Help us to finalize a home and learning center for Children in the Sacred Valley, Peru

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  Description

  EN:
  Hello, my name is Tania. I live in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in a small town called Huaran. When I was younger, I studied in Cusco as well as Germany, where I lived for many years. I have since returned to Huaran and am living with my father on our family property. We have a large beautiful property surrounded by the Andes mountains. We have a guesthouse, a large kitchen, dining room and common area. We have many animals such as guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens, ducks, dogs and cats. We also have a farm where we grow fruiting trees, corn, herbs, and much more.
  
  In 2025 I have started a personal social project that supports the families that live in the surrounding high mountain villages. There are several villages outside Huaran, such as Cancha Cancha and Tacllypata, that sit at about 3500- 4000 m.s.n.m. Although beautiful, these villages are very isolated. The children from those families have to walk 3-4 hours everyday in order to go to the school here in the Sacred Valley. As a result, many children do not manage to go to school every day and therefore have limited access to education. I allow the children to live with me so that they have the opportunity to go to school. I offer them meals, rooms, and hot showers. In order to help feed them, my home also serves as a farmhouse bed and breakfast, where guests from all over the world can also stay and enjoy the scenery. In return, the children help me with various tasks around the farm including the preparation of meals, housework, caring for the animals, and maintenance of the garden. We usually have about 10 children of different ages ranging between 9 and 21 years. We live peacefully together and are a family.
  
  How do we work?
  The property works holistically through 3 very important aspects:
  1. The Cultural House for the Quechua children, to provide a living space and learning center for the children. It is a safe space, free from any kind of discrimination, where children can live and learn in a positive and enriching environment.
  2. The organic production center to provide and sustain nourishment for the children.
  3. The eco-lodge to generate a circular economy to provide the necessary funds to finance the project on an ongoing basis.
  
  Thank you very much for your interest in being part of our family.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Hospitality/Tourism

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  Interests

  

  Plant care

  

  Sustainability

  

  Charity work

  

  Animals

  

  Nature

  

  Hiking
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  What's this?
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  EN:
  The children living here come from the surrounding indegenous villages, where Quechua is spoken. The culture of this valley dates back to pre Inca times. You can hike with the children to their villages and get to know life in the mountains. You can experience how the culture has existed for thousands of years. It is a beautiful way of living and it is important to me and dear to my heart to teach others about it. THIS TRIP WE CAN NOT OFFER FOR FREE, BUT IT IS ALSO NOT MANDATORY (THE PRICES JUST COVERS FOOD, WORKSHOPS AND STAY IN THE VILLAGE)
  
  We work our ecofarm with permaculture in a sustainable way, this will help you understand how to use resources respectfully, the importance of water, biodiversity, and regeneration.
  
  Our meals are healthy because we use the organic products from our farm, but since we use what the earth gives us, we can not be picky, we have meat, vegetables, fruits etc, but we are use to prepare our meals with products that we have at the moment.
  
  Since you will be surrounded by quechua people, living our lifes, you will be able to learn how to do a mindful travel, knowing how this impacts local people and the environment.

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  Registered charity

  This host is a registered charity in their country and is looking for volunteers to help with their project(s).

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  EN:
  We are developing a volunteer program in order to grow our social project in favor of the local children.
  We ask people to be very PROACTIVE, RESPECTUFLL, , CLEAN AND TIDY, WITH WORK ETHIC AND POSITIVE ATITUDE.
  Please don't take us as a LOW-COST TRAVEL OPTION.
  Since there are always a lot of tasks, I need support in many areas. It may be that a job does not take that much time. It could be that you take on other tasks.
  
  The following areas are particularly important to me:
  
  - Final painting of walls, doors, frames of the home for the children we work with. Also artistical painting of signs to make the house cozier for the children. *Requirement: To have experience with paintings a lot of imagination and talent to decorate.
  
  - Marketing and social media knowledge: updating of social media (Instagram, Facebook) and photography. If you have background or education in these areas, we would love your support!
  
