Highlights
- Teach English in an underprivileged Peruvian school
- Live with a local family and work alongside local people
- Make a genuine and worthwhile difference and boost your CV
Work in a school in Cusco or Lima and make a real contribution to the education
of underprivileged children
How you can help
- Assist local school teachers with English lessons, or take your own classes
- Prepare lessons
- Mark work
- Get involved in teaching other subjects such as Maths and IT
- Organise extra curricular activities, from arts and crafts, dance and music, to
sports days and football matches.
Why your help is needed
Volunteers on this project are able to make a real contribution to the educational
development of Peruvian children.
Classes in the schools that BUNAC works with tend to be overcrowded and schools
often have limited educational resources, meaning the support that volunteers offer
teachers is highly valued. The additional support means that more attention can
be paid to pupils, improving their education and ultimately their prospects for
the future.
Volunteers assist local teachers with English lessons, which might involve taking
classes themselves, and are heavily involved in preparing lesson plans and marking
children’s work. Being able to speak English is an enormously useful skill in Peru,
but although the volunteer’s primary role is teaching English they can also get
involved in teaching other subjects such as Maths or IT.
In addition to this, volunteers are welcome to introduce or help with extra curricular
activities, from arts and crafts, dance and music, to sports days and football matches.
This means that volunteers are able to make a number of contributions to the schools
in which they are based.
Teaching in underprivileged schools can be extremely rewarding for volunteers who
love working with children and want to make a real difference in the developing
world.
Our educational projects vary from pre-school up to high school education.
How long can I go for? Our Volunteer Peru placements last either
8 or 12 weeks and include a three-day arrival orientation.
Working hours: 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Eligibility: British/Irish, 18+
Experience of teaching or working with children would be useful.
Basic Spanish is required. Find out about
BUNAC’s optional Spanish courses.
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