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WORK ACTIVITIES
WORK ACTIVITIES
Our goal is to provide a safe and healthy learning environment for the students of the community of San Bartolo Teontepec in the state of Puebla.
This program will engage local community members to rebuild 2 new classrooms, 1 teacher room, 1 Toilet, maintenance to an existing classroom facility, implement 2 new Water Harvesting systems (Safe and accessible WASH facilities, increased availability of water, sanitary facilities and education should help to reduce water-borne illness), 1 playground and repair of perimeter fence for 1 community impacting +272 students and 11 teachers, while increasing community capacity, and engaging volunteers and local community.
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.
Tentative timeline of work tasks
Tentative timeline of work tasks
Work on program can be dynamic and subject to change. Below you can find a tentative timeline of the what type of work you might expect throughout our current Mexico program:
July
Base Setup
Site Excavation
Backfilling soil
August
Backfilling soil
Slab foundation (concrete pour day!)
Rebar work
Wall installation
September
Rebar work
Wall installation
Brick Laying
Roof Structure
Sanitary System Installation
October
Roof Structure
Brick Laying
Sanitary System Installation
Interior Finishing
Playground building
November
Interior Finishing
Toilet Installation
Landscaping
Painting
Playground building
TYPICAL WORKDAY
TYPICAL WORKDAY
For 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. 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
WORK PICTURES
Check out some photos from our worksite!
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