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GUATEMALA
Volunteer Abroad in San Miguel Dueñas, Guatemala
San Miguel Dueñas is a town of about 14,000 inhabitants in Guatemala’s central highlands, approximately 10 km (6 miles) from Antigua. The town is situated at the foot of the Acatenango volcano and surrounded by subtropical forest and agricultural land.
Coffee plantations have traditionally been the mainstay of the local economy, but the cultivation of flowers, which are mostly exported to North America, has gained importance in recent years.
We offer the following programs in San Miguel Dueñas, Guatemala: (1 to 24 weeks placement)
Program Date: Year round, flexible start & end date
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, from 3 to 8 hours per day
Accommodations: Homestay (San Miguel Dueñas or Antigua)
Transportation: Varies; 20 Minute walk or short bus ride, volunteer pays for the transportation
Meals: Yes, 3 meals a day Mon-Fri / 2 meals Saturday / no meals on Sundays
Requirements: 18+ years, basic Spanish knowledge
* To be successful volunteering with a local NGO you need to be able to motivate yourself. Regardless of the country and program, to get the most out of your time abroad you need to quickly get to know the placement.
Find out where you can be of the most help and jump right in. Sometimes you might be the only person working on your particular project. You will have to decide what to do and how to do it. While our ABV Directors and local staff are a great resource for getting ideas and talking about your plans, you shouldn't be surprised when they leave the big decisions up to you. Successful ABV Volunteers all have one thing in common: they take advantage of this freedom to design really excellent projects or manage existing ones and are capable of working hard without a great deal of supervision.
Environmental Program:
Our partner organization in San Miguel Dueñas is a macadamia farm that is very active in environmental protection and reforestation projects. The Macadamia tree is native only to the north coast of Australia and has come to Central America via Hawaii and California. The farm has very successfully pioneered the cultivation of macadamia trees that are adapted to the climate of Central America and has donated more than 350,000 seedlings to reforestation projects in Guatemala and Honduras.
Volunteers are needed to help plant and care for the trees and harvest and process the Macadamia nuts. The farm also needs volunteers to guide groups of visitors who visit from nearby Antigua or other parts of the country.
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