Pastoral Social Cáritas (PASOC) (BOL-86)

Type: Socially Excluded Groups: Minorities - Country: Bolivia

Brief description and main aims

Pastoral Social Cáritas (PASOC) contributes to the development of self-managed and sustainable processes in the economic, social, political and cultural spheres. Our target groups are change agents and protagonists of their integral human development, from the principles of the Gospel and the Social Doctrine of the Church, in the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz.

The USJE is a pastoral unit of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Social Caritas Commission (PASOC) that promotes a culture of solidarity for the neediest groups in our society so that they feel supported, strengthened and articulated within a prevention program solidarity and social support.

Main Activities

• Sustainable production in the municipality of San Carlos and the municipality of El Torno.
• Promotion of women in the municipalities of La Guardia and Cabezas (Humanitarian Aid).
• Development Training IT SJ.
• Sustainable Strategies for water supply for human consumption in four (4) municipalities of Santa Cruz.
• Project Development of local potential in the areas of citizen participation and sustainable agricultural production, in competent citizen participation, sustainable farming and health in the municipalities of Comarapa and Saipina Family.

• Education Project.
• Community Intercultural Family Health Project.
• Empowering local economies project.
• Solidarity links Project.

Also, working on the reintegration of children in foster care to their families of origin or insertion into foster families who want to host as well as in strengthening families to prevent children and adolescents suffering.

This unit also promotes humanitarian aid and responds to emergencies through the solidarity of citizenship and in coordination with departmental institutions.

Volunteer tasks

• Support the promotion, facilitation and coordination of social commitment of the Church in the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz.
• Monitor of the social processes of full citizenship exercise, from the principles of the Gospel and the Social Doctrine of the Church, exercising a prophetic role and communicating life and hope.
• Promote, escort, defence and restitution of human rights of disadvantaged groups.
• Generate, consolidate and strengthen sustainable development processes for integral human development.
• Participate in conferences, workshops and seminars.

Volunteer requirements / Skills

• Havi work and professional experience 
• Have full-time availability and weekends if required
• Have basic knowledge of the Spanish language
• be able to travel
• Be proactive

Location

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

Hosting Situation (Board and Lodging)

The volunteer will live with a host family.