Be a part of Constru Casa!

Volunteering at Constru Casa offers a unique cultural experience. Our volunteers will share intensive work time with the local masons, and have the opportunity to share the lives of an underprivileged Guatemalan family, all while contributing to improve their lives through the building of a new house.

Constru Casa houses are built by paid local building workers and their assistants. The beneficiary family also helps build with at least one member of the family. Construction volunteers and the family member work with and under the direction of the masons. For volunteers, the works consists of digging foundations, carrying materials including concrete block, sand and rocks, mixing concrete and generally helping the masons in their tasks.

It takes approximately two weeks to build a complete house. We encourage volunteers to work for a minimum of two weeks in order to be part of constructing a complete home. The construction sites vary considerably, dependent on rural or community settings and the general context of the family. Generally, Construction Volunteers are placed in the Antigua area.

We want to ensure that our volunteers enjoy a safe, enriching, and fun experience in Guatemala. Constru Casa staff will help volunteers arrange accommodation (hotel, hostel or home stay), transportation and a Spanish school, if needed. Constru Casa will also provide a complete orientation to the project, the construction work and full assistance during your stay.

Important Notice – Fundraising:

Construction Volunteers are asked to fundraise for the Constru Casa house that they help building before or after their volunteering experience in Guatemala. We suggest that they organize a fundraising event or find sponsors through family, friends or other resources. We will provide them with all the information and promotional materials necessary to carry out such an event. These fundraisers are a crucial part of Constru Casa's success and we rely heavily on the spirit and activism of our volunteers.

At Constru Casa, we are also looking for specialized volunteers who help and assist us with work in the office.

Currently we are looking for:

A Grant Researcher and Writer
The Grant Researcher and Writer researches a wide variety of grants for Constru Casa, and subsequently drafts and presents the completed applications.
For more information, please click here.

A Translator (English, Spanish, and especially Dutch)
The Translator provides the Constru Casa team with translation of all sorts of internal and external documents. This work can be done from anywhere in the world with internet connection.
For more information, please click here.

Volunteer Experiences

Read about Lindsey's experience volunteering at Constru Casa on her travel blog. Thank you Lindsey for all your help!

“I gained a lot from the experience and now have a different attitude, I am more grateful and appreciate of what I have and would like to help people less fortunate than myself again in the future.”
Robert Lea, helped building a Daycare Center in Santa Maria de Jesus, July 2009. "