Projects Abroad offers several opportunities for volunteers. Six projects are based in the Sacred Valley or Cusco, including opportunities for teaching, culture and community, medicine and healthcare, language, care and sports. Volunteers who are interested in archaeology, expeditions and community work can join Inca Projects, based in Huyro in the La Convencion province. As the primary language spoken is Spanish in these areas, Spanish courses are offered for volunteers who live either with host families within the community or a community house with Projects Abroad staff. Volunteers work Monday through Friday, with the weekends free for exploration. Sessions for volunteering generally last two weeks or one to three months, but volunteers can stay on for extra months if they choose.
To join Projects Abroad, you must apply and pay a fee that includes accommodations, all meals, airport pick-up and drop-off, travel support from staff, as well as full travel and medical insurance. Flight costs are not included, and you are responsible for arranging travel to and from Peru. No qualifications are required to volunteer, and family members or friends can join you without having to volunteer for an additional fee for lodging.
Projects Abroad
347 West 36th St., Suite 903
New York, NY 10018
1-888-839-3535
projects-abroad.org
Volunteers for the Global Volunteer Network are based in Cusco, located near the Sacred Valley and Andes mountain range. The programs include childcare, construction, teaching, conservation and wildlife, healthcare and Andean cultural immersion. Volunteers work Monday through Friday in the Sacred Valley, the Andes or the jungle, depending on the program they choose. Volunteers with the immersion program live with a local family, while others stay in a volunteer house with three people to a room.
Volunteers must apply for these positions. If you are working in healthcare or joining the cultural immersion program, you need to have intermediate Spanish language skills. You must be physically fit if joining the conservation/wildlife or constructions projects. The mandatory program fee includes accommodations, all meals, transportation to and from the airport, salsa lessons, internet usage and a certificate upon completion of the program. You need to have spending money for weekend excursions, shopping, bottled water, travel insurance, flights to and from Peru and daily bus fare to and from the work site. Programs range from one to 24 weeks, and family members and children may join you for an additional fee. Babysitting is provided for a fee.
Global Volunteer Network
P. O. Box 30-968
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
1-800-963-1198
globalvolunteernetwork.org
Cross-Cultural Solutions offers volunteering opportunities to work in Lima or Ayacucho, Peru. Programs include caregiving for infants, children, elderly or disabled individuals; healthcare working in clinics; teaching and community development. Volunteers live at a home base, which is a large house with a kitchen, dining and commons areas and bedrooms that sleep three or four to a room. Program stays range from two to 12 weeks, and volunteers work Monday through Friday with weekends free to travel in the area.
All interested individuals must apply and will be placed based on skills and interests to a particular program. Program fees cover lodging, all meals, in-country ground transportation, local and incoming international phone calls and travel and medical insurance. Your flights to and from Peru are not included. You'll also need spending money for weekend travels.
Cross Cultural Solutions
2 Clinton Place
New Rochelle, NY 10801
1-800-380-4777
crossculturalsolutions.org
