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Educator for children and youth

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ORGANIZATION: Fundacion Patiño

  • 5 people are interested

We work at national level with centres in Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz and Potosí, promoting pedagogical activities and dissemination of cultural expressions. The core of educational activities focuses on childhood and adolescence, through teachers as the main lever of impact.

Therefore, the Foundation is looking for an EDUCATOR. Main goals of the volunteering mission would be:

  1. General support of the educational activities of the Program (especially for children in peripheric neighbourhoods), with a focus on educational innovation, STEAM projects, artistic-educational projects, etc.
  2. Develop new material and activities for interactive learning, with a special focus on children with learning difficulties.
  3. Possibility of developing holiday workshops for children, and workshops for adults.
  4. Develop small projects to improve the conditions of the centres (such as management of activity spaces, and especially libraries).
  5. Support in the theme of "Sustainable schools" (focused environmental and agroecological themes, with activities like urban gardens etc.)
  6. Strengthen and promote alliances with external partners (educational units, municipal actors, teachers, etc.) to sensitize/involve on issues of human development and education.
The main sites of the mission will be Potosí (Proyecto Encuentros) and Cochabamba (Red de Bibliotecas). Nevertheless, the Foundation could ask the international volunteer to do short visits to other projects.

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About Fundacion Patiño

Location:

Calle Potosi 1450, Cochabamba, Cochabamba 00000, BO

Mission Statement

The Patiño Foundation, created in 1931 in Bolivia, has been helping Bolivian generations developing programs in the fields of Education and Culture, Pediatric Health and Agroecology, for the individual and collective development of the Bolivian population, with the goals to facilitate Bolivians' construction of a better life.

Description

The Patiño Foundation wants to be pionee in our 3 main field operations (Paediatric health, Agroecology, Education) in which we develop models and good practices that can be reproduced. The Foundation aspires to make available to Bolivians the best international resources, thanks to its International Volunteer program.

The Foundation develops the activities with projects in the following spaces:

3 paediatric health centres, focused on primary care, children malnutrition, and monitoring of children with mild illnesses.

4 Centres dedicated to education and cultural activities, with a focus on children between 6 and 17 years of age, and training of primary and secondary school teachers.

2 farms dedicated to sustainable and organic agriculture, research, production of dairy products and the share of knowledge with local producers.

2 historical museums with free visits and artistic-educational workshops.

6 popular libraries, 2 main libraries and a space to promote children's reading.

2 ecotourist parks aiming to preserve the natural ecosystem of differente Bolivian regions.

CAUSE AREAS

Arts & Culture
Children & Youth
Education & Literacy
Arts & Culture, Children & Youth, Education & Literacy

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

Calle Potosi 1450Cochabamba, Bolivia

(-17.413977,-66.16532)
 

SKILLS

  • General Education
  • Youth Services
  • Environmental Education
  • Child Development
  • Adult Education
  • STEM

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 21
  • At least 25-30 hours/week. 5 days/week
  • Strong adaptability; Ability to communicate to groups with different educational levels (e.g. use of simple terms, use of visual and interactive material for explanations, etc.); Empathy, patience, and creativity; Autonomy and spirit of initiative

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