DAY CARE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

Information about the Day Care:
In 2002, three volunteers from Holland worked with children in Quito and realized there was little support available for young single mothers in the city. For this reason, they decided to unite their efforts and opened their own project called “Children of the Sacred Flower”.

In 2005, thanks to generous donations made by visitors from Holland and other countries, the foundation was able to buy a house south of Quito in which to hold the daycare.  The center serves children in a low-income neighborhood to better educate children at a young age and to foster healthy childhood development.
Today, there are nearly 90 children between the ages of 1 and 5 coming to the center in the morning.   Thirty children between the ages of 6 and 11, who attend different elementary schools within the area, come to the center after school where they receive help with their homework, are served snacks and participate in various fun activities until their parents are able to pick them up.

This project only receives up to 5 volunteers at a time. This enables volunteers to be involved in all parts of the center’s activities and ensures contact with the children as well as the community.

Requirements for the volunteers:

• Mínimum 18 years old
• Both genders are welcome
• Basic Spanish
• Outgoing personality and an interest in working with children helps
• Experience is not required
• Minimum stay of two weeks
• Work from Monday to Friday
• Morning shift  is 8 to 12; afternoon shift is 1:30 to 5

Volunteer tasks:

• Assisting a local teacher in taking care of the babies

• Helping to serve and feed the children during meals
• Organizing activities such as games and songs
• Supervising  homework for the older children
• Providing English lessons
• Assisting the Director of the center in the weekly visits to children homes

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