Education, arts and crafts activities with Peruvian children

  Peru

• All Other Areas in Peru: 
Ayacucho

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: May 7 - May 26

Description: This project is organized in cooperation with the local organization Hogar Luz in the city of Ayacucho Peru. They work with children from 1 month old to 17 year old, by providing home and food as well as promoting good habits (hygiene, education, etc) with the objective to give them better possibilities for their future.

Volunteers will develop many activities with the local staff of the Hogar Luz Organization depending on their skills and experiences, their interests, their specialties, but in general, the activities are these:

Organization:
- To work with kids at the zone where they develop their work.
- To develop the education program to help youth.

Training:
- To develop workshops with the kids.
- To impulse the workshops training

To implement workshops:
- like handicraft, bakery, etc&
- Music, dance, and paint workshops.

Volunteers will work every day with around 38 children of Ayacucho. Some of them are disabled children.

Ayacucho is a historical city of Peru, located in the mountains at 2700 meters above sea level. It has all the services of the modern city.

There is an extra fee of 210 Euro for participation in this project, intended to support the local hosting organization.

Cost in US$: $290 US

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative young person with adventurous spirit

Age Range: 18 and over

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Peru Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement: CADIP promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: * To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution * To strengthen the international contacts among young people * To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings *To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world * To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills * To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning * To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.