Fundacion Bolivar Education follows all the new privacy protection laws (GDPR)  implemented within the EU and EEA. Due to this, Fundacion Bolivar Education handling  volunteer’s/students’ personal information carefully and we ensure that this data is processed according to the EU privacy rules: 

• Purpose limitation
Data may only be collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes

• Data minimization
We ask for and forward only data really needed

• Storage limitation
We are obliged to keep data only as long as there is a particular reason to keep it. We delete the data as soon as possible.

We have very strict routines when handling volunteer’s or student’s personal information.
The only personal information we are allowed to ask for, is the information that we really need to have.

BOOKING POLICIES: 
* $80 must be paid in order to confirm your participation and keep on the process assitance 
* After confirming your participation we need the following client details:
→ Full Name / passport number / date of birth / Nationality/ gender / Allergies / special diet
  * The pending payment amount must be paid at latest – 1 month before the starting program date.  (Except by Galapagos Programs)  

CANCELLATION POLICIES:
* If cancelled 2 weeks before the program starting date ( only 50% will be refunded)
* If cancelled between 1 to 13 days before the starting date ( no refund )
* If cancelled due to Family or Health Issues (we will refund 100% with official  certificate) – except $80 previously paid

REMARKS:
* Please check with the Ecuadorian consulate or embassy in your country if a visa is required to enter Ecuador
* A passport valid for at least 6 months after your travel ends is required to visit Ecuador.
* If you need to spend more than the 90 days visa / some papers will be required in the Ecuadorian consulate
* Any vaccine is mandatory to enter to Ecuador but we recommend the following ones: Tetanus / Hepatitis/ Yellow fever / Rabies