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Volunteers in Cusco can work with an orphanage providing shelter to orphaned and abandoned children or with a day care center for children with low income working mothers. All centers place a large emphasis on education and nutrition ii order to promote t ...
ELI-Experiential Learning International
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Over the last century, Peru has been experiencing a massive rural to urban migration. Many of the workers pouring into Lima are domestic workers hoping to make their fortune and support their families. Many domestic service workers find themselves in abusi ...
ELI-Experiential Learning International
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The streets of Lima are a tough place for kids with nowhere else to turn. Many Peruvian children end up on the streets as an escape from extreme poverty, abusive home situations, or as a result of losing a parent or other family members. On the streets, c ...
ELI-Experiential Learning International
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Lima is surrounded by pueblos jovenes (young towns) which often lack basic services such as electricity, sanitation, adequate schools and health care. Many families live in informal housing and struggle to make enough money to survive. Children as young as ...
ELI-Experiential Learning International
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Statistically, 1 in 4 Peruvian mothers are under the age of 18. Many of these young mothers are the victims of sexual abuse and have been abandoned by their families. ELI works with an organization in Cusco devoted to providing shelter for young mothers wh ...
ELI-Experiential Learning International
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Volunteers have the opportunity to learn firsthand about the challenges being faced by small schools in the Sacred Valley. Schools are under funded, in disrepair and short staffed. Volunteers can assist teaching subjects such as Basic English, Geography, M ...
ELI-Experiential Learning International
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Volunteers and staff at this project in Peru work towards giving a fresh start to youth with disabilities or who have been abused and abandoned. As a volunteer in Peru you will be helping to bring these marginalized children into mainstream society so that ...
Greenheart Travel
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Volunteer abroad in Peru! Volunteers in Cusco can work with an orphanage providing shelter to orphaned and abandoned children or with a day care center for children with low income working mothers. All centers place a large emphasis on education and nutrit ...
International Volunteers
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Since AMIGOS was founded in 1965, more than 25,000 young people have participated in the Summer Program.
In the Summer Program, you will live with a host family, working with a team of 2-3 Volunteers, immersing yourself in the language and culture of y ...
Amigos de las Americas
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