THE WORKSITE
WORK ACTIVITIES
Our goal is to provide a safe and healthy learning environment for the students of the community of Pozo Guerra, San Blas Tecolotepec and Guadalupe Potreros in the state of Puebla.
This program will engage local community members to rebuild 2 new classrooms, retrofit a kitchen facility and implementing new Water Harvesting systems for 3 communities impacting +202 students, while increasing community capacity, and engaging international volunteers and local community.
This will be our first program where Water Harvesting systems will be our main scope to implement in two satellite communities. We target the severe water shortages during the dry season in this area. Access and storage of clean, safe water improve resilience to climate-related disasters
Tasks may change depending on the construction stage but can include manual excavation, backfilling soil, concrete pouring, hand mixing mortar, bricklaying, heavy lifting, rebar/wood cutting & installation, paint removal, painting, landscape, and playground design.
TYPICAL WORKDAY
As example, in our previous Mexico program, the day started at around 5:40 am when our team woke up to eat breakfast and get ready for work. Typically the work day on site is from 7:00 am - 4:00 pm. Worksite is a 10 minute walk from base. Please expect to walk to work everyday. After you return home from the worksite, there will be a mandatory volunteer meeting at 5:00 pm and then you will have a chance to unwind, relax and reflect on your day.
Dinner is served around 5:30 pm. All volunteers must be back on base for curfew by 9:00 pm and quiet hours also begin at 9:00 pm. There is usually an activity in the evening such as movie night, lotteria, trivia or sometimes just swapping travel stories and getting to know the community members or staff and volunteers from around the world.
While we provide adequate water breaks and there are some shaded areas of site, please come prepared for sun, high temperatures, humidity, and heavy rain at the construction site. This is a physically demanding and challenging work environment.
WORK PICTURES
Check out some photos of volunteers on our kindergarten site during a cement pour day:
Retrofit Kitchen Site:
