rewarding volunteer - peru
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About us
• We are a Peruvian non-profit organization, dedicated to helping rural villages and communities through international volunteer participation while respecting community values, traditions, and local customs.
Rewarding Volunteer
What We Offer
• A meaningful experience that will expand your view of the world in thirty days.
• The opportunity to make a difference by working closely with communities in need while sharing and exchanging cultural perspectives.
• The chance to use your talents to educate, provide primary health care and preserve the environment.
Volunteer Programs
!Andes • Teaching in Yuncaypata - Cusco • Building project in Yuncaypata - Cusco • Health & medicine in Santiago - Cusco
WELCOME TO YUNCAYPATA
Yuncaypata
The village of Yuncaypata is located in the District and Department of Cusco. It is located in the mountains above the city of Cusco. It takes about 1 hour on a local bus to get there from the city. The population is approximately 310 people.
Kindergarten and Elementary School - Virgen del Carmen, YUNCAYPATA
!• This is a public school with minimal
resources. The kids are bilingual (Quechua and Spanish ), and range in age from 4 to 14 years old . They typically work on their farms with their families.
• The staff is limited to the Principal and two teachers, who administer the school as well as serve as teachers.
YUNCAYPATA’S PUBLIC SCHOOL
Teaching in Yuncaypata
!• Serve as a teacher’s assistant. • Participate actively in hygiene, nutrition, and
pregnancy awareness campaigns. • Organize art sessions for the indigenous children
with local resources. For example, pasting dried peas, beans and sweet corn onto recycled cardboard in the shapes of animals like llamas, alpacas, etc.
!• Assist kids with special needs. • Are you keen on sports like volleyball or soccer?
Share your passion at more than 3,000 meters above sea level!
• Organize reading and story-time sessions for children without access to education.
Teaching in Yuncaypata (cont.)
Building in Yuncaypata
• Collaborate with local people and work in building and maintenance projects like painting and minor repairs at the school, or fixing fences at the community center.
• Build and repair using local and traditional materials. For example, repair roofs using adobe bricks, and learn how to make clay bricks from scratch!
• Help sustain local farmers by building a fence for their guinea pigs or chickens.
LOCAL BAKERY IN YUNCAYPATA
Belen Parish Clinic in Santiago
• The Belen Parish Clinic is located in Santiago, a district of Cusco, 15 minutes from downtown Cusco by local buses.
• This parish clinic serves a population of approximately 4,185 inhabitants.
• It is funded by the Parish of Belen, and has a staff of 3 doctors, 8 nurses, 1 obstetrician, 1 biologist, 2 physical therapists, and 2 dentists.
• The doctors also integrate natural medicines (medicinal plants) into their practice.
HEALTH AND MEDICINE IN SANTIAGO, CUSCO
Health and Medicine in Santiago Cusco
!• Assist doctors with primary health care in the Belen
Parish Clinic in Cusco (e.g., weighing babies, handling patient files, preparing medical supplies, and filing prescriptions, etc.).
• Observe procedures and consultations, and assist as needed (e.g., stitching wounds, assisting obstetricians with deliveries) .
• Help the nurses by participating in vaccination campaigns (measles, chicken pox) for rural children, when available.
• Provide prenatal care to prevent high infant mortality rates.
• Promote and support health and hygiene awareness campaigns.
PHYSICAL THERAPY ROOM
NON-TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
NON TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
