Volunteering in Quito

So I love travelling for free or almost free. I usually travel using a combination of points and miles for flights, hotels and car rental. Then maybe a cash back or travel rebate card for booking tours. But about 8 months ago, my high school age daughter approached me about volunteering abroad for her 11th grade internship. I thought that would be great for her so she started researching.
The number of opportunities for high school students to volunteer abroad in January that don't cost a crazy amount of money are very limited. So my daughter suggested I go with her to open up more possibilities.
With that in mind, she found the Simon Bolivar School in Quito Ecuador. I am including a link because so far I'm very impressed with this program. They have been around for a number of years and offer both volunteer opportunities and Spanish classes. The cost is very low. They donate a large portion to the volunteer organization in the form of supplies. They charge a minimal administrative fee. They also pay the host families. And they also appear to be very responsible and take great care of their volunteers.
My daughter is interested in a career working with children perhaps as a speech therapist.
The program placed us in a government run daycare/preschool in the center of Quito, but in a primarily indigenous community. We work as teachers aides in the classrooms. Most volunteers work 8am-1pm, but since my daughter needs hours for her internship, we are working 8am-4pm.
A driver with the program met us at the airport and took us to our hotel. Then picked us up the next day and took us to our host family. We chose to live with the host family so it would be more of an immersion, but they also offer apartments.
The following day we met at the school for an orientation and an interview with the director of the program.
The next day, a representative from the school took us to the volunteer opportunity to introduce us to the people we would be working with and to show us how to get there by bus. Very helpful since our volunteer opportunity is not in the best neighborhood. The market below is next door to the school.
So if you are looking for a unique inexpensive experience i.e. volunteering and living with a host family, this might be the way to go.

The daycare/preschool in the San Roche neighborhood

The 3 year old classroom at the preschool/daycare in San Roche