Peru Conservation - El bosque de los Ninos

  Peru

Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: Year round; monthly departures

Description: ANIA seeks to create healthy and safe spaces where children can participate in environmental management and be recognized for their role in sustainable development. ANIA needs volunteers in San Francisco of Yarinacocha to assist the doctors in the First Aid Station, teachers to help the kids do their homework and do art workshops with them. Also volunteers interested in building to help taking care of the greenhouse, build the future house of the volunteers, etc.

Highlights: Volunteers will take part in and spear head Education programs on conservation and sustainable development in the rural communities of Ucayali. ANIA needs volunteers able to work in multiple tasks: from building to teaching, cooking, creating educational games for the kids, etc.

Volunteers may also help to teach English to the population of these Rural Communities while helping the locals do crafts and other tasks for income generation.

Qualifications: Volunteers must be able to live with minimal amenities as there is no electricity, no internet, no phone.
Volunteers who do not like extremely hot weather or living in a rustic environment may have difficulty at this placement.

Cost in US$: $1850 for 4 weeks; $165 for each additional week

Experience Required: no

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

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