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Help at our orphanage by giving love to our kids near Cusco, Peru

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The experience

Each day we seek help in our kitchen preparing meals for our kids, helping with their homework or playing with them!
We are an orphanage that takes in children to give them a better home. We have 11 kids aged 8-18.
In return you'll receive 3 meals, bed in volunteer dorm and a chance to help and get to know a lovely group of kids.
We receive volunteers from all over the world, and would love you to be a part of our family :-)

What you offer

5 hours of help per day

Cooking: Choose the menu, pick ingredients and cook delicious dishes.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 5 Per day

Fee pays for: Donation to project

Description: Pedimos que los volontarios contribuyan 20 soles para cubrir los gastos de su estancía. We ask volunteers to contribute 20 Soles to cover the costs of their stay.

What you get

1 day off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English or Beginner Spanish

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Azul Wasi regularly receives volunteers from all over the world; all of whom feel it in their hearts to help and become part of our multicultural community!

If you are planning a trip to Peru, specifically the Cusco region, and are in search of a unique experience; keep on reading! Azul Wasi might be just the perfect fit for you!

Our team consists of just two full-time on-site people, which therefore means we are grateful for all the help we can get from our volunteers, whether that be chopping vegetables, fixing various things on the property, helping to look after the wide range of animals we keep, painting artwork on our walls or simply playing football with the kids in the sunshine.

Our volunteers are incredibly important to us and we look forward to welcoming you to our big friendly (and very fun) family :)

Activities & Shift

How does a normal day look at Azul Wasi?

Wake up at around 6:30 in order to help prepare and serve breakfast for the kids before they head off to school at 7:30. Then it's time to start preparing lunch/dinner, this will involve cutting vegetables, cleaning and other general kitchen work. If any volunteers wish to cook something for the kids themselves, they are more than welcome to find the ingredients they need in the town and/or use what ingredients we can offer, we would love this as this gives a chance for the kids to try food from all over the world!
Once the preparation for lunch and dinner is finished (usually around 10am although this is dependent on the number of volunteers) you have free time to spend how you wish.

We usually have lunch around 2pm, when the youngest kids come back from school, and afterwards you can spend the afternoon playing with the kids, helping them with their homework or even teaching them something new! The older kids come back around 3:30pm, and once they have had their lunch you are more than welcome to help them with their homework and/or teach them other things.

In the evening, after the various animals we have have been rounded up and put to bed, we have dinner together at around 7pm, and after that you are free to do as you wish.

Rules

No Smoking
No Drugs
No Alcohol