MTV-Projekte in Mexiko: Vive México
Here you find the MTV-program 2011. The program for 2012 will be announced at the beginning of 2012 (March by the latest).
The Requested language in all MTV-Projects: Spanish
Es gibt zwei Arten von Projekten: Workcamp-Leader und Sprachunterricht: Siehe detaillierte Darstellung auf dieser Seite.
REQUIRMENTS TO TAKE PART IN MTV PROJECTS
1.- To be able to speak Spanish.
2.- To be 18 years old or older.
3.- To be in a good state of health.
4.- To have an open mind to understand and live within a different culture and be adaptable and able of working in teams.
4.- To have previous experiences working with teams (preferably in workcamps, but it is not a must).
GENERAL CONDITIONS ABOUT THE MTV PROJECTS
1.- Spanish is the language of the project. Volunteer must be able to communicate in Spanish and write it fairly well..
2.- An orientation meeting about the project will be provided to all volunteers as well as a leader training course in Morelia City.
3.- Volunteers will need to bring sleeping bag and air mattress.
WHAT IS A MEDIUM TERM VOLUNTARY SERVICE PROJECT
Voluntary service project is an exchange. An exchange between a person who gives his/her time, work and energy to a worthwhile project and a host community, which offers to the volunteer an opportunity to experience, to learn new things and to develop personal skills and personal abilities.
The voluntary service movement is a way to propose creative solutions face different problems and so many different issues such as ecology, recycling wastes, culture problems or even social problems. Volunteers face many aspects of the culture where they are working in. And also, it is way to have an international experience but also to open the mind to understand different cultures, different ways of living and different people concerned for our world.
The Vive Mexico Medium Term Voluntary Service projects lasts in average for 2 months. The volunteers will be involved in the work of leading workcamps.
Volunteers in these projects will have the chance to interact with many local communities and will be working closely with Mexican young people. This is an experience about organizing, working and making at the same time long lasting friendships by helping communities. But, most important, it is about sharing a life experience with the people of Mexico.
Many things have to be made for coordinating international workcamps and one of them is leading international groups of volunteers; this is what these projects are all about. Volunteers will lead different groups of international volunteers in projects taking part in Mexico.
The MTV volunteer will be the camp leader of the international workcamps and will be in charge to coordinate groups of international volunteers to work in the activities of the projects but also to encourage the interaction with locals giving raise to a cultural exchange of all participants.
This is a very demanding work and you will be working with a Mexican co-leader in each camp.
WORK: The work will consist in helping to coordinate local projects in different communities in Mexico and to be the camp leader of groups of international volunteers (managing daily life, organizing volunteers’ finances, etc.), and also to coordinate the relationships with the local people. Every project always will be supported by Vive Mexico staff and the local hosts of each project.
Each MTV volunteer will lead 2 or 3 groups of international volunteers in 2 or 3 different projects. Between each camp there will be a vacation period before the next project starts and at the end of the MTV period will make a general evaluation of his/her stay in Mexico.
LOCATION: Each MTV project will be held in different locations in Mexico.
POCKED MONEY: Vive Mexico will cover all the expenses of the MTV volunteers while in the international projects. Between each project there is an 8 to 17 days vacation period that could be used to rest but also to prepare all the necessary things before the next project starts. Vive Mexico will not cover any expense during these days but after each project volunteer will receive a pocket money.
DETAILS OF THE MTV PROJECTS AND THE WORKCAMPS TO LEAD IN EACH ONE:
VIVEMTV01 LEADING PROJECT MEXICO I 08/06/11 - 22/07/11
Leader training and cultural preparation 08/06/11 - 14/06/11
VIVE01 For a better life quality Morelia, Michoacán 15/06/11 - 01/07/11
Vacation period 02/07/11 - 05/07/11
VIVE02 Preserving Cultural Heritage Morelia, Michoacán 06/07/11 - 22/07/11
VIVEMTV02 LEADING PROJECT MEXICO II 29/06/11 - 12/08/11
Leader training and cultural preparation 29/06/11 - 05/07/11
VIVE03 Global Warming Camp Morelia, Michoacán 06/07/11 - 22/07/11
Vacation period 23/07/11 - 26/07/11
VIVE05 Entrepreneur Camp I Morelia, Michoacán 27/07/11 - 12/08/11
VIVEMTV03 LEADING PROJECT MEXICO III 29/06/11 - 12/08/11
Leader training and cultural preparation 29/06/11 - 05/07/11
VIVE04 Sea Tutles Preservation Colola I Colola, Michoacán 06/07/11 - 22/07/11
