Volunteer in Guatemala

This volunteer program gives volunteers the opportunity to work, live in and explore five Latin American countries for six months to a year. Volunteers will spend time teaching and travelling in the highlands of Guatemala, the jungles of Honduras, the Andes of Ecuador and the highlands of Peru, and building a stove in Northern Nicaragua. Volunteers will teach on GVI-run projects, which are dedicated to teaching literacy and numeracy to underprivileged indigenous communities. Throughout your trav...

This Guatemalan project gives volunteers the unique opportunity to live in the colonial town of Antigua and teach English in the indigenous communities of the surrounding area. Many local indigenous families in Guatemala cannot afford the fees to put their children through education so GVI, along with leaders of the indigenous communities, have developed our own schools to assist children who otherwise would not have the opportunity of any formal education. Volunteers joining this project wil...

By joining this combination volunteer programme you will take part in three of GVI’s most popular community volunteer projects in Central America. In Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua volunteers live with local families in the picturesque towns of Antigua (Guatemala), Copan (Honduras)and Estelí (Nicaragua), travelling each day to teach children who have little or no access to education. Spanish lessons are included as you will be teaching the children basic literacy and numeracy in Spanish. Volu...

This program offers volunteers the opportunity to teach at GVI run schools in indigenous communities for one academic year, providing the children with long-term assistance which greatly aids their development. Volunteers on this program will work alongside local staff and other GVI volunteers throughout the year. They will have two weeks holiday every three months and be free to explore Guatemala and the rest of Central America during this time. Volunteers will live with a local family in the b...

This unique project enables volunteers to experience a new culture first-hand, by taking part in voluntary work on community construction projects near Antigua, Guatemala in Central America. GVI, along with leaders of the indigenous communities, has developed short-term manual projects to improve the standard of living for hundreds of indigenous families in rural Guatemala. Volunteers can choose to help to build energy-efficient stoves for cleaner air and less wood consumption. 10 hours of on...

Volunteers joining this project will be working with children from nursery through initial primary school levels and will be typically working with children from the ages of 4 and upwards concentrating on basic education and literacy. As their teachers, those volunteers placed with younger children will be helping them master all the classroom basics, from holding a pencil, drawing lines, to their first letters and numbers. For those volunteers with more advanced Spanish, you may be teaching wit...

Assist children’s education projects and learn Spanish on this six month internship scheme. Volunteers on this program will train for 12 weeks alongside a dedicated staff supervisor in Guatemala, learn Spanish and teach children on a volunteer project before taking a teaching work placement in either Guatemala, Honduras or Nicaragua. You will undertake 60 hours of one-on-one Spanish classes, teach in the communities and shadow GVI field staff, be involved in teaching and training workshops, gain...

In joining this internship you will be typically working on basic education and literacy projects with children aged between 5 and 12. You will work alongside a dedicated staff supervisor to ensure you maximise your placement, cultural and learning activities. Education is not free in Guatemala and much of the population lives below the poverty line, so GVI, along with leaders of the indigenous communities, has built schools that are free to attend. This internship will allow you to make a real ...

This Charity Challenge, to be run annually each November, aims to top up the Phoenix fund for Guatemala. Since we started in Guatemala in 2003 our children numbers have risen considerably and the schemes we are implementing are growing. To ensure success and sustainability in the future, we are introducing the Phoenix Guatemala Charity Challenge, climbing four volcanoes in a week: Acatenango, San Pedro, Tajumulco: the highest volcano in Central America, and Pacaya. Funds raised will go towards p...