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You are welcome to share your skills and passion with a local community in the Amazon forest in Peru.
It is a great opportunity to help the locals and explore this magnificent area!
We are located in Iquitos, Peru, which is a port city and gateway to the jungle lodges and tribal villages of the northern Amazon.
You will be working with a local NGO helping in afterschool activities for women and kids. We are a small NGO established by amazing local women. Our program is focused on empowering kids and women through education in rural areas in the Amazon forest of Peru.
This is personalized volunteering, meaning you decide with the program coordinator what position is best for you and suits your skills. The volunteering hours are flexible and are designed for your time and your volunteering program. This leaves plenty of time to explore the area and combine activities with the volunteering experience!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The volunteering hours are flexible and are designed for your time and your volunteering program. This leaves plenty of time to explore the area and combine activities with the volunteering experience.
There is lots to do in Iquitos! You can combine your volunteering with hiking, kayaking or exploring around with your host family. Iquitos has a vibrant community with lots of local activities and festivals for you to join.
Help
The impact you can make is enormous: Most kids come from impoverished communities waiting for the chance to study and break the cycle of poverty.
Our main focuses are helping in the day-to-day classes, empowering the kids, and assisting in developing programs and workshops.
There are many ways that we could use your help:
*Teaching classes to the children (arts and crafts, sports, music, supporting our English teacher, supporting our math teacher, etc.)
*Leading workshops for local women (such as yoga, dance, health and nutrition, etc.)
*Social media, marketing, business development, computers, etc.
*If you are a social worker, or psychologist looking for an internship
*Women and girls empowerment
*Any other skill you want to share
This volunteering suits people who like to spend time with kids, who can create and lead projects, and who are independent and responsible.
We also require an intermediate level of Spanish, because our teachers and kids communicate almost only in Spanish. This will ensure a better experience for you and the team.
Languages
Languages spoken
Spanish: Fluent
English: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
You will stay with a lovely local family in a city neighbourhood and can experience the Amazonian way of life.
You will have a bed in a shared room, and you will share the kitchen and bathroom with the family. There is Wi-Fi, but there is no hot water.
Additionally, we kindly ask you to contribute 5 $ per night per person, this money will go directly to the host family to cover the costs of purified water, tea, and coffee (that you can use all day). Additionally, it will cover the cost of a local and delicious breakfast (buffet style that will include eggs, bread and spreads, local fruit, milk and more)
You can use the kitchen to cook for yourself.
What else ...
We are a small local NGO established by amazing local women.
It is a unique experience because you can get to know the community and make a huge impact while experiencing locals' lives.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a good and stable internet connection
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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A truly beautiful place! It was lovely to return with better Spanish to truly help and empower the students.… read more
The family became my family. The children at the school became my own. I could not have asked for a better introduction to Peru, nor a better family to live… read more
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A truly beautiful place! It was lovely to return with better Spanish to truly help and empower the students.… read more
The family became my family. The children at the school became my own. I could not have asked for a better introduction to Peru, nor a better family to live… read more
All stuff and teachers are so nice and kind always open new ideas.
They sometime take me to tourist place.
Those place are so fun.
It also accomodation is so friendly and warm.
I feel very lucky to have met these people,
students are so nice too.
The school is feel very comfortable.
Everything made me feel… read more
Olav!
Thank so much for sharing your amazing energy with us!
We enjoyed your dancing classes, your devotion and passion. And thank you for your honest feedback, it is very important to us to.… read more
They stayed with us Bout 6 weeks and we were so lucky to have them!
They worked with the kids, conducting classes in various topics, they helped us in socail media and fund raising and much more!
They did everything with a big smile and passion. We will definitely recommend them!
Morgan is very passionate and serious about her knowledge and the environment. She passed this passion to the kids and the teachers as well. She was very helpful and kind. We will definitely recommend her :)
She was always eager to help and was a wonderful addition to our team.
She worked with the kids and the Women group and much more!
She helped withe the kids and also with the English classes for adults. She was kind, responsible and very proactive. We will love to see her back with us :)
She helped a lot in the English classes with the kids and adults as well.
She also helped with class structure and the organization's office work.
She was kind, serious and proactive.
She was very kind, proactive, and always willing to help!
She got along great with other volunteers and the host family and was an integral part of the group and all the activities.
She help in the english classes, the social media platforms, the organisation and… read more
You are staying with a very welcoming family which will take good care of you and there is always something to do in your freetime.
Teaching the kids at the school was amazing they where all keen to learn and very lovable.
You can bring your own ideas and abilities in class with the kids or the program with the women.
I… read more
He worked with the kids and the women's group. He helped with English classes and conducted yoga classes with a lot of love and passion.
We would love to see him again :)
There is teaching at the school 3-5 pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with Saturdays 9-1/2. There are loads of opportunities to help or run classes for the kids and in our short time we taught maths, English and… read more
