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Name:Corporación SERVIMOS-CORPOSER
Project Code:COL-13
Country:Colombia
Types:Homeless, Community, Children

Brief description and main aims

 

 

To offer health and educational services to a poor population in order to improve their health, education and psycho emotional balance of individuals and/or community in Ricaurte neighbourhood. (Bogota)

Main Activities

Public Library: It has become a centre for residents in the area, bringing the people closer to reading, especially children. The Library offers workshops, language courses and movies.They have a reading- and computer room

Sports Club:provides and develops sport activities for teenagers of the area.

Girl Shelter:Host 13 girls in risk situation. They receive home, food educational support, extracurricular activities, social and psychological attention.

Servimos kindergarten:Children of single mothers receive education, health services, nutrition and preparation for school.

Soup Kitchen and Bakery: The bakery produces food, which is given twice a day to homeless people living in Ricaurte.

Volunteer tasks

To help in the library, help teachers in their classes, or teach own classes, develop new workshops and to give information about her own culture.

Volunteer requirements / Skills

To be open to work with poor people and children, be active, to have a good sense of humour, to be able to teach in areas, she has good abilities (languages), to share her culture and be creative.

Location

Servimos is located in Ricaurte, a poor area in Bogotá, near to the historical centre.

Hosting Situation (Board & Lodging)

Project

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