Details for International Volunteers

Who can volunteer?
We encourage anyone to volunteer as long as you have a bit of commitment and enthusiasm. We accept all professions and don't discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, religion or sexuality.

Do I need to be able to speak Spanish?
We strongly recommend that you have at least a basic conversational level of Spanish before joining us. This will help you to get the most out of your experience as none of the children you will be working with speak English. You will therefore be helping to the children to read, write and do maths in Spanish.

How long should I volunteer for?
We have had people volunteer for six months, one month or just a couple of weeks. However, we encourage people to stay for at least one month as you'll get more out of your time as a volunteer as the children get to know you. We are also happy to have volunteers come for a couple of weeks, although the minimum payment is for one month.

How much does it cost to volunteer?
For each month, or part of a month the cost is:

$350.00 USD

What is included in the costs?

As part of your volunteer payment of $350.00 per month you will receive accommodation in the Seeds of Hope volunteer which includes:

*a bed
*hot water shower
* use of fully equipped kitchen with refrigerator, coffee maker, stove, oven ext.
* use of one hour of internet per day.
* use of TV and wide selection of DVDs

Since we are still such a small NGO and our funding is limited the $350.00 you pay not only goes to you living in the Seeds volunteer house but also goes towards to operational costs of keeping the SEEDS school open. In addtion your donation allows us to purchase the children’s school uniforms
study materials and pay their school matriculation fees so that all the children who attend Seeds can also attend the local public school. We also use this monety to help provide medical assistance by trained professionsals for the children when necessary.

If volunteers decide not to stay at the volunteer house while volunteering we ask they pay or ideally fundraise $200.00 to help us cover the cost of the Seeds of Hope school which costs us about $20.00 per child to run per month and we have about 50 children!

How much free time is there?
Classes with the children are from 9.30am - 11.30am and 2:30pm - 5.00pm every week day.
Your afternoon time between class sessions as well as evenings are completely free for volunteers to spend their time however they want!

There are no classes at the weekends which gives you the opportunity to explore the beautiful Peruvian countryside.

Is travel insurance necessary?

When travelling abroad, travel insurance is always necessary. We strongly advise that you get travel insurance to cover you whilst you are volunteering, especially for medical coverage.

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