Volunteers Needed: Youth Outreach in Peru

  Peru

• Cusco: 
Cusco

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months and 1-2 years
Dates: See website for dates

Description: Help some of the world's most desperate children when you volunteer with our Youth Outreach Program in Peru. Peru is one of the largest countries in South America. It's also one of the poorest, with more than 50 percent of the population living in poverty. Many lack even the most basic needs, more than half are unemployed, and malnutrition is widespread. The situation is perhaps saddest for Peru's poor children, more than a quarter of whom never receive an education and thus will likely remain in poverty for the rest of their lives.

As a volunteer with our Youth Outreach Program in Cusco, you will care for some of Peru's most disadvantaged children. You can help take care of orphans or work at a day care center for poverty-stricken families. You can also work with handicapped children or with a group of abandoned street kids. Whatever you choose, you will offer hope to children who otherwise have little.

Highlights:
As a volunteer you will:
* Provide care for orphans
* Help with homework, nutrition, playtime, and other activities
* Care for the children of impoverished single mothers
* Provide health services to physically and mentally disabled children
* Educate and organize abandoned street children

Qualifications:
* Must be at least 18 years old
* Must be able to hand extremely impoverished conditions

Cost in US$: See website

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Volunteer Adventures makes it easy to live your dream of volunteering. Anyone can volunteer, as long as you have the desire to help others and an open mind.

Age Range: 18 and older

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Peru Independently

Volunteer Adventures's Mission Statement: The mission of Volunteer Adventures is to create and promote volunteer opportunities that improve the lives of others and the environment in which we live. We seek to achieve this goal by connecting worthy local projects with volunteers around the world. Many local organizations are doing great work in their communities, but don't have the resources required to recruit international volunteers. Volunteer Adventures serves as the link between these organizations and the volunteers needed to make these projects a success. All volunteer programs depend on the skilled coordination of a variety of elements: enthusiastic volunteers, meaningful work, organized projects, and supportive staff. It is our goal at Volunteer Adventures to orchestrate this process for you. We use our global experience and resources to provide volunteer experiences that bring pride and satisfaction to everyone involved.