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Global Builders Trip to Peru
Location: Peru
Program Duration: 1-2 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: Choose your own or sign-up to join an existing trip
701 S Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Americus, GA 31719 United States
Call Us
Phone: 229-924-2900
Description
Volunteers will be building homes mostly for families who are migrant workers or day laborers. In a desperate search for work, they came to this area from other parts of Peru, particularly the Andes. Unable to earn enough for decent homes, they live in structures made of reed panels among the sand dunes in the region. The volunteer work for the new homes being constructed involves making and pouring lots of concrete, rebar, digging holes, moving construction materials, piling brick and more.
Highlights
Having the opportunity to immerse yourself in a different culture and work side by side with local families who are in need of decent, simple housing. You get to experience the joy of giving a family a light of hope by providing them with a home and helping them take a step towards a better life! While our work site is an active construction zone, it is also an active neighborhood with many families kids which you will have the opportunity to get interact with and get to know. You will also have one day of the week in which you can rest or go sight seeing. Local sight-seeing opportunities include horseback riding, white water rafting, ancient sites (Inca ruins), local open-air markets, cultural folk music and dance programs and Nazca Lines.
Qualifications
The actual cost of the trip will vary depending on the location and length of the trip, among other factors. The costs listed below are estimates meant to include food, lodging, ground transportation, insurance, and a donation to the local project, but not site-seeing or airfare.
Languages
- English
Cost in US$:
850 - USD 1,000
Cost Include Description:
The actual cost of the trip will vary depending on the location and length of the trip, among other factors. The costs listed below are estimates meant to include food, lodging, ground transportation, insurance, and a donation to the local project, but not site-seeing or airfare.
Credit Available
no
Volunteer Types
- Building Maintenance
- Community Development
- Community Health
- Digging
- Economic Development
- Grassroots Organization
- Homelessness
- Housing
- Human Rights
- Renovation
- Repairs
- Restoration
- Volunteering
- Building/construction Projects
Typical Volunteer
Enthusiastic, has a love for serving and helping others, and enjoys new experiences and challenges.Age Range
14+This Program is open to
American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African, Worldwide Participant. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.
Typical Living Arrangements
- Group living
Participants Travel to Peru
Independently or in Groups
Application Process Involves
- Online Application plus Application Assessment
Typically The Application Process Time is
48 hoursPost Services Include
- Alumni Network
- Exit Debriefing Abroad
The Fuller Center for Housing's Mission Statement
The Fuller Center for Housing, faith-driven and Christ-centered, promotes collaborative and innovative partnerships with individuals and organizations in an unrelenting quest to provide adequate shelter for all people in need worldwide.
Year Founded
2005
