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La Paz, Bolivia
It’s metropolitan area, which is formed by La Paz, El Alto and Viacha, makes up the most populous urban area in Bolivia, with a population of 2.3 million.It is also the capital of the La Paz Department. The city, located in west-central Bolivia 68 km southeast of Lake Titicaca, is set in a canyon created by the Choqueyapu River. It is located in a bowl-like depression surrounded by the high mountains of the Altiplano. Overlooking the city is the towering, triple-peaked Illimani. Its peaks are always snow covered and can be seen from many parts of the city. At an elevation of roughly 3,650 m (11,975 ft) above sea level. Due to its altitude, La Paz has an unusual subtropical highland climate, with rainy summers and dry winters.
Food 1 Dollar = 6.96 bs Breakfast = Dinner = Lunch = Water = Bread = Soda = Beer = Milk =
10 Bs – 1.5 dollars 20 Bs – 3 dollars 20 Bs – 3 dollars 5 Bs – 0.70 dollars 0.50 ctvs- 0.07 dollars 5 Bs. - 0.7 dollars 11 Bs. – 2.5 dollars 6Bs – 0.75 dollars
Transport Puma Katari Bus Cable car Mini bus Taxi
= 2.50 Bs. – 0.30 dollars = 3Bs - 0.40 dollars = 2.60 Bs – 0.20 dollars = 15 Bs – 2 dollars
Mirador Killi Killi
Valle de las Animas
Murillo square
Tourism
Witch Market
BasĂlica San Francisco
in the city Muela del Diablo
Sagarnaga Street
Weekend trips
COPACABANA 3 hours and 30 min from La Paz city
TIHUANAKU 1 hours and 59 min from La Paz city
COROICO 3 hours and 23 min from La Paz city
Festivities Todos Santos (November 2nd) Alasitas (January 24)
Aymara New Year (June 21st)
Carnival (February)
Projects
AIESEC LA PAZ projects
AIESEC LA PAZ has projects based on the following SDGs
Infants Education Specialist The volunteer will provide psychological support to teenagers and young people as well as generate activities in favor of the children of the working mothers of the project, generating better social and emotional relationships.
Benefits
Host EP Buddy Spanish Lesson Cultural workshop
UN Certificate Folk Lesson Pick up 2 meal
Teaching our children The participant will hold educational curricular support workshops (mathematics, computer science, information technology skills and others) and extracurricular support (music and dance). In addition it will carry out psychological support activities to encourage vulnerable children an adolescents.
Benefits
Host EP Buddy Spanish Lesson Cultural workshop
UN Certificate Folk Lesson Pick up 3 meals
Counselor and educator for for children & teen workers. The volunteer will provide psychological support to teenagers and young people as well as generate activities in favor of the children of the working mothers of the project, generating better social and emotional relationships.
Benefits
Host EP Buddy Spanish Lesson Cultural workshop
UN Certificate Folk Lesson Pick up 1 meal
Empowering people in rehab process The person will support people in alcohol or drug rehabilitation in different ways. On the other hand, the volunteer will also give workshops with the aim of helping them and motivate them in social and labor reintegration.
Benefits
Host EP Buddy Spanish Lesson Cultural workshop
UN Certificate Folk Lesson Pick up 3 meals
Laboral Inclution Coach The person will coach & support people that is in alcohol or drugs rehab and/or victim of violence. The volunteer has to provide education in different areas like:carpentry, construction, cooking, pastry, handcrafting, electricity, and any other, that helps them to find a job
Benefits
Host EP Buddy Spanish Lesson Cultural workshop
UN Certificate Folk Lesson Pick up 3 meals
Empowering single mothers The project is intented to carry out workshops with teenage mothers or pregnant women who have assumed maternity alone, the idea is to generate violence prevention activities and know how to identify when they are victims of it, also seeksto prevent these throught these workshops violence fromo mother to son.
Benefits
Host EP Buddy Spanish Lesson Cultural workshop
UN Certificate Folk Lesson Pick up 2meals
Animals Laboral Inclution Rehabilitation Coach Volunteer The volunteer will work taking part of the rehabilitation process of animals like: bears, turtles, parrots.
Benefits
Host Host EP EPBuddy Buddy Spanish SpanishLesson Lesson Cultural Culturalworkshop workshop
UN UNCertificate Certificate Folk Lesson Folk Lesson Pick Pickup up 3 meals
Nursering grandparents The project consist of supporting the medical area of the home for the elderly dynamic activities and spaces of attention to the grandparents in physiotherapy should be developed. Parallel is sought to train the staff and rely on the administrative part to handle documents, outputs, etc.
Benefits
Host EP Buddy Spanish Lesson Cultural workshop
UN Certificate Folk Lesson Pick up 3 meals
Psychic Strengthening The volunteer will be in charge of providing psychological support and training to parents mothers and/or guardians of people with Down syndrome. First empowering parents, mothers and/or guardians so that they can resist and overcome the discrimination that affects them and their chlldren .
Benefits
Host EP Buddy Spanish Lesson Cultural workshop
UN Certificate Folk Lesson Pick up 1 meal
Agronomy Specialist Volunteer The project consists of the development of solar tents and the care of nurseries, at the same time they must take care of the animals of the farm and train the staff, so that they make the maintenance of the nurseries and the solar tents so that they are sustainable, and the production is assured food
Benefits
Host EP Buddy Spanish Lesson Cultural workshop
UN Certificate Folk Lesson Pick up 3 meals
Activities Workshop Manager The volunteer must plan activities for people with Down Syndrome. These activities should stimulate the development of physical skills, psychomotor skills and congnitive abilities. All activities must be sustanaible and should not require a very large open space.
Benefits
Host EP Buddy Spanish Lesson Cultural workshop
UN Certificate Folk Lesson Pick up 1 meal
Curiosity and technology for development
The volunteer will collaborate wuth the development of technological projects related to ICT. Providing learning and development opportunities to children and young people with news ideas for the developments of technological applications. Also train and teach these people to compete in the development of a technological application in creative areas.
Benefits
Host EP Buddy Spanish Lesson Cultural workshop
UN Certificate Folk Lesson Pick up 1 meal
Marketing Coach for Social Bussiness
Train young shoesshine boys and young mothers on issues related to entrepreneurship, sales, social networking, relationship with the client and dissemination of the reinforced Concrete Newspaper and the cookie bussiness obtain better results for the benefit of this population.
Benefits
Host EP Buddy Spanish Lesson Cultural workshop
UN Certificate Folk Lesson Pick up 1 meal
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Marcela Castro
Vicepresident of Incoming Global Volunteer AIESEC for LA PAZ marcela2.castro@aiesec.net +591 791 60 449