Calle del Poliducto y Pasaje A (Tras el Instituto Guayaquil) Ambato, 3 hours south of Quito  

Jovenes para el Futuro is a foundation that works to improve the quality of life and future prospects of Ambato’s poor and at risk children and teenagers.  Their projects include:

• An open primary school for 115 students that provides education for students at any level, regardless of their age
• After school activities and tutoring
• Providing a home for a small group of children who cannot live with their families for reasons of abuse and neglect
• Providing social support  and psychological care for children who live and work in the street of Ambato and those who have suffered abuse and neglect
• Working to protect the rights of children and prevent child trafficking
• Providing meals for working and street children and adolescents in the Foundation’s Comedor
• Outreach projects working with nearly 300 adolescents living and/or working on the streets
• Working with adolescent mothers to support them and their children’s physical and mental wellbeing

There are a broad range of tasks that volunteers can assist the Foundation with, depending on their skills, experiences and interests.

The tasks include, helping in the school, teaching classes where the volunteer has a specific skill, and  providing much needed attention to the students in classes of mixed age groups. They can also assist greatly by helping the students with their homework, proving tuition and leading activities and sports, and teaching nutrition and hygiene.  

Volunteers studying or working in the fields of anthropology, social work and psychology can assist greatly by working with the children and their families in the areas of therapy, self esteem creation and by working with the children’s families to overcoming the challenges they face to ensure a safe and happy environment for children to develop in.

The Foundation also needs the assistance of volunteer with experience in legal areas to help them to organize themselves within legal frameworks, and in relation to the rights of children that they work with. Other tasks that volunteers can help with include working in the kitchen and office and administration rolls.

Students in related fields can undertake internships and practical work with the Foundation

The foundation is keen to work with the specific skill set and interests of the volunteer to create a work program for them that is productive and beneficial for both parties.

To be determined with community