Volunteering project: Cultural assistant in English class.

An intercultural volunteer exchange in Morelia, Mexico. Share your country’s culture in English at PREFECO, a prestigious high school, while you learn about Mexican culture. We are selecting FOUR volunteers from different countries for the 16th edition (February to June 2026). No participation fees.

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Step 1 (registration form): https://forms.gle/KjDGPirBfPhxseERA

Deadline to finish the application: January 10th, 2026. Early applicants have better chances.

Program dates

Four-month commitment: February 9th, 2026 – June 5th, 2026. You are expected to arrive in Mexico at least two days before February 9th, 2026, and you can leave anytime after June 5th, 2026.

Seeking global volunteers

Country of origin: anywhere in the world (Asia, Africa, Canada, USA, Europe, South America, Australia, New Zealand). Applicants must be over 22 and have a clean criminal record.

Other requirements

• BA degree required or currently enrolled in the final years of university studies.
• Required spoken language: Advanced English (C1 preferred, minimum B2).
• No Spanish required. If you speak Spanish, you can apply anyway.
• Preferred profiles: intercultural or international studies, education, tourism, languages/linguistics, history, literature, art, communications, UN 17 goals, diversity, human rights, social sciences, and similar fields.

Location

Morelia, Mexico. Preparatoria Federal por Cooperación Melchor Ocampo 📍

Benefits: we provide

We provide almost everything upon arrival in Mexico, except for flights and medical insurance. This includes airport pickup, pocket money, free quality accommodation (a private room with a Mexican family), and three meals a day.

Free school trips (all-inclusive)

• Chiapas and Tabasco (6 days):
  Palenque,
  Cascadas de Agua Azul,
  San Cristóbal de las Casas,
  Cañón del Sumidero.
• Teotihuacan + National Museum of Anthropology (subject to change according to new school programs):
  Teotihuacan and
  Museo Nacional de Antropología.

We do not provide

• International flights or medical insurance.

Part-time volunteering, sharing your country’s culture at a prestigious high school in Mexico

What type of host are you? 🏡

• Private/Individual/family

What are you looking for help with?

• Teaching/Language Exchange 🧑‍🏫

What’s the mission of your community? 🎯

Promoting brotherhood among nations through teaching about different countries’ cultures by native citizens.

Volunteers’ age restrictions 🔞

• Only 22+ (clean criminal record required)

When would you need volunteers? 📅

February 9th, 2026 – June 5th, 2026. Application deadline: January 10th, 2026. Apply here:
https://forms.gle/KjDGPirBfPhxseERA

How many hours of help per day? ⏱

• 6 hours of help per day

How many days of help per week? 🌒

• 5 days per week – 2 days off

Note about the volunteer work and other expectations 📝

Volunteers offer their contribution unwaged but will truly benefit in other ways in return for their contribution. Volunteers will be part of the Departamento de Idiomas of Preparatoria Federal por Cooperación “Melchor Ocampo” team. They will share their country’s culture in English with high school students Monday through Friday.
Volunteers will be guided and supported by local staff in order to assist in Foreign Culture Class (your country’s culture) two to three sessions a week (50 minutes each), repeated throughout the week in 7 to 9 different classrooms.

You are expected to cover fourteen to twenty 50-minute Foreign Culture Class sessions a week, plus 10 to 16 hours of office work where you will prepare your classes, mark homework, create examinations, and grade students. That will make 30 fifty-minute sessions a week.

Class topics may be about, but not limited to your own country’s traditions, culture, society, education, tourism, music, history, sports, literature, food, art, science, etc. guided by Departamento de Idiomas at our school, but volunteers will be free to enrich or even change class sessions with their own ideas.

All of this is in a friendly, respectful, and tolerant environment.

Are accommodation and food included? 🏠🍜

Yes, we offer food and accommodation

What type of accommodation can you provide? 🏕

• Private Room 🔑
• Private home 🏠

Diet – nutrition information 🥗🥤

Enjoy Mexican food. Three meals a day: two meals at the school restaurant (Monday through Friday). One meal at home with your host family (Monday through Friday). Weekends: pocket money should be enough for weekend meals at restaurants, either by yourself or with your host family.

Fees transparency 🆓🔍

Absolutely no fees to participate or join our program. We provide everything, except for flight expenses and medical insurance.

VISA – could you provide Visa support/info/invitation letters? 🛂

Maybe. We can help with an invitation letter if the candidate has good qualifications. 💁‍♀️

Volunteers’ benefits 🏆🏅

• Free accommodation: private room with a Mexican family
• Three meals a day
• Pocket money
• Airport pickup
• Spanish language classes if wanted
• Free school trips:
  • Teotihuacan and Museo Nacional de Antropología
  • Chiapas and Tabasco (Palenque, Cascadas de Agua Azul, Cañón del Sumidero, San Cristóbal de las Casas)
• Participation in school cultural celebrations (for example Independence Day and Day of the Dead)

What to do in your free time 🚴🚣🦒

• Live like a local.
• Attend city festivals and cultural events.
• Enjoy your host family’s company.
• Travel to nearby places by yourself or with other volunteers.

Language 🗣🇬🇧

Advanced English is a must.

Geography 🌳

Nearby mountains, lakes and forests. The nearest beach is about 4 hours away. Morelia is around 1,920 meters above sea level.

How to get to your site ✈ 🗺

You would be in charge of your own flights, arriving in Mexico City. We provide airport pickup and everything else from day one to the very last day of our program.

Is there internet access? 🌐

Yes!

CONTACT DETAILS 🔍📧

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