CASA DE LOS AMIGOS FULL-TIME & PART-TIME VOLUNTEER DESCRIPTION,
Casa de los Amigos is looking for new full-time and part-time volunteers to start in January 2012. Please read below and send an email to voluntarios@casadelosamigos.org for more information and for an application.

ABOUT THE CASA:
The Casa de los Amigos is a Center for Peace and International Understanding in Mexico City. Established as a non-profit organization in 1956 by the Quaker community in Mexico, the Casa’s work continues to be rooted in Quaker values. The Casa de los Amigos is many things: a peace organization, a social justice-oriented guest house, a community center, the meetinghouse for Mexico City Friends (Quakers), and a home. The practice of sincere hospitality, rooted in recognizing the human dignity of each person, is at the core of the Casa de los Amigos. The Casa’s Hospitality Program runs the Casa`s well-known guest house and community center.
The Hospitality Program also forms the foundation for the Casa’s Peace Programs in the fields of Migration and Economic Justice. The Migration Program works with migration and asylum-related issues, and includes the Casa’s Solidarity Hospitality project which offers temporary housing to migrants and refugees. The Economic Justice Program is focused on projects, networks and activities supporting economic justice and economies of solidarity in Central Mexico. Finally, the Casa’s Environmental Concerns Committee acts to diminish the Casa’s environmental footprint, and offers community-wide workshops and events.

FULL TIME VOLUNTEERS:
Volunteers are the heart and soul of the Casa, and the Casa’s programs are largely volunteer run. Full-Time Volunteers work between 40 to 45 hours a week, live in the Casa, are fluent in Spanish, and are able to commit to between nine months to one year of service. Full-time volunteers help run the Hospitality Program (including the guest house, maintaining community spaces, and planning and running events), work with the Economic Justice and Migration Programs, participate in Casa life, and share in the many other tasks and projects needed to keep our house and community healthy, safe and vibrant. Visit http://www.casadelosamigos.org/en/volunteer/volunteer-program-description/ to get a better sense of what your time at the Casa would look like.

PART-TIME VOLUNTEERS:
Part-time volunteers work between 20 to 25 hours a week, live in the Casa, are fluent in Spanish, and are able to commit to between nine months to one year of service.  Part-time volunteers generally focus their Casa time on helping run the Hospitality Program, participating in Casa life, and doing all the other things necessary to maintain our house, community, and friendly atmosphere.  They also have a strong interest in peace, social justice, and the programs of the Casa de los Amigos and may become, to varying degrees, involved in that work.

Casa part-time and full time volunteers receive:
1. Private or shared room with shared bathroom.
2. Kitchen facilities (shared with other volunteers & staff).
3. Washing machine use.
4. Use of the volunteer work office.
5. Wireless internet and access to a computer with Skype.
6. Use of a telephone for local calls.
7. Monthly shared food fund for basic staples (rice, beans, oil, salt, etc).
8. Use of the Casa space and facilities.
9. Free breakfast.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
Full-time Casa volunteers work 40-45 hours per week, divided between work in hospitality and other programs and projects.  Due to the nature of Casa work and the volunteer commitment, Casa volunteers should not expect to pursue outside employment.
Casa volunteers must speak fluent Spanish and be at least 18 years old.
They must be able to commit from six months to one year of service.
They must commit to refrain from drinking, smoking and using illegal drugs inside the Casa.

Casa volunteers, like Casa guests and visitors, are a diverse group of people with a variety of skills, experiences and interests.  All Casa volunteers, however, share some specific abilities and qualities required to work and thrive in this environment:
They have a commitment to peace and social justice, including issues around migration and economic solidarity, and a commitment to the values of simplicity, equality, community, and integrity.  They come here prepared to work hard on social justice issues, and to study those issues in order to do that work.
Casa volunteers genuinely enjoy working with and meeting lots of people.  They are sincerely interested in connecting with and participating in the house community.  While here, volunteers’ commitment to the Casa is their full time, first priority.
Living and working in community in the same, shared place with the same people can be very challenging. Casa volunteers have to be conscientious about the ways that their actions (even the small ones) can have an effect on everyone else in the community.  They are willing to work patiently with each other to maintain productive relationships and work out problems and differences.
Casa volunteers work independently and in teams.  They are interested in working in consensus. Because much of their work is self-supervised, they are responsible and take initiative to carry out the work of the house and organization.  They are flexible and ready to problem-solve new situations every day.
Casa volunteers are eager to learn new things, have a sense of humor, enthusiastic, and hopeful.

To apply, please send an email of inquiry to voluntarios@casadelosamigos.org. We’ll then send you an application and request that you fill it out and send it back along with your resumé or CV.