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Volunteer Peru - Peru

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Volunteer Peru

from  £899

Volunteer Peru

Ref:
GYC 1166406
Countries:
Peru
Duration:
8 weeks
  
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0845 344 7527

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If you're looking to experience life in South America, Peru is a great place to start as it offers a colourful, vibrant way-of-life, and borders many other countries that offer unlimited travelling opportunities throughout your experience.

You’ll travel to Peru on a group flight and on arrival will spend three days taking part in a worthwhile and enjoyable arrival orientation, which enables you to get to know your group, and learn about the practicalities of life in South America, including culture, customs and safety issues. You'll also enjoy pre-arranged tours with your orientation group, including excursions to local places of interest such as a city tour of Lima. Once you have completed the orientation you'll move on to your placement for either 2 or 3 months.

Placements are developed according to your own experience, skills and interests. You will work at the Flores de Villa community based project located on the outskirts of Lima. In the past, placements have included education, childcare, health centre-based work and construction. A basic level of Spanish is required.

You'll be living with a host family for the duration of your placement, and therefore will become involved in daily family life and enjoy local food (provided by your host family).

.Many other international volunteers will also be based in Flores de Villa and you'll have the opportunity to meet up and spend your days off exploring Peru, taking in such places as Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca and the Amazon basin, to name but a few. Many participants also take time at the end of their project to travel with the new friends that they’ve made.

Programme costs are £899 or £1099 for 8 or 12 weeks respectively and include full pre-departure advice and support, a three day arrival orientation (including tours and accommodation), accommodation and placement costs for the duration of the programme (including meals) and 24/7 support from BUNAC’s local partner organisation for the duration of your stay.

Our users say...

"I spent 3 months teaching English at a school in a Peruvian shanty town called San Juan de Miraflores. Having never travelled to a continent so far away from home, arriving in Lima was one of the most surreal moments in my life. Seeing a shanty town for the first time was like being at the cinema - I couldn’t believe the poverty people could live in and the friendly smiles they still carried.

During the first few days at the school I noticed there was no sewage and water system and immediately decided to find out why. Work had been started and a new toilet block had been built, however the connections to the municipal pipelines outside the school grounds hadn’t materialized. In addition to my teaching duties I decided to join a team of volunteers from the USA, Austria, Ireland and Peru to create working toilets and taps in the school. This required us to motivate the local community in addition to raising essential funds for the project.

I had never done any volunteer work before going to Peru, and spending 3 months in a team of volunteers from all over the world to help others was a fantastic experience.”


Amol Ved



from  £899

BUNAC

BUNAC offers a range of working holidays including USA summer camps, paid Work & Travel programmes to Canada,Australia and New Zealand and volunteering placements. These are open to full-time or gap year students and other young people from both the UK and the USA. Programmes last from eight weeks to 18 months
  
or call:

0845 344 7527