• complete the application form by 22nd May 2008

Where: Zapallel, Near Lima, Peru
When: Late September - October 2008.
Project Activities: There is the opportunity for 6 volunteers to join Project Peru working with children in the shanty town Zapallel (north of the Lima, the capital city).

Project Peru is a UK-based registered charity which works directly with a project partner in Peru. Its aims are to provide financial and material support, while at the same time encouraging voluntary work and raising awareness of development issues in a Latin American context. The Project was founded in 1992 as an Anglo-Peruvian effort to address some of the enduring issues that Peru faces. It focuses on a tangible initiative that has a potential to reflect both the immediate and longer term needs of its beneficiaries.

Amongst it’s other work, Project Peru has established a centre in Zapallel which provides food, shelter and support for children and families in need. Volunteers will be staying and helping at the centre as well as helping with building work, working with the children, helping at a soup kitchen and various other duties that can tailored to the skills of the individual.

To help with the fundraising of £1000 Project Peru will help to facilitate a trek on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

To find out more and to download further info and an application form click here.

If you are interested in being a volunteer, please complete the application form and return by 22nd May 2008.

How many places: 6

Fundraising: To get a place on this trip you must pledge to raise £1000 minimum for Project Peru

Cost: £600 plus spending money.

Interviews: will be done on an individual basis.

Open to students and staff. For more information email volunteering@leedsmet.ac.uk.