Peru - Cusco Volunteer Programs

  Peru

• Cusco: 
Cusco

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: Throughout the Year

Description: Programs:

* Teaching English

Cusco is the tourism capital of South America. They are also aware that this position requires a high level of English and are therefore very excited to learn English with native speakers. The ability to speak English gives local children a genuine opportunity to support themselves and find work on completing their education. Since tourism forms an integral part of the local economy. volunteers will work in local schools, community centers, and shelters for street children.

Volunteers DO NOT need to be a qualified or experienced teacher.

* Childcare Work

The aim of our childcare program is to provide individual attention and assistance to children from difficult backgrounds. Many children at the projects we work with do not receive the level of affection and education they deserve. As with many of our social placements, many of the children at the center have never had a "real" childhood or experienced loving, caring, stable relationships. Volunteer's affection towards the children is so important for their self-esteem and personal development. By playing games with volunteers they can learn to live as a child again and learn to share and express their emotions.

Volunteers will work in orphanages, community centers, daycare centers, schools and kindergartens. Work varies but generally consists of providing individual attention, sharing affection with children, playing with children, organizing games and activities, educating children regarding hygiene and assisting with home-work.

* Medical Placement

Clinics and hospitals for low income families in Cusco tend to be under-funded and under-staffed. As a result, volunteers can play an important role in assisting local nurses and doctors, while also learning about the healthcare system here. However, it is important that healthcare volunteers have realistic expectations with regard to the activities they will get involved in (see below).

- Pre-med, 1st year or 2nd year medical students

Clinic or hospital for low-income families:
    * Triage: Taking weight, height, blood pressure, heart rate, temperature
    * Hospital wards: Making beds, cleaning, talking with patients
    * Materials: Preparing materials, sterilizing equipment

Clinic for mentally and physically disabled children:
    * Activities: Taking the children to the park or farm, organizing art and crafts workshops, providing individual attention.
    * Mealtimes: Assisting during mealtimes, assisting with tooth brushing

- 3rd year or 4th year medical students and medical professionals

Clinic or hospital for low-income families:
    * Cleaning wounds, giving injections and sutures
    * Consult rooms and specialized departments: Assisting doctor taking physicals and histories
    * Campaigns: Giving vaccinations, taking records, drawing blood samples.

Clinic for mentally and physically disabled children
    * Activities: Taking the children to the park or farm, organizing art and crafts workshops, providing love and attention
    * Mealtimes: Assisting during mealtimes, assisting with brushing teeth.
    * Physiotherapy: Providing basic assistance with physiotherapy.

Highlights: Peru, in South America, is a fascinating country which is divided into three chief areas; the cavernous Andes, the coastal region of the Atacama Desert, and the concentrated rainforests of the Amazon. This is a country, primed for adventure, which softly summons the quest seeker among us!

- Location Of Peru - Cusco Volunteer Programs -

MICATZ's partner NGO in Cusco - Peru requires volunteers NOW! MICATZ has a wide range of volunteering opportunities available in jungle conservation, teaching English, childcare work, medical work, construction, and renovation work in the ancient Peruvian city of Cusco and surrounding valleys.

- Start and Duration of Peru - Cusco Volunteer Programs -

Volunteers can begin our Cusco placements on the first and third Monday of every month. Volunteers can choose to volunteer for periods of one week to one Year.

Qualifications: Volunteers must be 18+ years or older at the beginning of the program, and have at least a high school education.

Volunteers participating in the MEDICAL PLACEMENT must have appropriate training and certification or qualified in a relevant medical field (to be presented to MICATZ partner staff on arrival in Peru).

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: Contact us for more info.

Experience Required: no

Age Range: 18 and above

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Peru Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other

Post-Program Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad

Maasai International Challenge Africa (MICA)'s Mission Statement: MICATZ promotes local organizations by making donations and sending volunteers to different destination around Africa, Asia and Latin America states. Our volunteers are active community workers. They support the programs and activities of partner organizations by undertaking a variety of jobs and responsibilities such as working in orphanages, teaching English in Primary schools and in Secondary Schools, Teaching life skills, working as community health workers or assisting administratively.