"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." Howard Thurman
Volunteering in Cusco
Proyecto Peru offers volunteer work in different areas in and around Cusco. Volunteers need to be available for at least 4 weeks and the required level of Spanish depends on the project you choose. Volunteering with Proyecto Peru gives you a chance to learn a new language, immerse in another culture, develop career and leadership skills and help to create a better world.
Proyecto Peru considers how to use cultural diversity and communications as effectively as possible in the volunteer programs. Through volunteering, you give and you receive. The chance to make a real difference in other people's lives is the reason most volunteers choose Proyecto Peru. The centre simply offers a place for people to contribute to positive change by cultivating the spirit of service in their lives.
Free volunteer work
- A minimum of 4 weeks availability for the volunteer work.
- Volunteers should take at least 20 hours of Spanish lessons with Proyecto Peru
- Accommodation with Proyecto Peru during the volunteer work.
If you meet the conditions, free volunteering! We offer volunteer programs in different areas.
Education
Volunteering in education means working for the future of the children of Peru. Proyecto Peru believes in the power of education. That why we offer many possibilities for teaching in a public school or social project. We have volunteer jobs like an assistent teacher in a public kindergarten and teaching English or sports in a primary or secondary public school. We work with various after school projects and childcare and you can teach in a NGO that has an social project that gives education to people in a difficult situation.
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Social work and orphanage
Thinking of doing volunteer work in an orphanage or in a social project with the people who need it most? Proyecto Peru offers volunteer jobs in a local orphanage in Cusco where you can work with little children and babies. You can work with children in a cultural community center, do an important job in a shelter for handicapped children or in a shelter for elderly people, or maybe even work in juvenile detention to help the guys get back on track.
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Medical and health care
The medical system in Peru is probably totally different of the health care system in your country. You can help as a volunteer in a medical clinic, or do your internship in a public clinic to experience the way it works in Peru. You can help as a doctors assistant or as a nurse. We also work with NGO's in Cusco that are active on the field of health care. You can work in a social project, focused on avoiding and treating malnutricion among young children in the poorer areas of Cusco. Or in a health project in a village outside of Cusco. And if you have a specialization in physiotherapy, you can help in a clinic with physiotherapy for handicapped children and other patients of the clinic.
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Organization and marketing
Proyecto Peru also works with organizations on a staff level. NGO's and social projects are well aware that getting the funding for social projects is getting more and more difficult each year. As a non-profit organization you need to be very clear about what you do, for who, what it costs and what the results are. Good communications are crucial in these times. So help on an organizational level is wanted. Do you know something about fundraising and do you want to help a local organization with that? Various non-profit projects develop new initiatives for funding like a shop for their fair trade products or a restaurant to fund the social projects. With a background in marketing or communications you can help improve the success of these initiatives and the organizations. And with an IT background you can help with the website of the projects to improve the communication about their activities to their stakeholders. We have an extensive network of organizations in and around Cusco that can use a little help from a volunteer with a background in one of the mentioned areas. If you feel you can make a valuable contribute, please contact us.
Please send us your CV if you want to a volunteer job in another area and tell us your preferences. With our contacts in Cusco, we can find a suitable volunteer project for almost everybody. Free volunteer abroad programs in South America... only with Proyecto Peru!
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