Volunteering in Health within communities of the Andes of Peru that are living at risk and in extre

Location: El Tambo- Huancayo, Perú

We need people with experience in the areas of health, nursing, medicine, pharmaceutical, nutrition or alternative medicine, to help us promote our preventive health project, within communities or areas that suffer difficult economic situations in the central Peruvian Andes, is one of those areas affected by migration and large-scale abandonment caused by conditions and deficiencies of health, malnutrition and poor health infrastructure. Come and participate in this voluntary non-commercial project, developed with the communities, which focuses on self-management and teamwork in a flat collaboration structure.

During the weekends, we organize group excursions to many places of interest, such as camps, walks, mountains, artisan villages, Inca ruins, Amazonian forests and waterfalls. We are a group of people who share the best for a real and rewarding experience of social volunteering and cultural exchange. We do not represent accommodation organizations nor do we have links with tourism agencies.

Contributio:

Our organization needs an economic contribution, this helps us keep our work and projects alive, we work with our own projects and resources and invest the money obtained directly in the purchase of materials, rentals, construction, visits to villages and families.

*** We make discounts or exempt from this contribution those people with more capacity for collaboration in our projects

** The organization offers as compensation:

-Accommodation in a spacious and comfortable room.
-Basic work materials
-Continuous advice of a team with true motivation and experience in the social field.
-Exchange courses at no cost / very low in: meals, cakes, native dances
-The excursions are grouped to interesting places on weekends.
-information of interesting places and trips in Peru
-Learn and improve your level of Spanish in a practical and direct way
-Possibility of being an integral part of our organization (even legally speaking)
-Information about Andean-Inca history, culture and folklore, theoretical and completely experiential.
(optional) to experience first-hand holistic Andean energies and energies, yoga and reiki-
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We accept unpaid internships (social sciences, psychology, law, medicine, education, among others). As we work on the basis of self-sufficiency, we cannot provide air fares. However, we offer accommodation and meals at very reasonable prices.

Requirements for volunteers:

-You must be over 18 years old.
-ability and patience to work with very young girls (5-9 years) and women
-It is not necessary to have specialization or previous experience, here we train you to the millimeter, we always work in a very human team.
-You must be tolerant, adaptable and have an open and positive mindset.

** Important:

Our organization is directed by people with sufficient motivation, training and experience in humanitarian and social areas (anthropology, sociology, economics and alternative medicine of the Andean culture). Our work has more than 9 years of intense social work, this gives us the necessary experience. and offers a genuine job, where you can develop your skills, professional experience and achieve a rewarding way of personal growth, your skills are integrated as part of a team, we are not improvised in this matter, we do not offer artificial scenes, our is a Direct social work in areas where there is a great need for help for people in extreme poverty (focused mainly on the Andes of Peru) and where the true culture of Peru still struggles to survive, the Andean culture, cradle of the Inca civilization.

We also combine this with an intense and fun experience of cultural exchange, excursions to many interesting places in the Andes / jungle and practical courses: from native languages or culture to food, desserts / patisserie, local dances, native exotic herbal drinks.