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volunteer with Unread Mothers / Unread Children
Who qualifies? 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 nationality make no difference. It helps if you know at
least a few basic words in Spanish [we also provide free Spanish
lessons]. Some volunteers bring their professional skills,
dental or medical, Vets, engineers, ecologists, agronomists;
but most of us come to teach & help very poor children or
to assist their mothers to become financially independent.
We seek long term volunteers (months or years). The minimum
term is one month unless you have a compelling reason to apply
for less. We welcome your questions.
.Volunteers often come to help as teaching assistants in one
of our shanty school classrooms; whilst some have teaching
experience, most do not. In addition to teachers, Bruce Organisation
needs other posts, including Project Directors, fundraisers
and people with public relations experience. Our largest project
is getting extremely poor or street kids educated. Other projects
include community development, poverty eradication, helping
abandoned pregnant teens, technical development (such as sustainable
rural energy), hands-on animal protection., public and individual
health care, gargening, construction and physical labour.
Volunteer application form.
Accommodation
We offer our volunteers accommodation during their stay with
us. We also help organize daily lunch & dinner at a choice
of approved local restaurants near the volunteer complex @
under $2 per meal. There is a kitchen in the volunteer residence,
and we keep it stockled with a variety of fruit. All international
volunteers must live in the Bruce Organisation centre or in
approved accommodation, although some long term volunteers
have the option of living in a Bruce apartment outside of
the main complex. It is assumed that all volunteers have come
to work only with Bruce Organisation and not to take on outside
work or assignments. All volunteers are urged to come with
their own travel insurance..
We provide volunteers who need this three hours of Spanish
lessons per week.
Cost of Volunteering (in US $
dollars)
- $490 US per month - (*Or any part of a month for
first three months)
- $440 per month after 3 months -
(from three though six months)
- $360 per month after six months (from
six though twelve months)
- FREE accommodation is available after the first year.
There is no cost to register as a volunteer with us, (we are
a charity not an agency).. All volunteers pay $490 for the
first month (or any part of a month) for accommodation and
volunteer services. We are self sustaining, everyone other
than indigenous staff are volunteers and we do not rely on
government or institutional support [Note:some Teachers, Psychologists
and Social Workers are also volunteers]. The entire amount
for your stay must be paid well before your arrival. If you
are a couple and would like a double room please indicate
this in your application. It is on a first come basis as we
have only a few double rooms.
Volunteer daily schedule (for
example)
In the morning volunteers make sandwiches for the children
before eating their own breakfast. Volunteers then travel
in teams to our shanty schools, where they either teach or
assist one of our professional teachers. In some cities children
come into the centres for lessons, in other cities the schools
are located both in the city centre, but more often farther
away in the barrios (the poorest parts of town). The morning
is spent teaching literacy and maths to the children; plus
subjects a volunteer excells at: art, drasma, and weekly sports
day. Some volunteers help generally with all the children
in the class, others will have a specific group or child of
their own to teach, depending upon the needs of the class.
The local teachers decide what the volunteer needs to do within
the classroom but often volunteers are left to teach the children
for whom they are responsible as they see fit. Normally one
day a week the children also play sports. At the end of the
morning the children have lunch. In some centres volunteers
eat lunch with their children, in others they return to the
city centre to eat with the other volunteers.
During the afternoon, depending on the volunteer's bskills
and preferences
. ..· volunteers will do the following
. ..· More teaching of the children
. ..· Participating in a Learning Club for children already
in state school
.....·Give English lessons to public schools where our childrenl
end up
....· Take Spanish lessons from
one of our Spanish teachers.
· .. ·Help run a local community library & Litteracy project
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.. ·Free time
Volunteer days will vary slightly according to the centre
in which you are volunteering. To read a description of a
typical day at each of the centres, go to the “Centres in
Peru“ box at the top of the page and click on the relevant
centre from the drop-down menu.
A Travel break
Upon notice to the volunteer coordinator in the centre where
you serve (usually another volunteer), you may take time off
to travel and sightsee.
We have had more than two thousand international
and local volunteers join our
projects since 2004.
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