  - Kitchen Support: For the children and the volunteers, we require mostly HELPERS WITH EXPERIENCE for the preparation of breakfasts for the volunteers, lunches and dinners for the volunteers and children, who are part of the project.
  
  - Ecological farm: For production of vegetables and the care of small animals, guinea pigs, ducks, chickens, piglets, rabbits. Also *Indispensable requirement: To love animals and not to be afraid or disgusted with them or their waste.
  
  - The social project also allows the opportunity to help the children with their homeworks, reading, maths, english etc. Some spanish is required.
  
  NON NEGOTIABLE REQUIREMENTS:
  
  - Minimum stay of 5 weeks.
  - Volunteers over 23 years old.
  - Complete integrity, since we are a role model for children.
  - No smoking or drinking.
  - No use of hallucinogens or sacred plants.
  - To fulfill our agreements and commitments seriously.
  - Be proactive, organized, clean and tidy in every way.
  - We can not host families with children
  - To be eager to teach values to the children.
  - To be eager to contribute and be part of the future of all of them.
  -We want this to be a positive experience for you and for us, and in order to achieve that, we both need to give the best we can.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  Quechua: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  EN: The children are very interested in learning English and are very happy about the exchange.
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  Accommodation

  EN:
  In exchange for 5 hours of help, 5 days a week, I'm offering you a private room with two beds that you may have to share if there is another workawayer in the same period. We host maximun 3 volunteers at the same time. There is a shared bathroom with a hot shower. We all take part in keeping the bathroom clean. We start tasks after breakfast (usually around 8:30 am) and have lunch around 1 pm. After the lunch break, tasks continue. If you are doing tasks by yourself, you can divide it up however convenient to fit into your 25 hour week. In exchange for your help, I also offer you 3 meals a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner). It is simple food prepared for everyone. Dinner is very basic. There are hot drinks and a bite to eat for everyone. If it’s not enough for you, you are responsible for providing for yourself the extra things you need/want. It is important for us to eat meals together, as a family. We all have to be involve with washing dishes and keeping a tidy and clean kitchen after every meal, and also helping to prepare the meals. I ask that you help in maintaining a clean space for everyone.
  
  WE OFFER:
  - Shared double room, exterior bathroom. Simple but very comfortable.
  - Complete bed linen, sheets, towels, beds, tables and chairs.
  - Outdoor showers, very clean and hot.
  - Common work room with good internet.
  - Three meals a day, according to what is prepared at home for everyone.
  - Share with the whole team and become part of our family.

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  What else ...

  EN:
  Located in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the town Huaran is safe and quiet. The property is peaceful, quiet and has beautiful mountain views. At night you have a beautiful starry sky with a view of the Milky Way. It's the perfect place to enjoy the silence. There are numerous hiking opportunities in the area.
  
  Huaran is 1.5 hrs from Cusco and easily accessible by bus or taxi. There are also larger towns close to Huaran where you can go for groceries, such as Urubamba, Pisaq or Calca. In Urubamba there is a very nice market where you can get fresh fruit and vegetables. There is a bus that runs frequently throughout the Sacred Valley, called collectivo. It is very cheap, just a few soles. You are also not far from the town of Ollantaytambo, where you can reach Machu Picchu by train.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  This host charges a fee

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  Why does Workaway allow some hosts to charge a fee?

  
  

  Workaway provides opportunities for non-monetary cultural exchanges where hosts provide food and accommodation in return for help from Workawayers. In some exceptional cases, a small fee/ donation request (typically no more than 5 dollars per day) may be approved for hosts such as registered charities with a history of positive volunteer feedback. Any fee must directly go to the charity and can only be used to cover the volunteers' food costs. This will be clearly marked on the host's listing.
  

  Listings by agents, "middle-men" or projects that appear to profit from a volunteer's stay are strictly prohibited. Any fees must be discussed and approved in advance by the Workaway team.

  $6 per day for food

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