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kellyth comments on Non-profit Looking for Volunteer English Teachers

We're still in the process of working with ICBF and solidifying our relationship with an orphanage, most likely the Amparo de Ninas, which is located in Bogota in the Salitre area. There are approximately 70 girls there ages 7-18. The only reason for the American or Colombian citizenship requirement is that we're a very new non-profit, so we need some time to figure out visa issues for other countries. We would be happy to have volunteers from anywhere, as long as they are willing to bear with us as we learn more about getting visas from their country!

kellyth comments on things to do with children

Congratulations! My husband adopted 2 children from Bogota last December. We had a blast there. Monserrate was beautiful. We tried Salitre Magico, but they have pretty strict height restrictions, so my daughter wasn't allowed on all of the rides her brother was, which created a problem. Parque Jaime Duque, about 1 hour outside Bogota, was really nice. We also went to the salt mines at Zipaquira, which we liked. We went to a really, really cool new place called Divercity, which is in the Santa Fe mall. It's like a theme park built like a mini-city, where the kids learn different "jobs" like being a veterinarian, making Coca-Cola, and working on a fire engine. They get play money for each "job" they do and can buy things with the money later. My kids LOVED this, and I loved it even more because it was really educational, and not expensive! Good luck and congrats again!!