacting positive change in one part of the planet, quickly turned into a grassroots group of dedicated volunteers from around the Globe.
AYNI focuses on Development and Education, with the main goal of empowering children and their families by providing avenues by which they can improve their quality of life. In order to remove or alleviate some of the obstacles that people living in extreme poverty face, AYNI runs a variety of Education and Development programs.
In short, AYNI attempts to enrich the child's childhood and educational experience by providing opportunities to learn, play, and have fun. AYNI teaches ESL offers sports and recreational programs, run library programs, and ultimately develop lasting relationships with the children. Volunteers are like camp counsellors for the economically impoverished child. This interaction is mutually beneficial, and the children's smiles are absolutely contagious. Volunteers and children alike find it very rewarding
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Alto De Los MoresPiura, Peru
DATE POSTED
November 15, 2016
SKILLS
- Spanish
- Child Development
- Literacy / Reading
- Community Outreach
- Teaching / Instruction
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 16
- 3-6 Months
- Functional Spanish language skills. Teaching & Childcare skills are an asset.