Volunteer Cusco Peru
is a project of Bruce Peru. Our
Cuzco volunteers go out into the city's streets and invite children to eat
for free at our "Restaurant Corazon".
From the childrens' perspective here is how the Volunteer Cusco project
works:
1 - Teams of our volunteers go out into the
city's streets looking for child laborers (and street kids generally). 2
- When they encounter them they make friends and get as much information
as possible about the child's circunstances, family, interests; and if the
child seems to fit the profile of those we might be able to help: we give
him or her a ticket to a free meal at our Restaurant Corazon - even bring
the child with us if he/she is available. 3 -
When they come to eat they are specially welcomed, and we register them;
begin to build a profile on them which will eventually prove useful in helping
them get into school. They eat with the other children and then we invite
them to join in the games, classes and projects we have organized for the
other children. 4 - When they are comfortable
with us our social assistants begin to work with them and their mothers
to persuade them of the benefits of getitng an education. If this is successful,
we take the child on as one of our regulars. 5 -
As an enroled child we work with them to improve their study skills and
group discipline - we also help them with their nutrition, clothes and medical
needs; but most importantly we go to their local school, and with the cooperation
of their mother: enrol them. Often the mother will not have money for the
fees, books and uniform; when this is the case we give a grant for the first
year's costs. 6 - When the child is in school
we continue to help with tutoring, social, psychological and medical support.
Spanish is taught free
to the volunteers of Volunteer Cusco by experienced bilingual Peruvian teachers.
SPANISH as a second language in a country where everyone is speaking
it all around you makes it easy for one to pick it up quickly. The classes
are structered with standard course material and lots of emphasis on conversation.
The street children we are helping - with whom our Volunteer Cusco team
spends time each day, Monday through Friday - will all want to communicate
with you, providing many opportunities to practice and perfect one's Spanish.
And there are many other regular opportunities to practice and improve your
Spanish.
All Spanish Clases for our Volunteers* are FREE |
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