Volunteers
Project Ix-Canaan is not about micro-managing the local community. Its mission values are empowerment through education and opportunity, delivered through respectful collaboration with the people of El Remate and surrounding villages.
We believe that intercultural exchange is an experience that benefits everybody, and the wonderful volunteers who have come from all around the world over the years have proven us right time and time again.
El Remate seems to captivate volunteers and they stay from a week to months. The variety, knowledge and dedication of volunteers from all over the world has made an immeasurable difference to the lives of the local community. Some of the brilliant initiatives and skills that international volunteers have brought to share with the people of El Remate over the years include:
- Gender and empowerment workshops
- Permaculture and gardening help
- English and French lessons
- Music, self-expression and instilling in the children how important and valuable they are (frequently the only literate member of the household is a child)
- Ecological workshops such as crafts and recycled paper
- Screenings of movies
- Art and crafts
- A full inventory of the pharmacy and deep clean of the clinic
- Diabetes workshops and well baby clinics
- Nurses
- Doctors
- Physiotherapists
- Acupuncture therapists
- Construction workers
- Painters
- Electricians
- PR / marketing / communications
- Childcare specialists
We always welcome self-starting and enthusiastic volunteers with any skillset so please get in touch with Anne with your ideas or check out our volunteering page for more information.