Nómadas de Esperanza
Proyectos de trabajo
We build alongside families in Ecuador. The local leaders in Jadán bring us the homes that need work and we go look at them together. Then we price the materials, weigh the skills each job takes, and decide what we can take on with the volunteers and the money we have that year.
Volunteer work trip · Cuenca, Ecuador
Jadán — July 2027
Every July we travel to Jadán, a rural parish 45 minutes from the center of Cuenca, and spend a week working on homes. Most of it is bathrooms. Some of it is roofs, floors, walls, pasture fencing, and bridges. El Maestro, the construction director, runs the build. You stay with a family in the community.
The 2026 projects are finished. The 2027 projects are being selected now.
You don’t need construction experience and you don’t need Spanish.
Not traveling? Materials are the other half of the trip.
Cement, blocks, roofing, doors, windows are bought locally. Most people who support this work will never get on the plane, and the build still needs paying for.
Where we have worked
Nueva Prosperina — Guayaquil
We worked with leaders in this northeast Guayaquil barrio from 2015: bathrooms, roofs, floors, reinforced walls, and food and basic supplies during the pandemic. Our work there continues through Nomads Scholars, which covers uniforms, books, supplies, and tutoring for students in Nueva Prosperina.
We can still take on a building project in Nueva Prosperina when local leaders ask for one and there is funding directed to it. Materials are bought locally and the work is done by local labor. It is funded work, not a trip.