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Volunteer
Program (Volunteer
Peru Application) or (for
info on current openings) |
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Anyone who is positive,
works well with others, has something to contribute and possesses a natural
affection for the people we are trying to help (poor children and abandoned
mothers). Age, sex, race, religion and national origin make no difference.
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Types of
work
done by
our volunteers in Peru
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Project
coordinators, language teachers (especially English and French), social
workers, psychiatrists, construction and maintenance, child minding, food
service, teaching: PC, internet, arts and crafts, music, basic education;
medical, project development, children's rights, psychology, child and mothers'
advocacy, pure water and basic shelter. Right
now we urgently need (in addition
to teachers, social workers, child minders and psychologists), volunteers
with administration fundraising and public relations skills. Our most urgent
need remains project coordinators.. |
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We
offer our international volunteers lodging on our campus*, three meals five
days a week (Week ends, holidays and days when we are not
feeding children not included), basic medical care (subject
to availability of our volunteer doctors; cost of medicine, clinics, specialists
and hospital care not included - though we do have some free medicines),
*All International volunteers must live on campus or in approved accommodation
(some long term volunteers have the option of living in an apartment off-campus).
It is assumed that all volunteers who come to us pursuant to this application
have come to work in our programs and projects, and not to take outside
work or assignments - a practice which is forbidden. |
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.....Cost
of Volunteering in Peru
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There is no cost to register as
a volunteer with us. All volunteers pay a fee in the amount of $290 per
month. This is used for development, including recruitment and opening new
projects and has no relationship to room and board, which are free. This
amount must be paid in advance. We are self sustaining, are all volunteers
and do not rely on government or institutional support. Note: We approve
a little more than half of the serious applications we receive. However,
we have evaluated and approved a considerable number of applications for
volunteers who have fail to turn up. For this reason we now require that
if your arrival date is more than one month after the time your application
is approved you must reconfirm from time to time your continued intention
to come, in order for your place to remain reserved. At least two weeks
before you arrive you must email us confirming your arrival date and travel
arrangements, and your contribution must have been received (the maximum
prepayment required for long-term volunteers is the first three months contribution).
There are no refunds.
* If this amount is difficult for you: here
are some suggestions on getting Sponsored. |
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First
breakfast here at our center. The volunteer then does one of the following:
1 - teaches a class to our regular children, 2 - if they are responsible
for an area of our program (such as coordinating class schedules), they
work in their area, 3 - they go to the parks and principal intersections
in the city center to meet Street Children and child laborers who come in
from the barrios to sell sweets, shine shoes, wash cars, beg or steal. The
volunteer befriends them: invites them to come eat with us for free. Also,
if the children have medical or dental problems (as practically all have),
informs them where and when we offer free medical and dental services. At
lunchtime receives the children invited in the morning and introduces them
to other volunteers, the social worker, psychologist and if necessary to
the doctor or dentist as well as to other children. 4 - Volunteers work
in rotation in receiving, serving, monitoring and socializing with the children
who participate in the free lunch program. Volunteers eat lunch with the
children and/or with the other volunteers; after which there is free time
or a bit of play with children who are not in our classes or in regular
school in the afternoon. Some volunteers will then teach a course in the
afternoon session or else work on a special project with the children (ie
this may be painting a mural, planting a garden or working on a musical/theatrical
show). In the late afternoon the volunteer either relaxes or works on development
projects either in the office or in the field. The day ends for some with
the night meal, 6:00 PM, those who are able teach language courses (mostly
to young adults and people of low means) until 8:00 or 9:00 PM. The students
of these courses pay a small donation for their lessons, and this helps
fund our program for the children. |
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Present
and past volunteers at
Bruce Peru
we normally have between 15 and 30 International
Volunteers and 10 to 15 Peruvian volunteers serving at any given time
(in spite of the large number of volunteers who have served in our programs,
we remain a small organization).
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In fact we are
all volunteers; doctors, dentists, three economists, lots of social workers,
even more university students (medicine, systems, education, psychology,
communication, architecture), cooks, lots and lots of teachers, child minders,
psychologists, attorneys, engineers, a biologist, nurses, musicians, artists
and laborers. The shortest time anyone has volunteered is one day; the longest
so far is two years. The
list below includes former and current volunteers.
Demographics
| Austria |
1 |
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Indonesia |
1 |
| Australia |
6 |
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Ireland |
5 |
| Belgium |
2 |
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Israel |
1 |
| Brazil |
3 |
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Italy |
3 |
| Canada |
22 |
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Japan |
11 |
| Chile |
1 |
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Netherlands |
10 |
| Cornwall |
2 |
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Norway |
4 |
| Cuba |
2 |
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Panama |
1 |
| Denmark |
4 |
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Peru |
282 |
| Ecuador |
2 |
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Scotland |
4 |
| England |
38 |
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Spain |
10 |
| France |
15 |
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Swden |
3 |
| Germany |
12 |
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Switzerland |
4 |
| Iceland |
1 |
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U.S.A.
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61...........Total
....510
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Messages
from
past Volunteers
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John
(England)....Sandra
(Spain/England).....
Emma
(Ireland).....Euan
(Scotland) |
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How to volunteer
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Begin by filling in the PERU
VOLUNTEER APPLICATION and we will respond very soon. |
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Getting
from Lima Airport to Bruce Peru in Trujillo
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We have arranged everything to make it easy, safe
and inexpensive for you to get from the airport in Lima to our campus in
Trujillo - Getting
from Lima to the Volunteer Center in Peru |
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..Essential information before coming to
volunteer in Peru
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