We are a non-profit organization, based in Peru, providing free English education to disadvantaged children and adults in the local community, also supporting a dog shelter. With the help of our volunteers, we will hopefully develop more new projects.

Location

We are located in the thriving city of Trujillo, Peru in the city’s poorest district-La Esperanza.

Recognizing that many members of our community are born into this type of poverty and have very few job opportunities, we decided to broaden the horizons of our community by founding Vivential NGO  Peru. For this reason, we are collaborating with volunteers to improve the quality of life of some of the poorest people through education.

Goals

Our goal is to provide opportunities to the members of our community using education in order to improve their lives. With the help of our volunteers, we are able to offer children and adults alike this useful skill for free.

1) Project: Working At A Dog Shelter

• The fact that most of them are cross or mixed breed, and therefore of no commercial value, is the main reason why they’re left alone on the street to either survive or die.
• The luckier animals that aren’t hit by cars, shot, or used for research purposes, end up in a refuge or family shelter, where they wait to be adopted.

Volunteer Roles/Working Hours

 Working at the Dog Shelter includes a combination of:

• Helping with the maintenance of the facility: i.e. cooking, feeding, and cleaning up.
• Taking the dogs out for walks.
• Rescuing abandoned dogs at risk.

Volunteer Requirements

• Minimum age 18
• No Spanish required, but some basic is useful for communication with the people who look after the animals. We can arrange Spanish classes for you to start on arrival.
• Minimum commitment: 4 weeks- the longer, the better.
• Volunteers must be animal loving! Volunteers must be adaptable and also flexible to work with limited resources.
• Relevant academic & professional background (veterinarian, etc) would be an advantage, but not expected or essential.

2) Project: Teaching English Program

There is no greater freedom than knowledge.

Volunteers share unique skills and knowledge to the students.

• the public schools, class sizes are 30 students, ages from 5 to 13 years old.
• Horizon School, classes are more like a tutoring session, with 1-4 students per class from children to adults.

We provide our volunteers with a rewarding experience learning about Peruvian culture while living with volunteers from around the world.

Volunteer Roles/ Working Hours

Your role will consist of leading the English classes, where possible this will be done together with another volunteer. At present, the general level of English of our learners across all schools and settings is basic, and it is important that volunteers are prepared to be teaching students or learners who will more than likely be at a beginner level. Generally, volunteers will work with classes once or twice a week between 2 or 4 hours per day its flexible, and the length of lessons is usually around an hour, but can sometimes be shortened or extended depending on other activities of schools and settings.

The class teacher will usually be there in the classroom with you but normally not participating. Depending on which class you teach the assistance you will receive from the teacher will vary.

Specific tasks include a combination of the activities listed below:

• Giving English lessons to children (sometimes there is also a demand for Arts or Sports classes).
• Bringing new ideas to improve the HELP English project.
• Preparing lesson plans or even a syllabus or study programme for your subject, considering what’s been done in the past and what can be improved now.
• Guaranteeing that all the materials used during each session are stored and put back into place afterwards.

The school is open most of the year (from March to mid-December).
Volunteers can get there from Monday to Friday – in the morning (8 am until 1 pm and 1 pm until 6 pm).

However, it might vary according to the subject(s) you will be teaching. Do not forget you’ll need some time for planning activities and staff meetings!

Volunteer Requirements

• Age 18+ on arrival
• Basic to Intermediate Spanish level when you start working – we can arrange Spanish courses for you to start on arrival, which can boost your Spanish before you start volunteering.
• Minimum commitment: normally 4 weeks – could be less in exceptional circumstances or for an exceptional candidate.
• Empathetic, responsible, pro-active and strong enough personality to deal with unexpected situations and ask for help when necessary.
• Relevant skills in English, Arts/Crafts or Sports.
• Some experience teaching or working with children in some way.
• Empathetic, responsible, pro-active and strong enough personality to deal with unexpected situations and ask for help when necessary.
• Good team player.
• Ability and/or confidence to deal with streetwise children.