This volunteer vacation in Ecuador lasts for a minimum of 2 weeks and costs $2120, all accommodations and meals provided.
[UKPRwire, Sat Oct 18 2008] In Ecuador around 45% of people live below the poverty line, this makes Ecuador a great place to take a volunteer vacation. People are needed to volunteer in Ecuador to help improve the lives of countless people in the country through working with local children, teaching English in language schools and supporting local health services.
i-to-i has been operating volunteer vacations in Ecuador for over a decade and has a few tips to offer volunteers seeking a project in Ecuador:
1. Always carry singles, the currency is USD but don’t expect the taxi driver or woman selling bags to break a twenty.
2. Dress in layers, Quito is at altitude and whether you are visiting the beach or the cloud forests the weather can change in a second; don’t be surprised to see four seasons in a day.
3. Make sure you visit Otavalo; a traditional market in the Imbabura province that is famous for its textiles. Go on the weekend if you are brave and like crowds, go during the week if you want to stroll without being shoved.
For more travel tips check out this travel advice video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGJ64QKa-cI
Looking for a place to start the search for volunteering options? A couple volunteer vacations in Ecuador offered by i-to-i are:
Cloud Forest Conservation with 'Rainforest Concern' in Ecuador
Like the mud you’re going to get covered in on this project, Ecuador has a habit of getting under your skin and being hard to shake off. i-to-i is proud to work in collaboration with Rain Forest Concern on one of their flagship conservation and eco-tourism projects in the amazing cloud forests in the north west of the country. The smallest of the Andean countries, Ecuador certainly has a wide variety of wildlife. This area in particular is a global hotspot of diversity with over 1500 species of tropical plants, 380 species of bird as well as a variety of strange looking and even stranger sounding creatures straight out of Mother Nature’s wildest imagination.
This volunteer vacation in Ecuador lasts for a minimum of 2 weeks and costs $2120, all accommodations and meals provided. http://www.i-to-i.com/volunteer-projects/voluntary-rainforest-conservation-jobs-in-ecuador.html
Community Work with Children in Rural Ecuador
With urban areas bursting at the seams, Ecuador’s meager resources get to the rural areas via the big cities and what’s left leaves little scope for large scale improvement. Unfortunately this forces people to move to the city looking for a better life and the problem only gets worse. One way of avoiding such a situation is for volunteers (who won’t use up resources) to help create opportunities in the countryside and give the people a chance to build a life there. This project does just that; it’s a day care centre which works with children to give them the best possible start in life and plays a positive role in community development.
This volunteer vacation in Ecuador lasts for a minimum of 4 weeks and costs $1645, all accommodation and meals included. For more information visit: http://www.i-to-i.com/volunteer-projects/volunteer-for-community-work-abroad-in-ecuador.html
To see the wide range of volunteer vacations in Ecuador now offered by i-to-i please visit: http://www.i-to-i.com/ecuador or call 800-985-4864 for more information.
Since 1994, i-to-i, has been the award-winning leader in volunteer vacations, TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language) training and job placement abroad. Each year, i-to-i sends approximately 5,000 volunteers to 500 projects in 35 countries and helps 15,000 people gain the certification necessary to teach English overseas. i-to-i volunteers contributed approximately one million hours of service last year.
i-to-i offers volunteer vacations in countries such as: Ecuador, Brazil, Uganda, Indonesia, Malaysia, Madagascar, Zambia, Vietnam, Ghana, Costa Rica, Honduras, New Zealand, Australia and Vietnam.
For more information call 800-985-4864 or visit http://www.i-to-i.com , for media inquiries please contact Alexia Nestora, alexia@lassocommunications.com
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Contact :
Alexia Nestora
i-to-i
Leeds, UK
800-985-4864
alexia@lassocommunications.com
http://www.i-to-i.com
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