The Tandana Foundation offers volunteer vacations for adults and families. For instance, each March and September, groups of adults travel to Ecuador to provide healthcare for underserved villagers. They see hundreds of patients in several communities and also find time to experience the culture and area in amazing depth for a visit of just one week. They meet with traditional healers, indigenous leaders, students, and a master weaver and hike to sacred sites such as the Lechero and the Peguche waterfall. Throughout their stay, they revel in the opportunity to interact as friends rather than tourists and to take in the region's natural beauty. The healthcare providers who have participated in this program and The Tandana Foundation Executive Director are busily planning ways t to continue to offer even better health care to the people of this area in the future.
Do you want to show your family more than just the tourist destinations? Would you rather make real friends in a country you visit than see the image projected to visitors? Do you want to make a positive difference when you travel?
Try a volunteer vacation in highland Ecuador. Stay with a host family or a comfortable inn, join in family activities and community festivities. Volunteer in a school, daycare, health center, or to help with special projects.
Contact us at tandanafoundation@yahoo.com for more information.
You will go home absolutely overwhelmed by what you saw, who you met, what you've learned, and how your heart has expanded. You will be inspired to exceed your own expectations of yourself."
-- Jim, volunteer from Montana
