In addition to your classes, after or during, you can decide to participate
in voluntary project.
This
is a great opportunity to use the Spanish you've learned during your classes,
in a practical setting, besides the contribution to and learn from the
project.
San Blas has contacts with a variety of institutions
in Cusco that offer voluntary work to foreigners.
You can work with / in
- Streetkids
- Revalidation centers (kids and adults)
- Clinicas
- Drug adictos
- Psychriatric clinic
- Youth prison
- Orphanages
- Special education
- Prioject with mantally handicapped boys and girls
- Project with abused children
- Travel agencies
- Kindergarten
- Primary and secundary schools
The
most of the project have a minimum working period of 4 weeks. Also you
have to have at least a basic level of Spanish. If you
want to work as a professional or do your internship at higher level is
required. Also
the projects require you to buy your own material, since they often do
not have the money to buy it.
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The volunteer program is only available through our international contacts.
Please write us for further information !!
Besides the projects in Cusco, the School has its own voluntary
project in which you can participate. This project takes place
in Cai Cay, a small village 1 hour from Cusco, in between mountains, besides
the Urubamba River.
The project is an established Non Governmental Organizations called "Fe
y Esperanza". The purpose is to broaden the kid's vision of the world,
giving them confidence and help them build a future of their own.
Volunteers work with about 25 school kids after school.
The children are in the ages between 5 and 12 years old. Volunteers help
them with their homework, give them lessons in English, or another language,
teach them to cultivate ground in a sustainable way or play soccer and
volleyball. Volunteers can use the materials that are present, such as
coloring books, notebooks, reading material etc. Volunteers work here
in the afternoon for a period as from 1 week. In the morning it is possible
to work at the local school. You can find more information and photos
on this site: http://users.pandora.be/vic.rau/peru/.
The site is written in Dutch.