Asuncion - Post Report Question and Answers
What volunteer opportunities are available locally?
There were before COVID; I think it's starting to pick up again. - Aug 2022
Many volunteer opportunities are available in adult and child education- there is a high need for English instructors at local schools as local services such as schools are poorly funded by the government. The local animal shelter/placing organization is always looking for extra help/foster families. - Aug 2022
Pre-COVID plenty. Since then nothing. - Jan 2021
There are plenty of options as there seem to be many impoverished people here and I wish I had gotten involved. There is an orphanage the Embassy helps out with, a similar project to Habitat for Humanity when the floods come, and the poor are always in need of donations of food, water, and money. - Jun 2019
Difficult. I'm certain that there are, but they're hard to find. Advertising (unless for products) is rare here. - Aug 2018
There is no shortage of volunteering opportunities, from maternal health, orphanages, and Techo (like habitat for humanity). - Jun 2018
The Facebook page "Asuncion Assistance Group" posts volunteer opportunities and information about groups looking for help. There is plenty that you can do but you might need to work hard to find opportunities. There are a few orphanages that look for volunteers as well. - May 2016
There are plenty. Habitat for Humanity is here. There are also many churches you can collaborate with on volunteer work. I know of at least one person who volunteers with abandoned, disabled children. There are MANY missionaries here, and there are many Peace Corps Volunteers, plus former Peace Corps Volunteers. There's a lot of poverty and lack of education in Paraguay, so the opportunities are many and varied. - Sep 2015
Yes - Apr 2015
Some; Habitat for Humanity is active here. - Aug 2014
