Peru
Unámonos
Arequipa
Unámonos is a home for children and teenagers with a mental and/or a physical disability. Additional to the school education the children and teenagers also learn practical abilities like stitching and running a household for the girls and basic knowledge about woodworking for the boys.
Field of work: work with children and teenagers with disability, educationg
Qualification: experience in dealing with persons with disability, command of English advantageous
Function of volunteers: daily assistance for the children and teenagers with disability, conveyence of practical skilss, depending on interest and qualification implementation of own ideas for project in consultation with the local staff
Number of volunteers: 1
Accommodation: in the project
Departure: between July and October
Stay: 12 months
Information about the country
Name: Republic of Peru; República del Perú
Climate: eastern Amazon region: moist tropical
highlands: tropical mountain climate
coast: hot in summer (December - March), cool form May to November; dry
Location: west coast of South America
Capital: Lima
Local Language: Spanish (88 %), Quechua, Aymara
Source: Auswärtiges Amt [Effective: October 2012]