Program Details


  • The minimum age is 18 years old
  • Starting dates: Any Monday if you already know some Spanish!
  • New courses start every week
  • Classes from Monday to Friday
  • Duration:
    • Location:
    Bogota, Colombia
    Program Type:
    Volunteer Abroad
    Degree Level:
    Undergraduate
    Work Types:
    Translation
    Duration:
    1-3 months

    Program Overview

    Program Description:

    This program combines an Intensive Spanish course with 3 or 4 hours of volunteer work with children, the elderly or internal refugees each afternoon. Minimum level: Intermediate. Minimum stay: 4 weeks.
    If you want to learn Spanish, Bogota is a wonderful choice of city, with International House a quality option for a language school. International House Bogota is considered one of the world's leading Spanish schools, offering a wide range of courses! The main goal of our courses is to develop our students' communicative skills.


  • The minimum age is 18 years old
  • Starting dates: Any Monday if you already know some Spanish!
  • New courses start every week
  • Classes from Monday to Friday
  • Duration: any number of weeks
  • All levels from complete beginners to very advanced
  • Hours per day: 4 hours (including 20-minute break)
  • The average number of students per group is 7 to 8 and the maximum number is 10
  • Course timetable: classes normally take place from 09.30 to 13.30, with a 20-minute break taken halfway through the morning


    IH Bogota organises a varied programme of social activities for our Spanish students. These include:
  • welcome cocktails
  • guided visits and excursions to places of interest in and around Bogota
  • films in Spanish
  • concerts by local musicians
  • exchange evenings at which students can meet and talk with some of our other students who are learning English in the school
  • we also take students out in the evening to experience some of Bogota's unforgettable nightlife
    • Setting Description:

    Voluntary Work Structure:
  • This programme combines an Intensive Spanish course with 3 or 4 hours of volunteer work with children, the elderly or internal refugees each afternoon
  • Minimum level: Intermediate
  • Minimum stay: 4 weeks

    Activities may include:
    With children and adolescents:
  • Teaching Basic English
  • Playing table games
  • Leading recreational activities
    With Internal Refugees:
  • Teaching Basic English
  • Teaching hand crafts with daily activities
  • Going to the park, etc.
    With the elderly:
  • Accompanying and assisting them
  • Playing table games
  • Leading recreational activities
  • Going to the park, etc.
  • Reading with/to them
    • Cost:

    Price from: 175€ a week
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