Bolivia: Asociación Artesanal Boliviana “Señor de Mayo”

About the local hosting organization

This administrative company strives for economic viability, social acceptance, and ecological sustainability, with the overarching goal of fostering a fair and equitable market. The project focuses its efforts on development, indigenous communities, and women, providing comprehensive training to all members to ensure equal opportunities. This empowerment enables them to maintain product quality, establish connections, and engage in marketing initiatives at both local and international levels. The members of this association are also part of the International Federation of Trade.

Presentation of the programme

To help with the administration, emails, translations, computation and social media tools to help with the marketing area. The office work is important because the majority of the people working in the project cannot read, write and sometimes not even speak Spanish (only Aymara or Quechua). Other tasks are to visit the production centres which sometimes are located in the rural areas. To participate in meetings, make contacts and promote the organization to foreigners.

About the accomodation

Room for the volunteer in the project

About the location

City of El Alto, next to La Paz

Requirements

A lot of motivation and energy. The person has to try to learn Spanish the quickest way possible, it would be desirable they had prior knowledge of the language before arrival. Patience is important, especially at the beginning because it is difficult to enter and to understand people.