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| Anyone who is positive, works well with others, has something to contribute and possesses a natural affection for the people we are trying to help (poor children and abandoned mothers). Age, sex, race, religion and national origin make no difference. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Types of work
done by our volunteers in Peru |
Project coordinators, language teachers (especially English and French), social workers, psychologists, construction and maintenance, child minding, food service, teaching: PC, internet, arts and crafts, music, basic education; medical, project development, children's rights, psychology, child and mothers' advocacy, pure water and basic shelter. Right now we urgently need (in addition to teachers, social workers, child minders and psychologists), volunteers with administration fundraising and public relations skills. Our most urgent need remains project coordinators.. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We offer our international volunteers lodging on our campus*, three meals five days a week (Week ends, holidays and days when we are not serving children not included), basic medical care (subject to availability of our volunteer doctors; cost of medicine, clinics, specialists and hospital care not included - though we do have some free medicines), *All International volunteers need to live on campus or in approved accommodation (some long term volunteers have the option of living in an apartment off-campus). It is assumed that all volunteers who come to us pursuant to this application have come to work in our programs and projects, and not to take outside work or assignments. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There is no cost to register as a volunteer
with us. All volunteers pay a donation in the amount of €360 per month (or
any part of a month) for the first three months.
This amount goes directly to covering program expenses; i.e. school materials
for children, food for children, project development and volunteer services.
We are self sustaining, are all volunteers and do not rely on government
or institutional support. Your entire donation should be paid not less than
one month before your arrival. Note: Some
months we receive more applications than we have openings for; therefore,
if you are accepted to volunteer beginning in one of these months: you will
be given an opportunity to reserve your place in our volunteer programme. Free Spanish lessons while volunteering (2 lessons per week) |
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| First breakfast here at our center. The volunteer then does one of the following: A- teaches a class to our regular children, B- if they are responsible for an area of our program (such as coordinating class schedules), they work in their area, C- Goes with a team to one of our satellite children's centres (depending on the city where they are serving); and there teaches, helps, plays with and feeds the very poor children in our program. The volunteer will stay with the children (whether at a city centre of satellite facility) until the children in the morning session have finished lunch. Volunteers eat lunch either with the children or with the other volunteers (depending on where they are serving); after which there is free time or a bit of play and more teaching with children in the afternoon session (this applies in cities like Huaraz, Cajamarca and Puerto Chicama, where all the children come to our main centre). In other centres volunteers will work on their special project, participate in a 'Bruce Club' for children we have already gotten into school, have free time or receive a Spanish lesson. The evening meal meal is at 6:00 PM, after which most volunteers teach language courses (mostly to young adults and people of low income) classes are from 7 to 8:00 and 8 to 9:00 PM. The students of these courses pay a small donation for their lessons, and this helps fund our program. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Present and
past volunteers at
Bruce Organization we normally have between 20 and 45 International Volunteers and 30 to 55 LAtin American volunteers serving at any given time (in spite of the large number of volunteers who have served in our programs, we remain a small organization). |
In fact we are all
volunteers; doctors, dentists, three economists, lots of social workers,
even more university students (medicine, systems, education, psychology,
communication, architecture), cooks, lots and lots of teachers, child minders,
psychologists, attorneys, engineers, a biologist, nurses, musicians, artists
and laborers. The shortest time anyone has volunteered is one day; the longest
so far is two years. The list below includes former and current
volunteers. Demographics
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Messages from
past Volunteers |
John (England)....Sandra (Spain/England)..... Emma (Ireland).....Euan (Scotland) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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How to volunteer
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Begin by filling in the VOLUNTEER APPLICATION and we will respond very soon. |
