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Peru Health and Medical /Teaching - Chilihuani's First Aid Station and Elementary School

  Peru
  • Cusco: 
  • Cusco

Durations of Program: 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: Year round; monthly departures

Description: Solidaridad y Desarrollo helps 2 needed rural communities located 7 hours by car out of Cusco city. They help the Communities of: Chillihuani and Quenamari, roviding them with food for the kids, construction of a First Aid Station and a school. Chillihuani is considered as extremely poverty Community. Most of their inhabitants are Quechua speakers. They need help to assist the only nurse and nursery technician they have in the First Aid Station. People with knowledge of medicine, nursery, first aid training, etc. are welcomed.

Highlights: Volunteers will work hand to hand with the nurse, help her taking registration of patients, going up to the hills (3 hours aprox. ) with the nurse to visit patients that can“t make it the way down to the First Aid Station. They may also help teach in the School that is right next to the First Aid Station of Chillihuani.

Qualifications: Volunteers should be able to live with minimal ammenities and in a Rural Community with no light. They Be open to a totally new experience with people that have very little contact with civilization and that are most of them quechua speakers. An intermediate level of Spanish and a want to learn quechua is essential.

If you can't live without furniture, electricity, running water or other amenities, then Chillihuani is not for you.

Languages :
  • English

Cost in US$: $2775 for 8 weeks; $165 for each additional week

Cost Includes :
  • Emergency evacuation services
  • Food
  • Housing
  • In-country orientation/Training
  • In-country staff support
  • Language instruction
  • Medical insurance
  • Pre-departure orientation/Training
  • Registration fees
  • Written materials abroad
  • Written materials pre-departure
Cost Include Description:
Upon arrival in country our staff will pick you up at the airport and return you to our Orientation Center for a safety briefing and general country orientation. For this program you are required to complete one week of language training and orientation which is included in the cost of the program. At the end of that week, you will transfer to your placement to begin volunteering. Our staff are available to assist you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week should you require help of any kind.

Experience Required: yes

An intermediate level of Spanish is required.

Volunteer Types :
  • adult education
  • childcare/children
  • community development
  • community health
  • health
  • health care
  • health education
  • home visit
  • medicine
  • nursing
  • nutrition
  • teaching
  • volunteering
  • women
  • youth

Typical Volunteer: We believe everyone can contribute by volunteering. Recent graduates from high school, college or university, professionals taking a career break, recent retirees, individuals or groups who are interested in a change and the chance to enrich their own life and the lives of others. If you are 18 years or older you can apply for any of the placements available. If you are from 16-18 years old you may apply for placements near our Volunteer Abroad Office and Residence, so that we are able to give you more support. Both students and professionals are needed for placements in all our countries.

Age Range: 18+

This Program is open to World Wide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Typical Living Arrangements :
  • Group living
  • Home-stays

Participants Travel to Peru Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

  • Letters of Reference
  • Resume
  • Written Application

Volunteer Abroad's Mission Statement: We believe international volunteering promotes cross-cultural learning that helps create global awareness, understanding between cultures and provides the platform for positive change. Our volunteers have taught in schools, provided disaster relief support for the International Red Cross, conducted essential research to improve the management strategies of threatened environments, built homes for impoverished people, provided vocational training and programs for street kids and have worked in co-operation with hundreds of local organizations to distribute aid and improve the quality of life for people throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Year Founded: 1998

 



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