Vacation period 23/07/11 - 26/07/11
VIVE07 Sea Tutles Preservation Colola II Colola, Michoacán 27/07/11 - 12/08/11
VIVEMTV04 LEADING PROJECT MEXICO IV 31/08/11 - 14/10/11
Leader training and cultural preparation 31/08/11 - 06/09/11
VIVE11 Sea Tutles Preservation Colola III Colola Michoacán 07/09/11 - 23/09/11
Vacation period 24/09/11 - 27/09/11
VIVE13 Sea Tutles Preservation Colola IV Colola Michoacán 28/09/11 - 14/10/11
VIVEMTV05 Leading Project Mexico V 12/10/11 - 25/11/11
Leader training and cultural preparation 12/10/11 - 18/10/11
VIVE15 Sea Tutles Preservation Colola V Colola Michoacán 19/10/11 - 04/11/11
Vacation period 05/11/11 - 08/11/11
VIVE17 Sea Tutles Preservation Colola VI Colola Michoacán 09/11/11 - 25/11/11
VIVEMTV06 Leading Project Mexico VI 23/11/11 - 06/01/12
Leader training and cultural preparation 23/11/11 - 29/11/11
VIVE19 Sea Tutles Preservation Colola VII Colola Michoacan 30/11/11 - 16/12/11
Vacation period 17/12/11 - 20/12/11
VIVE21 Sea Tutles Preservation Colola VIII Colola Michoacan 21/12/11 - 06/01/12
VIVEMTV07 Leading Project Mexico VII 04/01/12 - 17/02/12
Leader training and cultural preparation 04/01/12 - 10/01/12
VIVE23 Sea Tutles Preservation Colola IX Colola Michoacan 11/01/12 - 27/01/12
Vacation period 28/01/12 - 31/01/12
VIVE25 Sea Tutles Preservation Colola X Colola Michoacan 01/02/12 - 17/02/12
VIVEMTV08 Leading Project Mexico VIII 20/07/11 - 23/09/11
Leader training and cultural preparation 20/07/11 - 26/07/11
VIVE06 Sustainable City Ciudad Chemuyil Quintana 27/07/11 - 12/08/11
Vacation period 13/08/10 - 06/09/11
VIVE12 Intercultural Forum Cancun Cancun Quintana Roo 07/09/11 - 23/09/11
VIVEMTV09 Leading Project Mexico IX 20/07/11 - 02/09/11
Leader training and cultural preparation 20/07/11 - 26/07/11
VIVE08 Sea Turtles Isla de Pajaros Isla Michigan, Guerrero 27/07/11 - 12/08/11
Vacation period 13/08/11 - 16/08/11
VIVE10 Entrepreuner Camp II Morelia City Michoacán 7/08/11 - 02/09/11
VIVEMTV10 Leading Project Mexico X 21/09/11 - 04/11/11
Leader training and cultural preparation 21/09/11 - 27/09/11
VIVE14 Sea Turtles Preservation Marquelia I Marquelia Guerrero 28/09/11 - 14/10/11
Vacation period 15/10/11 - 18/10/11
VIVE16 Sea Turtles Preservation Marquelia II Marquelia Guerrero 19/10/11 - 04/11/11
VIVEMTV11 Leading Project Mexico XI 02/11/11 - 16/12/11
Leader training and cultural preparation 02/11/11 - 08/11/11
VIVE18 Sea Turtles Preservation Marquelia III Marquelia Guerrero 09/11/11 - 25/11/11
Vacation period 26/11/11 - 29/11/11
VIVE20 Sea Turtles Preservation Marquelia IV Marquelia Guerrero 30/11/11 - 16/12/11
VIVEMTV12 Leading Project Mexico XII 14/12/11 - 27/01/12
Leader training and cultural preparation 14/12/11 - 20/12/11
VIVE22 Sea Turtles Preservation Marquelia V Marquelia Guerrero 21/12/11 - 06/01/12
Vacation period 07/01/12 - 10/01/12
VIVE24 Sea Turtles Preservation Marquelia VI Marquelia Guerrero 11/01/12 - 27/01/12
Long-Term-Volunteering
VIVELTV01 English Teaching I Michoacan
Regions Michoacan 19/08/11 - 11/12/11
VIVELTV02 English Teaching II Michoacan
Regions Michoacan 24/02/12 - 02/07/12
THE ACTIVITIES OF THE LTV PROJECTS ARE THE SAME ONLY IN DIFFERENT DATES. THERE MIGHT BE SOME SPECIAL ACTIVITIES BUT THEY WILL BE DISCUSSED WITH THE VOLUNTEERS ONCE THEY ARRIVE IN MEXICO. THE PROJECT IS FOCUSED IN TEACHING ENGLISH AND/OR FRENCH IN MEXICAN COMMUNITIES.
WORK: The volunteer will be part of the school staff. He/she will be giving English and/or French courses for the local youngsters, students of the school (the average age of the students is between 15 an 19 years old) and probably the local people of the town. He/she will also help to organize local groups of ecology or sports and organize some activities for the people of the town but most of them oriented to develop positive activities for the local youngsters with the collaboration of the teachers of the school.
Vive Mexico also organizes projects for groups of international volunteers that stay in some communities for 20 days participating in activities for the town development so, in the case the community welcomes a group of international volunteers long term volunteers will help in the organization of the activities the international group will carry out.
PLACE: The possible locations where LTV projects could take place are:
Acahuato, Cahulote, Churumuco. Epitacio Huerta, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Las Cruces, Manga de Cuimbo, Paracuaro, Penjamillo, Senguio, Tzintzingareo. There are many other communities but all of them are located in Michoacan State, once volunteers are accepted the community will be designated to them depending on their skills and experience.
HOSTING AND FOOD: Hosting and food are provided for the whole length of the project. Volunteers will be hosted by a local family.
MONEY: VOLUNTEERS WILL NOT RECEIVE POCKET MONEY but just food and hosting, so volunteers should bring extra money to buy personal supplies and to travel around during vacations and weekends.
FEE: 500 EURO