Vemos con el Corazon (MEX-79)


Type: Health: Disability - Country: Mexico

Brief description and main aims

The aims of Vemos con el Corazon are the following:

  • Help to develop independent and productive citizens through customized curriculum to educate people with visual impairments, and by awakening in them the need to set goals and create new expectations
  • Contribute to the educational, employment and social inclusion of people with visual disabilities
  • Raise awareness about the current problems of people with visual disabilities

Main Activities

  • Give workshops to visually impaired people with limited economic resources
  • The workshops offered are the following: oratory, theater, computing, cooking, crafts, singing, music, braille, yoga, photography,etc.
  • Accompany students in different events outside the institution
  • Help to organize fundraising events, such as the Athletic Race and Dinner in the Dark
  • Help to promote the organization through student events

Volunteer tasks

The volunteer is expected to:
  • Support teachers in the workshops offered at the institution
  • Look after children and youth when entering and leaving school and at lunchtime
  • Support the various activities and events of the institution, such as Christmas, civic ceremonies, visits to museums, fundraising events, etc.
  • Support with the marketing and promotion of activities
 

Volunteer requirements / Skills

The volunteer should be:

  • Patient and tolerant
  • Empathetic
  • Creative
  • Flexible
  • Willing to work with people with visual impairment

Location

The project is in Toluca, a big city located very near to Mexico City. 

Hosting Situation (Board and Lodging)

The volunteer will live with a host family.

More Information

Number of volunteers in project: 2

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