Peru Volunteer - "Wawa Wasis" Baby Care Houses

  Peru

• All Other Areas in Peru: 
Huancayo

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: All year

Description: These assistance centers are located in remote urban and rural areas and attend to poor children in their first three years of life. They receive food, care and protection through activities which promote their intellectual, physical and social development. These houses exist in the three geographic zones where Expand Peru works. You can choose any one of them, for they all need your support and their precarious budget and lack of staff mean that they often depend on volunteers to help this very unique population.

Activities that you can do as a volunteer: A very important part of being a volunteer on this project is the interaction between you and the children. They need a lot of attention, care, and above all love. In each house a mother tends to about 8 children younger than three years. She will need a lot of help in order to care, feed, clean, and play with the children.

Activities:

- Care and protection of the children
- Support with diet and hygienic activities
- Recreation and games
- Activities that promote intellectual physical, social, and in general, early development
- Basic health care and evaluation of growth and development.
- Development and stimulation of motor and language skills.
- Development of abilities through sports, dance, music, singing, etc.

Highlights: Getting involved in our programs will allow you to not only help those that most need it, but also get to know a very different and diverse culture. Most of all, by being useful to the society, you will acquire great experience and personal satisfaction.

Qualifications: For this project, volunteers will have to e very patient with the children. The children who need your love and affection the most are the usually the least receptive and most difficult to work with. Volunteers should be prepared for difficulties communicating due to difference in language and culture.

Volunteer profile:
- Have the patience to work and play with the children.
- Have the ability to work in a team.
- Be dynamic and of good humor.
- Be friendly and supportive.
- Be able to learn and adapt.

Cost in US$: Starting from US$ 120

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: * Has the ability to be a good friend * Has the patience to work and play with children * Is a person who can work with others * Is dynamic and has good humor * Is kind and understanding * Has a willingness to learn and improve.

Age Range: 18 to 60

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:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

Expand Peru's Mission Statement: Our mission ist to promote the integral development of children living in extreme poverty in Peru through actions in the interest of human beings and their surroundings. OBJECTIVES: For the children: To improve the quality of life of at-risk children and youth living in extreme poverty from all three of Peru's geographical regions (coast, mountains and rainforest), and to reinforce their integral development. 1. To improve their health, education, and sociability through various volunteering programs. 2. To promote their personal development through a process focusing on their social reintegration. For the volunteers: To give young people from all over the world a chance to work as volunteers in a developing country helping th poorest communities. 1. To enable the volunteers' personal and professional development through work that allows them to grow as individuals using their skills and talents. 2. To give the volunteers the opportunity to participate in and learn from a vey rich and different culture through a direct experience.

Year Founded: 1999