Internship Positions

General Requirements for internships:

  • 5 weeks (200 hours) minimum
  • High-Intermediate to Advanced level of Spanish (intensive study available through the Casa Xelajú combined Spanish and Internship Program)
  • Knowledge and experience in the field in which you are applying to work.
  • Ability to work independently and be self-motivated.
  • A strong interest in working with people from a different cultures and economic classes.

Note: deadline is 6 weeks in advance of your desired starting date!

Please read though the information about our Internship Program before contacting our Volunteer & Internship Coordinator with further questions.

Internship project areas:

Proyecto La Pedrera
Proyecto La Pedrera offers work with children from 3-5pm Mondays through Thursdays helping with homework, teaching and providing recreational activities.

Agriculture
Assist in the marketing of agricultural products, offer technical support, teach about horticulture, help with organic gardening, and work on development projects such as environmental protection, stoves, tanks and latrines.

Animals
Care for animals, feed, clean cages, gather eggs, help fundraise, construct buildings, conduct community education, office work, guided tours of the centre and translations.

Art/Culture
Help facilitate art classes in rural communities, design, photography, fundraising, marketing and sales, store management and translation.

Construction
Work available for trained engineers, architects, or do hands-on construction, marketing, or fundraising.

Education
Teachers, counsellors, and tutors needed for after-school programs.

Environment
Positions depend on the season; however volunteers can always work with coffee and macadamia crops. Other positions include teaching English in a rural area, working in an eco-hotel or on the eco-tourism programme, maintaining a pure water project or bamboo furniture project, assisting in the office with administration, promoting hikes, or being a volunteer guide for hikes.

Health/Medical
Help in the clinic, lab, pharmacy or reception. Work individually with patients, work on education and physical therapy with individuals of all ages and help with activities.  Volunteers with training in nursing or psychology and advanced Spanish can work directly with patients in a hospital setting.  Community Outreach – Facilitate workshops on sanitation, nutrition and other public health topics in rural areas.

Human Rights
Human rights support, field work research, community visits, workshops.

Women
Support Guatemalan women with limited resources to provide additional economic income to their families. Help with workshops, training, consulting, budgeting and accounting. Organize activities with the objective of learning to live an independent life.

Youth/Children
Devise and organise fun, educational and creative activities, help organize excursions.  Help is also needed with fundraising events, publicity and grant applications.

*Please contact our Volunteer & Internship Coordinator to check on the availability of specific positions.