Description

The volunteer project in the orphanage URPI at the City of Ayacucho, Peru has been running for more than four years with excellent results. With this in mind, a group of international volunteers is again invited to participate in activities with Peruvian children and families.

As a volunteer in Ayacucho, you will be working at the URPI orphanage for boys with ages ranging from 5-17 years old. These boys have come to URPI for a variety of reasons concerning their familial situations, including reasons such as death of parents, violence in the home, drug and/or alcohol abuse by parents or imprisonment of their parents.

Volunteers will have the opportunity to: participate in ongoing courses on topics such as English, gardening, etc. plan their own activities based on individual and group skills and interests and the needs of the children, take the children on Saturday afternoon excursions to the local swimming pool and occasionally on outings to learn about ceramics and artisanship, volunteer on an additional project running Saturday mornings at a town near Ayacucho where volunteers teach life skills to people with physical disabilities.

The purpose of the activities the volunteers will be preparing is to provide the children at the URPI orphanage with lasting, practical skills to carry with them when they are old enough to leave the orphanage such as carpentry, handiwork, handicraft, cooking, baking, etc. Please keep this in mind when developing the activities.

While at URPI, volunteers will be working in a supporting role with the teachers and other permanent volunteers at the orphanage. While the volunteers are responsible for both caring for and disciplining the children, the teachers and other permanent volunteers will help with the more serious disciplinary actions that are required, though these seldom occur.

Highlights

Ayacucho is a historical city of Peru, located in the mountains at 2700 meters above sea level. It has all the services of the modern city.

There is an extra fee of 210 Euro for participation in each of these workcamps, intended to support the hosting organization.

Qualifications

It is very important that all volunteers be prepared to work with children! Volunteers must be highly motivated and keep in mind that the children are the first and most important reason volunteers are asked to work at URPI.

Languages

• English
• Spanish

Cost in US$:

USD 290

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• Registration fees
• Written materials pre-departure

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

Motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative young person with adventurous spirit.

Age Range

18 and over

This Program is open to

American and Canadian Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Group living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement

CADIP promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: * To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution * To strengthen the international contacts among young people * To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings *To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world * To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills * To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning * To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.