Join a group

Why join a group?

The Peru's Challenge Program is different from most volunteer programs as it offers a complete volunteer and travel package, great for those wanting to travel but are unsure about doing it alone. Our four-week Program, enjoyed by more than 2000 volunteers from all around the world, is designed to offer you the opportunity to affordably travel in South America while contributing directly to local communities and creating real opportunities for the children of Peru. It is the best way to truly experience and understand a country. You make great friends and most tend to travel together after the program finishes.

Anyone can become a Peru's Challenge volunteer. You don't need to speak a word of Spanish to work with the children. An open mind and eagerness to help is all we ask. Our programs suit all age groups and cater for all needs. Our youngest volunteer was 3 years old and our oldest has been 74 years old.

Have an interest in any of the following?

• working with or teaching children

• construction, renovation, painting

• health, hygiene and nutrition

• gardening

• traveling and meeting people

• learning to speak Spanish

• living and working with the indigenous people of Peru while learning about their culture

• organising fundraising events

• teaching or helping with: reading, writing, English, art and craft, computers, dance, drama, music and sport.

Even if you haven't done any of these things before, join us at Peru's Challenge, we always need the help.

The ability to speak Spanish is an advantage but not essential. Our volunteer travel package includes a Spanish language course and most of our Peruvian staff can speak some English. We suggest that volunteers with no Spanish experience enroll in a beginners course before they leave home, just to help with the basics. Throughout a typical week, you can choose which specific projects you would like to work on or divide your time between all of them.
 

What you do

Here is a blog from Angelene, describing typical days volunteering with Peru's Challenge. 

We ask that volunteers contribute around 25-30 hours per week at their designated placement. The rest of the time is yours to enjoy and explore amazing Cuzco. Generally, the day starts at 9am working with the kids at school until 1.30pm. You may lead classes in English, sport, art, dance, music, drama or computers.

If you are not interested in teaching, you can assist with development work such as building, renovating, plumbing, painting, cleaning and gardening. We strive to put you in activities that interest you, but mostly volunteers choose to partake in everything! Each day, we help the kids with general hygiene - washing hands and faces, applying lotion and cleaning teeth.

Afternoons are reserved for Spanish lessons, time for lesson planning, help with office work or free time. Most weeks, include a volunteer meeting. This allows time to talk about your previous week and the timetable for the coming week. This way you can organise your work hours and tasks to complete as well as timetable your Spanish lessons. We can also discuss our progress at the school and how the volunteers feel their jobs are going.

DATES FOR 2013

Dates on this calendar are subject to change at any time.

Program itineraries

See example itineraries for available Join a Group Programs.

August 1 - 28, 2013

September 1 - 28, 2013

October 3 - 30, 2013

November 26 - December 21, 2013

Please note:
Join a group programs will only run if there are 10 volunteers or more booked in.
 

INCLUSIONS – JOIN A GROUP PROGRAM

Outlined below are the inclusions for our Join a Group Program.

Please email volunteer@peruschallenge.com to be advised of costs for the Join a Group Program.

You will see that the inclusions for the tour and volunteer components are separated to provide you will a clear picture of what you are paying for. To join the Program, you must cover the costs of both components.

We request that:

• Funds for the tour component be provided directly to the travel agency organising the tour component.
• Funds for the volunteer component be provided directly to the local charity to give you piece of mind that 100% of the funds are going where they should be.

TOUR COMPONENT                                                                                               

 VOLUNTEER COMPONENT

Please click here for detailed information on what is and isn't included.

Please email volunteer@peruschallenge.com to be advised of costs for the Join a Group Program.