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Volunteers Needed: Youth Outreach in Peru

Location: Peru: Cusco

Program Duration: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months (includes high school academic semester abroad), 7-12 months (includes high school academic year abroad), 1-2 years

Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks

Dates: See website for dates

http://www.bridgevolunteers.org

915 S. Colorado Blvd. Denver, Colorado 80246 United States

Call Us

Phone: 1-888-825-3454

Fax: 303-777-7246

Description

Help some of the world's most desperate children when you volunteer with our Youth Outreach Program in Peru. Peru is one of the largest countries in South America. It's also one of the poorest, with more than 50 percent of the population living in poverty. Many lack even the most basic needs, more than half are unemployed, and malnutrition is widespread. The situation is perhaps saddest for Peru's poor children, more than a quarter of whom never receive an education and thus will likely remain in poverty for the rest of their lives.

As a volunteer with our Youth Outreach Program in Cusco, you will care for some of Peru's most disadvantaged children. You can help take care of orphans or work at a day care center for poverty-stricken families. You can also work with handicapped children or with a group of abandoned street kids. Whatever you choose, you will offer hope to children who otherwise have little.

Highlights

As a volunteer you will:
- Provide care for orphans
- Help with homework, nutrition, playtime, and other activities
- Care for the children of impoverished single mothers
- Provide health services to physically and mentally disabled children
- Educate and organize abandoned street children

Qualifications

- Must be at least 18 years old
- Must be able to hand extremely impoverished conditions

Languages
  • English

Cost in US$:

Please visit our website for details

Cost Includes:

Cost Include Description:

- Airport pickup and drop-off
- On-site orientation and training
- All daily transportation to and from the program
- Accommodations
- Three meals per day
- In-country support and program coordination
- Emergency travel and evacuation insurance
- 24-hour local emergency support
- Volunteer donation

Credit Available

no

Volunteer Types
  • Childcare/children
  • Community Centers
  • Community Development
  • Community Health
  • Education
  • Homelessness
  • Nutrition
  • Orphans
  • Recreation
  • Street Kids
  • Volunteering
  • Youth
Typical Volunteer
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Age Range
18 and older
This Program is open to

Worldwide Participant.

Typical Living Arrangements
  • Group living
  • Home-stays
  • Other

Participants Travel to Peru

Independently

BridgeVolunteers's Mission Statement

The mission of BridgeVolunteers is to create and promote volunteer opportunities that improve the lives of others and the environment in which we live. We seek to achieve this goal by connecting worthy local projects with volunteers around the world. Many local organizations are doing great work in their communities, but don't have the resources required to recruit international volunteers. BridgeVolunteers serves as the link between these organizations and the volunteers needed to make these projects a success. All volunteer programs depend on the skilled coordination of a variety of elements: enthusiastic volunteers, meaningful work, organized projects, and supportive staff. It is our goal at BridgeVolunteers to orchestrate this process for you. We use our global experience and resources to provide volunteer experiences that bring pride and satisfaction to everyone involved.

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