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Children's Education - Combine Volunteer Projects and Adventure in the Dominican Republic!

Location: Dominican Republic: Cabarete, Santiago, Santo Domingo

Program Duration: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks

Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks

Dates: Programs depart regularly throughout the year

http://www.isvolunteers.org/

4848 Lakeview Ave Suite 100a Yorba Linda, CA 92886 United States

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Phone: (714) 779-7392

Fax: Fax: (714) 777-4647

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Description

Spend time educating some of the world's most impoverished children in a structured educational program incorporating music, clowning, puppetry and dance and classroom learning. No prior teaching or TEFL qualifications are necessary.International Student Volunteers (a non-profit organization) offers you the chance to volunteer in a community development program that will improve the quality of life for some of the world's poorest children and their community. After your project you will follow it up with an amazing two week adventure tour with activities such as white water rafting, waterfall rappelling, horseback riding, surfing the Caribbean and so much more.

About ISV's Children's Education Program:
The ISV's children's education program gives volunteers the opportunity to work with the Dominican Republic children that have little or no access to education. This project aims at inspiring and brightening up a child's life in an education setting. This is a great opportunity to incorporate your own personal skills and interests that creates and facilitates an understanding and an appreciation in a wonderful environment and cultural exchange.

Other Volunteer Projects in the Dominican Republic
community sanitation, school building, hospital visits.

Adventure Tour
You will travel throughout the Dominican Republic, exploring the limestone caves, coral reefs, lush canyons and rivers, the Dominican Alps, breathtaking beaches and laid-back beachside lifestyles on the North Coast and Southwest regions, in contrast with the historic cultural richness of the nations capital, Santo Domingo. You will have the opportunity to participate on activities such as:

* Horseback riding to secluded waterfalls
* Whitewater Rafting on the Yaque del Norte River
* Surfing and snorkeling in the Caribbean Sea
* Canyoning, rappelling, hiking, cliff-jumping and sliding down natural waterfalls
* Exploring the largest cave in the Caribbean
* Discovering the capital city of Santo Domingo. Go merengue dancing, wander the cobblestone streets in the footsteps of conquistadors and pirates, and see the old Spanish architecture in the colonial areas of the historic city.

Highlights

Key achievement from last year:
Nearly 9, 000 individual hours invested and more than 650 children participated in the DR ISV Children's Program.

Spanish lessons
Before your adventure begins, ISV also offers you a five-day course of Spanish lessons in the morning and dance classes in the afternoon. This is a great way to brush up on your language skills and you will even stay with a local family.

Why travel with ISV?
* Combine meaningful volunteer projects with exciting adventure travel
* ISV has support offices in every program country we operate in
* Trained staff to guide your project and tour
* Group travel you will make friends from across the globe and not be alone
* Educational learn a lot and possibly receive academic credit (if applicable)
* ISV is not a sending agent we run our own programs with our own trained staff to ensure you have the most amazing experience possible.

Travel Types
  • Canoeing
  • Climbing
  • Cycling (Mountain)
  • Dancing
  • Eco Tours
  • Environmental Studies
  • Horseback Riding
  • Kayaking (Sea)
  • Kitesurfing/Kiteboarding
  • RainForest Tours
  • Scuba
  • Snorkeling
  • Surfing
  • Tours
  • Trekking
  • Vacation Packages
  • Volunteering
  • Windsurfing/Windsailing
Qualifications

No qualifications are necessary; ISV will give you all the training you need. To maximize your experience it is preferable you can speak English fluently. You do not need to speak the language of your host country, as you will have bi-lingual project and tour leaders to guide your experience. Minimum age is 18 years old by the time of departure. This program is open to everyone, not just students.

Languages
  • English

Cost in US$:

Program prices vary. Please see website for details.

Cost Include Description:

Your program price includes quite a lot:
* All accommodation
* All meals in first two weeks (volunteer project) - delicious local cuisine!
* Approximately half of your meals in the second two weeks (adventure tour)
* All ground transportation in the host country (including all in-country airport transfers)
* ISV Adventure Tour activities (minimum five incredible activities per tour)
* An ISV Project Leader to accompany you on the volunteer project
* An ISV Tour Leader to guide you on the Adventure Tour and make sure you have an amazing time
* All in-country orientations upon arrival in the host country
* All administration and promotion costs
* All pre-departure training, manuals and preparation of participants
* In country offices set up to coordinate projects and programs for participants
* Training of all host organizations
* All materials for projects (for example, bricks, mortar, wood, tools)
* Twenty-four hour support for you during the program through our dedicated office and program staff

The program cost also goes towards the equipment or building materials needed for your projects, your in-country support, your adventure activities, your amazing trained project and tour leaders, AND towards the ongoing sustainability and training of each project. We give you and our projects the support and structure many other volunteer organizations cannot, as we have an office in each country to look after your entire experience and develop lasting relationships with the communities in which we operate.

Cost does not include: passport costs, insurance, international flights, in-country domestic flights (if required), vaccinations, spending money, extra activities on tour (available through Optional Activity Package).

Credit Available

yes

Volunteer Types
  • Adult Education
  • Anthropology
  • Arts
  • Building/construction Projects
  • Community Centers
  • Community Health
  • Conservation
  • Culture
  • Cutting Wood
  • Eco-tourism
  • Economic Development
  • Education
  • English Teaching
  • Environment
  • Grassroots Organization
  • Health Education
  • Homelessness
  • Income-generation
  • Infrastructure Planning
  • Minority Groups
  • Natural Resources
  • Playgrounds
  • Popular Education
  • Primary Education
  • Refugee Relief
  • Sanitation
  • Small Business Development
  • Street Kids
  • Teaching
  • Volunteering
  • Youth Development
Typical Volunteer
Despite our name, any person may volunteer with ISV as long as they are over 18 years old. The majority of our participants are 18 to 30 years old, but we welcome anyone who wishes to join us and make a difference. You do not need any special skills to volunteer with ISV. We just ask that you are willing to give back to your host country; you are willing to learn as much as you can about the people, environment and issues facing your host country, and are ready to make the best friends along your adventure of a lifetime.
Age Range
18+
This Program is open to

American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African, Worldwide Participant. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements
  • Dormitory
  • Group living
  • Home-stays
  • Other

Participants Travel to Dominican Republic

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves
  • Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time is
1 Week
Post Services Include
  • Alumni Network
  • Exit Debriefing Abroad
  • Job and Internship Network
International Student Volunteers's Mission Statement

To create an environment that combines conservation, community development, education and recreation into the ultimate adventure travel program for anyone who desires to make a difference by volunteering in local communities abroad.

Year Founded

1981

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