Peru Teaching - Bruce Trujillo

  Peru

• All Other Areas in Peru: 
Trujillo

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: The aim of this organization is to give aid and support to children from impoverished backgrounds living in and around the area. Bruce Peru is a private non-profit organization working to make education a reality for all children in Peru. They provide a caring and safe environment for children to grow to their fullest potential.

Many children do not attend school in Las Delicias due to: extreme poverty (even attending free school in Peru costs about US$110 a year), so they need volunteers to get as many children into school as possible, this involves persuading children and parents.

Highlights: Volunteers will join the trained social worker and a team of Peruvian staff to work at the project in the mornings every week day. Children will come for lessons and lunch, remaining at the centre until they are attending school regularly. Volunteers will work with the children to teach them, get involved in team working, participate in sport activities, etc.

Other tasks include teaching English to adults (evening hours),organise activities of a wide ranging nature, work in newly established schools in poor districts with children of varying ages, feed the students after classes, picking up new volunteers at the bus lines, dispensing travel moneys in the mornings for taxis, combis, etc. to the schools, and participating in organizational meetings with Bruce and other volunteers.

Qualifications: Volunteers must be able to cope with big groups of street children demanding a lot of attention and enthusiasm. You will have to be be part of a team, working together with Peruvian and International volunteers. Experience with kids an asset.

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

Experience Required: yes

A background with kids is an asset.

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 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