Volunteer Abroad in Peru

Country: Switzerland, Age: 19

Lucy Windmer

Thank you very much for everything. I am really happy in my two projects.

I am really going to miss the animals because they know me now and let me pet them.

Project: Animal Conservation
Volunteered: 30 January 2011

Country: USA, Age: 26

Jennifer Paskach

I think about that statement, are they really lucky, the ones who take everything for granted, or are these poor Cusqueñan kids really the lucky one because they see more value in the things and the people that they have in their lives.

When I got there I was picked up at the airport and I went straight to my host mom´s house. She was such a good host and had coca tea waiting right away, perfect after an overnight flight.

Project: Teaching English Cusco
Volunteered: 21 June 2010

Country: USA, Age: 19

Jessie Durrett

I enjoyed my work a lot. It was very interesting and also very important. The kids need help and I feel that I was able to help them.

Thank you very much for everything. First of all, I really like my host family in Peru. Emma and Lula are very nice and welcoming and I appreciated their help.

Project: Girls Shelter
Volunteered: 7 June 2010

Country: USA, Age: 27

Mary Gerardo

My home stay experience was great. uVolunteer does an outstanding job of ensuring that the volunteers stay with respectable families who welcome the volunteers and treat them as one of their own.

It was at that moment that I realized that it didn’t matter how hard teaching the girls was for me. It was the difference I was making in their lives that mattered. Watching how excited they were to have someone take time to teach them-it moved me.

Project: Girls Shelter
Volunteered: 1 February 2010

Country: England, Age: 23

James Cornell

The orphanage is an incredibly positive environment, and it is hand out to be already wonder by the enthusiasm and energy of the boys.

The two weeks I spend volunteering at the orphanage and taking Spanish classes the school were both challenging and rewarding...

Project: Orphanges for Boys
Volunteered: 1 October 2008

Country: England, Age: 24

Lara Cadney

The volunteering project was great fun, the boys were, although crazy, lots of fun!

I spent two weeks in Cusco between the 7 of November and the 21 first of November 2008. During this time I spent two weeks volunteering at an orphanage and one week in Spanish Class.