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Teaching and helping out at the project

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The experience

There are 3 classes: 3-year-olds, 4-5-year-olds, and 6 years and above. You can choose where to help. You don’t need to be a professional teacher, just have lots of love for the kids—they will return it. Basic Spanish is needed for communication, but fluency isn't required. You won’t be left alone with a whole class, but it's helpful if you can take the initiative with your teaching ideas. The focus will be on reading, writing, math, and English.

What you offer

20 hours of help per week

Music: Perform to entertain guests, children or local communities.

Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.

Additional fee required

Amount: € 6 Per day

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project

Description: Este dinero te da derecho a alojamiento (de lunes a domingo) y tres comidas al día (de lunes a viernes): desayuno, almuerzo y cena. Sin embargo, la mayor parte de tu contribución va directamente al proyecto; este es el propósito principal de la contribución. Sin ella, la asociación tendría dificultades para sobrevivir.

What you get

2 days off per week

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

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

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.

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

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

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

Requirements

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Be from outside Peru

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Our school is located in the city of Trujillo, in the district of La Esperanza. This is one of the largest districts of the city, and also one of the poorest. For this reason, we have chosen to develop our project here.

Our goal is to create a place where the affected children (3 to 15 years old) and families can feel safe and comfortable while learning and/or reinforcing both their academic and social abilities. In this way we try to abolish the rate of illiteracy and the social inequality gap.

The school is implementing aid programs in the areas of education, child labor, health, nutrition and family planning. We work with the most vulnerable groups regardless of race, religion or social status.

Activities & Shift

The schedule at the school is:

Mornings: Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM. We have a recess of approximately 30 minutes from 10:15 to 10:45.

Afternoons:

Twice a week, we visit families from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
Preparation of activities.
The teacher is in charge of the development of the classes in the educational project, being responsible for the activities and guidance.

The Red Thread volunteer in the neighborhood will be identified by the residents by their red vest, which they must wear as a distinctive mark of their community help.

Additionally, you will have the opportunity to get to know our project in depth through visits to the families, but first, we want you to get to know the children well so that you can better understand the reasons for certain behaviors or attitudes once you visit.

What are the days like?
Once a week, the volunteers meet to organize the week