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This project will allow volunteers to gain a close knowledge of rural life in the highlands of Peru. During the development of the project, volunteers will be in frequent contact with the Andean geography and demography, developing communal work with children, youths and adults from the community, in typical communitarian tasks.

Working on reforestation and improving the facilities of the Educational Institution No. 86012.
Teaching youths and children the language you speak (English, French or others) as well as learning the native language of Peru - Quechua.
Participating in the daily tasks of local families (sowing, harvesting, irrigation work, building houses, etc).
Taking part in the activities of the community (communal tasks, patronal festivities, among others).

This project is located in the district and province of Huaraz, Ancash. It can be accessed by the track Huaraz-Lima, at an altitude of 3200 meters, recorded in the Callejon de Huaylas.
Huaraz is located in the central-northern part of the country, some 420 km north of Lima. Huaraz sits in the agriculturally important Callejón de Huaylas valley, at the foot of the Cordillera Blanca mountain range, which includes Huascarán, the highest mountain in Peru at 6768 m.

Volunteers will stay in a house in the community. It is important to mention that every volunteer should bring a sleeping bag and if it is possible an air bed and/or a rubber mat.

190 Euro. This payment made by the volunteers to BVBP will cover the costs of lodging and food, as well as operational and administrative costs of the project.