Peru Community Projects
You and your family can leave your mark in many positive ways in Lima. Global Volunteers works in partnership with three local host organizations. Puericultorio Perez Aranibar (PPA), a large "Children's Home" serves 600 at-risk children ages birth to 17, and Asociación Ciudad de los Niños de la Inmaculada (CDLN) serves 300 boys.
The CDLN is a haven for impoverished and neglected children, and adolescents at high risk, founded by Capuchin Franciscan brother Francisco de la Riva Ligure Menasso. Both CDLN and PPA provide security, safe housing, nutritious meals, and a good education in a supportive environment. Global Volunteers teams work in partnership with both institutions to supplement care.
La Molina Language Center is a central program in La Molina National Agricultural University. The language center provides English training for students and community members in agricultural and forestry studies, enabling them to share research. The University was founded in 1902, and has helped develop new varieties of pest-resistant native foods with increased nutritional value. Additionally, the school works to preserve hertigage foods, and researches environmental change and preservation.
Labor and construction: If you like to roll up your sleeves to make a difference, our partners often need assistance with painting, carpentry, window and light installation, gardening, lawn mowing, and general building maintenance.
Help at-risk children grow and develop: Working with two childrens' homes, you can help toddlers and pre-schoolers with simple activities such as arts and craft projects, outdoor recreation, reading and singing, and self-care and hygiene skills.
Tutoring youth: Adolescents and teens need help with homework, skills-building exercises, and simple recreational activities to enhance their growth and development.
English teaching: At La Molina Language Center, you can teach English language skills to university students and faculty in English conversation workshops stressing some of the "finer" points of the common use of English; such as colloquial expressions, phrasal verbs, expression of opinions and ideas, etc. Volunteers create basic curricula and identify materials that are used to build upon by volunteers on subsequent Global Volunteer teams. You may also be asked to teach English language skills to students in the fifth through 12th grades. Most students have had little English language exposure, but are eager to try in small groups. Any native English speaker can serve on this project... no previous teaching experience is required.