Spain

Madrid (various locations), Leó, Gijon, Tenerife (Tegueste), Málaga

Description

Placements are available in various schools, where the volunteers are involved in both educational and recreational activities with the children. In Tenerife and Gijon, the sisters also run small centres supporting disadvantaged children, where the volunteers are involved in the activities with the children or can carry out pastoral work.

Duration

Minimum duration 3 months, ideally a whole school year, from September to June.

Skills & Languages

Minimum age 19, male or female depending on location, with a good grasp of conversational Spanish, or English in some of the schools. Interested in education, children, sports.
"When you're in the community, the field, the area, that's when the intention is purified. And then, when you are there to help, you have a purpose, and that's why you’re there."