Peru - Andes

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Placement overview

Assist at an orphanage in the spectacular Peruvian Andes which are considered amongst the most dramatic mountains in the world. This orphanage provides a home for some very special children in a town at the end of the world’s highest railway amongst some stunning scenery. Amongst the many creatures that live here are Andean Condor, Mountain Fox, Llama Alpaca.

Peru Volunteer in an Orphanage in the Peruvian Andes from £40pw Conservation and Indian culture in the rainforest

Your experience

These orphanages provide orphans with daily meals, a bed and schooling but the children also need love, time and attention on a one-to-one basis. As a volunteer you will help to fill this gap and assist Monday to Friday either in the mornings or afternoons. You might play with a small group outside, teach the children songs, teach English in small groups, help with their homework, provide praise for their individual efforts or simply provide them with company whilst they watch their favourite cartoons on TV.

Volunteers can choose to live either with a local family or at the volunteer residence.

Volunteers can choose to work with either older or younger children at the different orphanages in and around the town. A volunteer coordinator provides assistance with the co-ordination of your chosen placement after arrival and around the clock support and orientation. Volunteers often combine this placement with a street kids project which is in the same town.

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Volunteers should ideally be over 18 years old on arrival and must have travel insurance (proof will be required)

4 weeks

Welcomed all year round at least 4 weeks in advance.

Home stay with local family or volunteer residence Mornings or afternoons Monday to Friday or mornings and afternoon if combining with the street kids project

Basic Spanish useful

£40 per week

Airport pick up package available for only £25 (this is payable on arrival and includes pick-up from airport by representative, transfer to hotel, one night’s accommodation in Lima and transfer to placement next day.

Meals can be provided by your host family for approximately £ 1 a day.

At a glance

What’s included in this programme

Induction and orientation on arrival

Accommodation during placement

24/7 hour back-up support on site from experienced volunteer co-ordinator and from our UK offices

We consider this project ideal if you

•are travelling alone (pick up and transfers)

•are thinking about a long stay but are unsure about committing at this stage

•enjoy hill walking

•want to learn and improve your Spanish

Peru at a glance...

Peru has more than its fair share of wildlife, history, landscapes and culture which means there is something for everyone in this ancient land. From ice blue lakes and glaciers in the sierras to tropical rainforest in the Amazon basin Peru has it all and every imaginable habitat in between.

Not to be missed before leaving Peru: Machu Pichu, Inca Trail, Nazca Lines, Chan Chan, The Cordillera Blanca and Lake Titicaca.

Climate: The rainy season in from November to April. Festivals: Inti Raymi, 24 June 2006, Candelaria, February, Senor de los Milagros, October.

Travel difference from UK : -5hrs GMT