Guatemala House Building Volunteers Profile

Guatemala House Building Volunteers

Flex your muscles in the South American sun and help to make a difference to the community as you provide impoverished locals with safe and secure accommodation that will give them a better standard of life.

General Info

Staying with a local family in Antigua, you’ll get an insider’s view of life in Latin America and assist with really hands-on with building work. No matter what your level of experience you can help to make a huge difference to families living in homes with sugar cane and cardboard walls.

Working alongside local families, often the family you are making the house for you will get involved with everything from building new houses to rebuilding houses and making them more secure. Each house takes around 6 days to complete; starting with digging footings and laying foundations, the spending around 3 days on the fabric of the building and a couple of days finishing your masterpiece before you get to see the finished results and hand over the keys to a very happy family!

What's included?

Host family accommodation
Two meals a day
Airport transfers
Orientation upon arrival
24-hour support number

What's not included?

All flights
Travel insurance
Lunches
Visas

Benefits:

2 weeks from £649 - includes: accommodation, some food, transfers, support and back up in-country and 24/7 emergency contact numbers. Before you leave full comprehensive information is provided through an Online Accounts and our expert travel advisers are always available to give help and advice.

Requirements:

There are no specific qualifications or requirements needed to take part on this trip. We do however require that all travellers have a sense responsibility for other travellers, project staff and local community and most importantly... a sense of fun and adventure!