Costa Rica: Asociación Costarricense de Interculturalidad (ACI)

About the local hosting organization

ACI is a non-profit organization founded in 1967. The organization is an active full member of the International Cultural Youth Exchange (our partner). ACI Costa Rica has the mission of promoting and facilitating intercultural learning, volunteer service and other international non-formal education experiences, which contribute to the development of transcultural values, knowledge and skills necessary for current and future society, fraternity and the development of global citizens for a more tolerant, peaceful and sustainable world.

Presentation of the programme

Assisting the staff members in charge of the incoming and outgoing volunteers with office work (administration work, translations, actualization of documents, etc.) Supporting orientation days for short-term volunteers. Supporting communication with international volunteers. Assisting in social media and participating in educational fairs and other promotional activities Research (e. g. establishing databases or research on other topics of interest) Assisting with the preparation of activities (seminars, Language Cafés, etc). Occasional visits to projects and host families to document activities and update descriptions.

About the accomodation

Host family

About the location

San José Centre

Requirements

Open-mindedness Responsibility and reliability; organized, structured and independent person Proactivity and motivation Creativity and interest in intercultural issues Basic computer skills and interest in administrative tasks Enjoy working with people Patience Communication skills Ready to work on a variety of different tasks and under pressure Language skills (Spanish and English, preferably other languages like German or French) Common sense