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Volunteer Program (Volunteer
Application) |
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Anyone who is positive,
works well with others, has something to contribute and possesses a natural
affection for the people we are trying to help (poor children and abandoned
mothers). Age, sex, race, religion and national origin make no difference.
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Types of work
done by our
volunteers in Peru
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Working with indigenous children, namely
teaching and caring for them. Project coordinators, language teachers (especially
English and French), social workers, psychologists, construction and maintenance,
child minding, food service, arts and crafts, music, basic education; medical,
project development, children's and women's rights, psychology, child and
mothers' advocacy, pure water and basic shelter. Right
now we urgently need (in addition
to teachers, social workers, child minders and psychologists), volunteers
with marketing
& fundraising; public relations.
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Cost of Volunteering
in Peru
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Projects |
$200
per month |
Room
& Board
7 days pr week
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$185
per month |
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Project Cost:
There is no cost to register as a volunteer with us. All volunteers pay
a donation in the amount of $200 per month for participating
in the Bruce Panama programme. This amount goes directly to covering
program expenses; i.e. school materials for children, food for children,
project development and volunteer services. We are self sustaining, are
all volunteers and do not rely on government or institutional support.Your
entire donation should be paid not less than one month before your arrival.
Note: Some months we receive more applications
than we have openings for; therefore, if you are accepted to volunteer
beginning in one of these months: you will be given an opportunity to
reserve your place in our volunteer programme.
Room and Board Cost:
If you wish to take advantage to our room and board arrangement: the
cost is $185 per month - but this amount is held by you and spent as required
(this estimate of $185 per month is based on accommodation and
food service arranged by Bruce Panama for our voluinteers).
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First breakfast here at our center.
The volunteer then does one of the following: A- teaches a class to our
regular children, B- if they are responsible for an area of our program
(such as coordinating class schedules), they work in their area, C- Goes
with a team to one of our satellite children's centres (depending on the
city where they are serving); and there teaches, helps, plays with and feeds
the very poor children in our program. The volunteer will stay with the
children (whether at a city centre of satellite facility) until the children
in the morning session have finished lunch. Volunteers eat lunch either
with the children or with the other volunteers (depending on where they
are serving); after which there is free time or a bit of play and more teaching
with children in the afternoon session (this applies in cities like Huaraz,
Cajamarca and Puerto Chicama, where all the children come to our main centre).
In other centres volunteers will work on their special project, participate
in a 'Bruce Club' for children we have already gotten into school, have
free time or receive a Spanish lesson. The evening meal meal is at 6:00
PM, after which most volunteers teach language courses (mostly to young
adults and people of low income) classes are from 7 to 8:00 and 8 to 9:00
PM. The students of these courses pay a small donation for their lessons,
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Present and
past volunteers at
Bruce Organisation
we normally have between 20 and 45 International
Volunteers and 30 to 55 Local volunteers serving at any given time
(in spite of the large number of volunteers who have served in our programs,
we remain a small organization).
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In fact we are all
volunteers; doctors, dentists, three economists, lots of social workers,
even more university students (medicine, systems, education, psychology,
communication, architecture), cooks, lots and lots of teachers, child minders,
psychologists, attorneys, engineers, a biologist, nurses, musicians, artists
and laborers. The shortest time anyone has volunteered is one day; the longest
so far is two years. The list below includes former and current
volunteers.
Demographics
| Austria |
4 |
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Ireland |
15 |
| Australia |
45 |
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Israel |
8 |
| Belgium |
1 |
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Italy |
9 |
| Brazil |
7 |
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Japan |
24 |
| Canada |
69 |
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Korea |
1 |
| Chile |
1 |
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Lebanon |
1 |
| Cornwall |
2 |
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Netherlands |
21 |
| Cuba |
2 |
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Norway |
4 |
| Denmark |
6 |
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Panama |
1 |
| Ecuador |
2 |
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Local People |
484 |
| England |
121 |
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Scotland |
8 |
| Finland |
1 |
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Spain |
17 |
| France |
37 |
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Swden |
11 |
| Germany |
24 |
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Switzerland |
10 |
| Iceland |
1 |
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U.S.A.
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181
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| Indonesia |
1 |
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Messages from
past Volunteers
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John (England)....Sandra (Spain/England)..... Emma (Ireland).....Euan (Scotland) |
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How to volunteer
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Begin by filling in the BRUCE PANAMA
VOLUNTEER APPLICATION and we will respond very soon. |
