- Orphanages/Childcare

 - Medical/Healthcare

 - Environment & Conservation

 - Teaching English

 - Construction

 - Not-for-profit/NGOs

 - Social issues (Poverty, religion, etc.)

 - International Business and Tourism

Volunteering in Orphanages/Childcare

Poverty, abuse, and alcoholism have left many children in Guatemala without families. Our volunteer projects aspire to change these children's situation by providing caring and nurturing volunteers to work and play with them. The orphanages support and protect these children, but most are under-funded and need all the help they can get. Your assistance helps keep these children off the street, and helps provide them with a happy and productive childhood.

Outside the relative protection of orphanages, hundreds of poor children live and sleep on the streets of Guatemala. Street children projects focus on providing these boys and girls with shelter, food, and education. Various educational, recreational, and health projects are ongoing to support these unfortunate children.

Depending on individual skills and interests, volunteers act as mentors, help children with their homework, and teach English. However, your love and support are the most important thing for these disadvantaged children.

Volunteer English Teaching

Projects in teaching English offer volunteers ample opportunity to explore day-to-day life in Guatemala while helping young students improve their English skills. Work includes teaching English (grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, speaking, writing, listening, etc.) to primary, middle, and high school students 2-4 hours per day.

Most volunteers work in the English Learning Rooms at small community centers, orphanages, or shelters for street children. At these projects, volunteers help teach regular English classes and also tutor the children and help them with their homework.

Volunteering in Medical/Health Care

Medical and health care projects provide volunteers with the opportunity to work in hospitals, clinics, and with organizations providing healthcare to disadvantaged and at-risk people in Guatemala. Volunteers work alongside doctors, nurses, therapists, and other medical professionals in urban or rural areas.

Medical volunteers, depending on education and training, assist with general check-ups and examinations of patients, as well as assist in triaging emergency patients. Some projects include traveling to patients' homes in rural areas to help with vaccinations and volunteers may also work with patients suffering from tropical diseases. Depending on the volunteer's ability to conduct themselves in Spanish and the expertise they demonstrate, projects will let you work as independently as possible.

Placement in health projects requires notarized documentation of your medical school, nursing school, or other medical credentials.

Medical placements ARE available for people without medical training. These projects work with children who have mental or physical disabilities. Volunteers help feed, bathe, and play with the children, and may be asked to assist in physical therapy.

Volunteer Construction Projects

Volunteers on construction projects work on repairing or building new homes and schools for orphaned children or for rural villages. Construction work is physically demanding, including digging, removing dirt, carrying bricks, mixing cement, plastering, painting, cleaning, and various other needs related to construction.

Work days are normally Monday – Friday though this may vary based on weather, project needs, and construction schedule. At all times, volunteers are supported by Máximum Level's in-country coordinators.  Construction projects are always led by professional foremen, architects, and engineers who determine the work program.