Volunteers > Albergue del Hermano Pedro - San Gasper Vivar

Description
This is a home for physically and mentally ill children and a few adults. In total about 70 children who are all in wheelchairs. The helpers are in charge of the daily are and there is also a nurse, a doctor, a dentist and physiotherapists The home is extremely well kept and clean, with a nice green garden.

Activities
The volunteers can work with the helpers and the physiotherapists. With the helpers volunteers take care of the children, feed, bath, and make their beds. When working in the physiotherapy area volunteers work together with three physiotherapists of the home and help to repair broken wheelchairs among other things.

Minimum: 2 months.
Spanish: Intermediate.
Schedule: 8 am - 13.00pm
Location: 3 kilometres from Antigua.
Others: Usually only for people with education in this field.

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