Description:
We offer an array of internship positions, and would love to cater to your personal desire if you let us know exactly what you want. The same goes for our volunteer positions!
El Nomad Package Options
Our package options include:
1. A home-stay - a local family immersion experience
2. A home-stay and a local internship - work experience mixed with local family immersion
3. A home-stay and a volunteer position - donate your time with a local NGO or nonprofit organization mixed with a local family immersion experience.
* El Nomad has a commitment to place you with non-profit institutions and organizations which are recognized for their work with the community and dedication to make a difference.
4. A home-stay and Spanish classes - help build your language base at school and continue your Spanish education in real life with your family immersion experience
El Nomad works only with certified Spanish teachers and provides you with the flexibility to customize your learning schedule and class times to best suit your individual needs.
5. A home-stay, an internship/volunteer position, and Spanish classes - The full package deal, completely immerse yourself from all angles!
6. Customize your own package! Let us know what you are looking for and we will do our best to make it happen!
Highlights:
All of our home stays are with middle and upper middle class families whose houses are located in safe neighborhoods and hand selected by the owners of El Nomad. With these home-stays we guarantee that you will have a complete cultural immersion experience and the ability to practice Spanish 24 hours per day 7 days per week with your family.
Our Spanish language is private tutor based, so all of your lessons will be one-on-one. Our teachers are experienced, well trained, and certified. They will tailor their teaching to your learning style to make sure that your classes fully supplement your other activities and experiences during you time in Ecuador.
The tourism packages we offer are through a company that has years of experience working with international students. Through this company El Nomad offers group trips to Quito, Machallia/the Ruta del Sol, the Amazon, and the Galapagos Islands.
Qualifications / Skills Needed:
We require that students be at least a junior in high school to participate in any of our programs, unless they are accompanied by an adult. There is no language requirement for volunteer positions, however, internship placements require at least intermediate Spanish skills. We offer language classes at all levels and homestays are open to people of all ages and Spanish levels. We offer pre-organized group programs as well as flexible programs that can be customized to fit any schedule and most desired activities. This year, let El Nomad introduce you to Ecuador!
Intern Types:
Admin (Health Services),
Admin (Hospitality, Sports),
Admin (Recreation, Parks),
Agronomy,
Animal Sciences,
Anthropology,
Archaeology,
Architecture,
Art/Fine Arts,
Au Pair,
Business Admin, Management,
Comm (Radio, TV, & Film),
Communications,
Cooking,
Counseling,
Development,
Ecology,
Education,
English as a Second Language,
Environmental Studies,
Family and Home Studies,
Food Science and Nutrition,
Forestry,
Graphic Design,
Health Sciences,
Hotel/Restaurant/Hospitality,
Human Resources,
Humanities,
Interior Design,
International Relations,
Journalism,
Kinesiology/Exercise Science,
Marketing, Ad, PR,
Medicine,
Museum Studies,
Music,
National Park Employment,
Nursing,
Pharmaceuticals,
Photography,
Physics,
Political Science/Politics,
Psychology,
Public Admin, Public Pol, Govt,
Religious Studies,
Sales,
Social Sciences,
Social Work,
Sociology,
Spanish,
Sports,
State Park Employment,
Tourism,
Urban & Regional Planning
and Women's Studies
Type of Programs:
Adventure Travel,
Community Service / Volunteerism
and Language Immersion
Language:
Spanish
Language Used As A Medium of Teaching:
English
and Spanish
Cost in US$: Please Contact Us for Price (varies per program)
Cost Includes:
Emergency evacuation services,
Excursions,
Food,
Housing,
In-country orientation/Training,
In-country staff support,
Language instruction,
Registration fees,
Written materials abroad
and Written materials pre-departure
All El Nomad programs include:
* Airport pick-up and transfer to host family home
* An arrival informational meeting for all students and their host families
* A city information packet
* A home stay for each week of the program, including 3 full meals per day, a private room, and access to laundry facilities
* Spanish instruction by a certified, experienced El Nomad Spanish instructor
* A local volunteer position for each week of the program
* Weekly meetings with an assigned volunteer mentor
* Organized local weekend activities led by El Nomad staff
* Free or low cost cultural activities led by El Nomad staff
* Transfer from the host family back to the airport
Please note that international health insurance is not included in any of our packages and needs to be purchased separately.
Experience Required: no
Typical Volunteer Projects:
adult education,
agriculture,
anthropology,
archaeology,
arts,
athletics,
business,
childcare/children,
clerical and office work,
community centers,
community development,
community health,
community organizing,
cooking,
counseling,
culture,
eco-tourism,
education,
elderly,
English teaching,
environment,
Equestrian,
family planning,
festivals,
food,
gender issues,
health,
health care,
health education,
historic preservation,
hospital,
indigenous issues,
journalism,
marketing,
media work,
medicine,
minority groups,
nursing,
nutrition,
office work,
orphans,
parks,
pastoral work,
popular education,
population issues,
primary education,
public education,
reception,
religious instructor,
renovation,
repairs,
restoration,
sanitation,
secondary education,
secretarial,
seniors,
small business development,
social services, social work,
sports,
street kids,
teaching,
tourism,
tree planting,
tutor,
veterinary,
volunteering,
water,
wildlife surveying,
women,
youth
and youth development
Typical Volunteer: Our volunteers and interns are passionate about international travel and living abroad. They are adventurous and have a passion for new cultures and new languages. There is no age limit to this passion, everyone is welcome!
Age Range: At least a junior in high school unless accompanied by an adult
This Program is open to
Worldwide
Participants.
This Program is also open to
Families, Couples and Individuals.
Typical Living Arrangements:
Home-stays
and Independent living
Participants Travel to Ecuador
Independently
Typically Participants Work
Independently
Application Process Involves:
- Resume
- Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time Is 1 Month
Post Services Include:
- Alumni Network
- Exit DebriefingAbroad
- Job and Internship Network
El Nomad - Ecuador's Mission Statement: El Nomad offers international immersion programs that will introduce you to a new culture and way of life. They will help solidify your Spanish language in real-life situations, and help you gain practical skills while you give back to a community in need.
We have set programs, but are able to customize any of them to fit your exact needs. Our program options include Spanish classes (group or one-on-one private tutoring), home stays, internship and volunteer positions, and travel packages.
We also offer low cost or free cultural activities lead by El Nomad staff. These include cooking lessons, local market shopping, salsa classes, day trips to the natural hot spring baths near Cuenca, and many more!
Bring yourself to latitude 0°0'0" Experience Ecuadorian life!
Year Founded: 2007