This fall Casa HOY welcomes its first IVHQ-Mexico volunteers since beginning its partnership with the international volunteer agency IVHQ, which operates in 18 different countries, helping thousands of volunteers connect with local organizations and programs. For more info, please read on….
Casa HOY—based in sunny, quiet Cuernavaca—has teamed up with IVHQ, an international volunteer agency, expanding on HOY's 10-year journey of offering give-and-get travel to individuals and groups.
Casa HOY is IVHQ’s exclusive partner in Mexico and will continue to organize and carry out community service trips for people who are looking for a different type of travel experience.
Through IVHQ, participants will have the opportunity to work with the great network of NGOs and activists that Casa HOY has built up in Cuernavaca and Morelos State. Volunteers can focus on one of four categories:
* Teaching: primarily focused on teaching English, although volunteers can also expect to help with other school subjects. Having the ability to speak English provides Mexicans with an advantage in finding work and building a future career.
* Environment: an opportunity to jump into the thick of Cuernavaca’s diverse environmental scene. Volunteers have direct contact with local projects to raise public awareness and get practical results
* Computer Training: a Cuernavaca-based computer lab on wheels. Every weekday afternoon the lab sets up in selected disadvantaged neighborhoods to provide via an easy-to-follow lesson plan computer related opportunities that otherwise do not exist.
* Childcare: individual and group interaction with children from low-income homes and communities. Volunteers aid local staff in improving the educational, emotional and sanitary conditions in which the children live.
Please come join us in Cuernavaca and spread the word to family and friends.
