Overview

Bolivia is one of the poorest yet most interesting countries in South America. With its amazing landscapes, mix of cultures and bewildering salt desert, it is a tourist destination that will surprise you in many ways. CW works in tight cooperation with local partners in order to find volunteers to assist in a variety of programs mainly aimed at enhancing educational and entertainment opportunities to underprivileged children and teens in and around the Cochabamba city.

Sharing the difficult living conditions of the local people can be challenging for many volunteers coming here from overseas, But there are few more rewarding and fulfilling experiences than that of improving these poor kids lives in a meaningful and sustainable way, so that they can aspire to a better future.

Volunteers bring their skills and expertise to help improve the living conditions and educational opportunities of locals through our community development projects, and in the meantime this cooperation in daily tasks with the local people and volunteers coming from other countries widens their mentality in an indescribable way. Living and working in Bolivia is a landmark experience in anyone’s life and will certainly be one you’ll often look back upon with pride and emotion.

Bolivia is at the core of South America and can give a special taste of the essence of that culture. It is also a perfect location for Spanish students who want to benefit from a full immersion language experience.

What’s included in our fair-cost policy?

All our programs include a fixed price Registration Fee of US$100 and a Program Fee that varies according to the duration of the program and the services included.

The Registration Fee is a upfront fee to start organizing your program. It does not apply to the program fee. 

The Program Fee covers the costs of all that Connecting Worlds has to do in order to organise the experience in an efficient manner and offer each participant a quality program. These costs include marketing, staff salaries, travel costs of staff who visit and inspect each of the programs on offer and Connecting Worlds’ solidarity fund among others. We need this fee just to sustain the organization. This Program Fee is also the total cost of everything related to the services that the volunteer will be able to take advantage of upon arrival to the destination of their choice. For example, accommodation, meals, transfers, the donation made to the volunteer project, welcome orientation and constant 24/7 support. The payment for this fee goes directly to the country in which the volunteer will be stationed, directly benefiting the local community. It’s a fee which helps organisations that work in the country associated with the program at hand to move forwards with their projects and generate work opportunities for the local community.

Thanks to our fair-cost policy, the volunteer benefits from not having to pay high fees and our local partners benefit from being able to invest in their projects and keep things moving forwards. Connecting Worlds also benefits from keeping the costs of its programs as low as possible because we get the opportunity to support local communities and make a difference in our own small but important way.