Environmental Project

  Peru

• All Other Areas in Peru: 
Huancayo

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

Description: Installation of Clean Burning Stoves throughout the Villages of Huancayo:

In many of the high-altitude communities in Iscos village, food is prepared over an open fire in the home. Ventilation usually consists of a hole in the roof for the smoke to escape. This however, is not a very efficient way to avoid smoke filled living conditions. The result is a very unhealthy atmosphere for people to be cooking and living in because improper ventilation leads to a host of respiratory illnesses as well as eye maladies. In addition, much of the wood used to fuel the fire is from native trees which are rapidly decreasing in number. The cleaner burning stove project is the implementation of a stove that provides proper ventilation and burns wood more efficiently.

In order to address the issue of deforestation for fuel and health issues related to inadequate ventilation, Esperanza Peru started the Clean Burning Stove Project. By installing fuel-efficient wood stoves with proper ventilation, Esperanza Peru staff and volunteers help reduce the amount of wood consumed by community members while simultaneously reducing illnesses related to smoke inhalation. An additional option is to work with local school children on Environmental Education fieldtrips.

The benefits are astounding:

* 20% - 60% reduction of firewood and other fuel consumption
* Reduction in indoor smoke inhalation
* 12% increase in lung capacity after three months
* Higher fuel efficiency provides faster cooking times
* Cost-effective & efficient method of cooking helps families to work against the cycle of poverty (savings of approximately 220 nuevos soles per year)

Highlights: Know the real Peru volunteering in small towns.

Qualifications: To be one of our volunteers you need to be 18 years old and have high school education as minimum. The principal requirement is the desire of helping others.

Cost in US$: from 150 dollars to 390 dollars

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Volunteer of Esperanza Peru is a friend, who has a challenge to do her/his work due to our reality and the work that they do. Every day is new and different with many things to learn about the environment that surround them.

Age Range: from 18 to 50 years old

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

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Esperanza Peru's Mission Statement: We are a non-profit organization concerned with improving the quality of life of the residents of the Central Andes in Peru living in extreme poverty. We work in a direct and very special manner with children in the rural areas, as with orphans and abandoned children through the programs and projects focused on the promotion of comprehensive social, cultural, economic and educational growth of this vulnerable population.

Year Founded: 2008