Volunteer Housing

Since our program is focused on working with the community of San Andres on a variety of community projects, we feel that it is only fitting that volunteers stay with local families. We currently work with 17 local families Chable-Chi, Mendez-Fion, Quixchan-Soza, Acosta-Manzanero, Panti-Chi, Quixchan-Chi, Lemus-Hernandez, Garcia-Quixchan, Guerra-Chata, Curruchich-Muj, Quixchan-Manzanero, Ical-Cunil, Quixchan-Chable, Paiz, Cuitz-Zac, Chable-Camal, and Xol-Juarez.
Families provide comfortable living conditions, and rooms are clean, with a bed, mosquito net, electricity, desk, chair, and lamp.  Bath and restroom facilities are clean and typical to the area (i.e.  outhouses, and bucket baths).  Meals are provided 3 times a day and on weekends.  Meals are also typical to the region (i.e. hope you like beans, tortillas, eggs, rice, and plantains)
Volunteers not only gain a great experience from living with a local family, but it also helps their economic situation.  This is a unique experience in Guatemala, where as the majority of travelers only stay in hostels and hotels and have no real connection with the inhabitants of Guatemala.  And it is guaranteed to improve your Spanish!

 

 

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Telephone: (502) 5711-0040 / 5160-9227

Email: volunteerpeten@hotmail.com

Parque Ecològico Nueva Juventud

San Andrès, Petèn,

Guatemala, Central America

Volunteer Petèn