Peru Kids Project

  Peru

• Cusco: 
Cusco

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks and 9-12 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: All

Description: Globalteer is a registered charity in the UK providing ethical and affordable volunteering with the amazing children of Peru. The Peru Kids project is based high in the Andes mountain range in the city of Cusco, the oldest continually inhabited city in South America and the staging post for Machu Picchu.

The project includes orphanages, a free education programme, library, community and vulnerable children support.

The project focuses on the young and vulnerable to assist them in finding a way out of the trap of poverty by providing their current nutritional needs and to support them in their education so that they can become contributing members to their families and society.

Orphanages and vulnerable children - Provide safe places for the children to live, learn and play. More than 70 children are provided with a home in two locations, one for boys and one for girls. The children are 4 to 18 years old and either have no family or come from high risk families that are unable to care for them. The children are provided with food and education as well as vocational training to allow them to support themselves in the future.
Volunteers - Assist the local staff to teach Spanish or English. Play sports, arts and fun activities, teach the children vocational skills. Manual work to improve the orphanage, painting, decorating, gardening.

Community library - A place for children, ages 6 and older to come, open the door, and enter the wonderful world of reading. Each page of a book will be an opening of a door that brings a child to a new place or one they already are familiar with; introduces them to new people, characters, and animals; presents new and fascinating ideas and concepts. The library provides children a safe and quiet place where they can do their homework, with texts, references, tools, and personal warm, and friendly help presented with positive reinforcement. The children are given an opportunity to engage and share with other children while playing learning games that develop thinking skills, such as chess, puzzles, dominoes, drafts and checkers.
Volunteers - Read with the children, assist with homework, organise games and fun activities for the children, teach, assist local staff, manual work improving the project facilities.

Free Education Programme - English is now the global language, and in a city such as Cusco which sees a million foreign visitors a year, English has never been so important for the children to learn. By speaking English, new opportunities are available to the children that would otherwise be destined to stay in the cycle of poverty.
Volunteers - Teach English, assist the local staff.

Vocational Training - An essential component in the providing the children with a future. We can house the children, feed them, keep them safe, but we wouldnt be doing our job if they then leave the project in adulthood without the skills to survive. The vocational programme teaches the children the skills they can use to earn a living for themselves and their families in the hope of breaking the cycle of poverty. The children are taught computers, carpentry, cooking, weaving, ceramics, recycling paper into sellable products and secretarial work.
Volunteers - Teach using their own particular skills.

Community support - Globalteer make regular trips into the countryside to support projects, schools and communities outside of Cusco. Specific foods are provided to supplement the diets of the children. Assistance is provided with sports and equipment to allow the children to compete in the Cusco province track and field games. The children are taught hygiene and cleanliness to help prevent disease.
Volunteers - Take a unique experience of travelling into the Peruvian countryside with Globlateer to support the children.

Highlights: By volunteering you will be giving the kids a chance of a future. The enthusiasm and resilience of the kids who would otherwise be begging on the streets or have no chance of a decent future is something that will stay with you always.

Qualifications: None

Cost in US$: From USD 920

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Volunteering is an amazing way to gain an insight into the culture of a country. Once you volunteer you are no longer just another tourist, you will work intimately with the local staff and more importantly give a special gift to the project and community you visit. Volunteering is for those who have an interest in other cultures and want to help those less fortunate than themselves. Also to meet like minded people, adventurous, open minded and with a willingness to make a difference.

Age Range: 18 to 70

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

Participants Travel to Peru Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Globalteer's Mission Statement: Globalteer is a UK registered charity that serves to help those in need. We aim to provide support to communities and projects in need, to raise awareness in developed countries of the plight faced by poverty stricken countries, and to educate locals and volunteers about environmental issues and the need to protect wildlife. We promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public through the relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and disadvantaged communities. We also promote humane behavior towards animals by providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for animals which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage; and to educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among animals.

Year Founded: 2006