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Bruce Organisation.
Education, Poverty Reduction
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Volunteer
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GREEN
Latin
America
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Educating
Street Kids |
Eradicating
Poverty
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Volunteer Info
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[from 237
pr mo - Free Internships after first year]
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Who
qualifies
2008 VIDEO
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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 nationality make no difference. Although it is not
part of our entry criteria we strongly recommend that you have
a basic level of Spanish before joining us. This will help you
to get the most out of your experience as none of the children
and very few of the teachers you will be working with in schools
speak English. You will therefore be teaching and/or helping their
mothers to become financially independent: in Spanish. The minimum
term of volunteering is one month. We welcome your questions.....info@bruceorg.org |
Types of work Available
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Volunteers often come to help
as teaching assistants in one of our many shanty school classrooms;
whilst some have teaching experience, most do not. In addition
to teachers, Bruce Organisation also needs Project Directors,
fundraisers and people with public relations experience. Our largest
project is getting extremely poor or street kids educated. Other
projects include community development, poverty eradication, helping
abandoned pregnant teens, technical development (such as sustainable
rural energy), hands-on animal protection., public and individual
health care, gardening, construction and physical labour.. |
Accommodation
and food
For photos showing typical accommodation click here
Insurance
Free Spanish
Lessons
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We offer our volunteers accommodation
during their stay with us. We also provide three meals a day,
five days a week (weekends, holidays and days when we are not
preparing meals for children not included). All international
volunteers must live in the Bruce Organisation centre or in approved
accommodation, although some long term volunteers have the option
of living in a Bruce apartment outside of the Bruce Organisation
centre. It is assumed that all volunteers have come to work only
with Bruce Organisation and not to take on outside work or assignments.
All volunteers are
urged to come with their own travel insurance..
We offer volunteers three hours of Spanish lessons per week. |
Cost of Volunteering
(in Euros )
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*First 3 months
- 360 Euros per month,
Next 3 months - 290 Euros per month, Thereafter - 150 Euros
per month. (*Or any part of a month)
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reduced prices apply only when entire payment is made in advance].
FREE
all-in Internships available for 2nd year. So far all volunteers
who stayed
a second year received a free internship for the second year.
There is no cost to register as
a volunteer with us, (we are a charity, not an agency).. All
volunteers pay 360 per month (or any part of a month) for the
first three months, after that the price decreases for those
who have paid in advance. We are self sustaining, everyone other
than local professionals is a volunteer and we do not rely on
government or institutional support [Note:some
Teachers, Psychologists and Social Workers are also volunteers].
Your entire donation should be paid well before your arrival.
If you are a couple and would like a double room please indicate
this in your application.. Few double rooms are available.
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Helping locals converse in
your language
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Bruce Organisation also runs "TheEnglish
Club", which is an opportunity for local local university students
and young professionals.to practice foreign languages (and receive
help with grammar etc.) from our volunteers. If you are in a centre
which has a conversation club, this will take place weekday evenings,
usually from Monday through Thursday.[It is a great way to meet
nice locals]. There are reference books and teaching aids to help
volunteers who have never done this sort of thing before. TEFL/TESL
qualified volunteers usually run this and help inexperienced volunteers
with this project.. |
A typical day in the
life of a volunteer
For photos of volunteers in action
click here
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In the morning volunteers
make sandwiches for the children before eating their own breakfast.
Volunteers then travel in teams to our shanty schools, where
they either teach or assist one of our professional teachers.
In some cities children come into the centres for lessons, in
other cities the schools are located both in the city centre,
but more often farther away in the barrios (the poorest parts
of town). The morning is spent teaching literacy and maths to
the children; plus subjects a volunteer excels at: art, drama,
and weekly sports day. Some volunteers help generally with all
the children in the class, others will have a specific group
or child of their own to teach, depending upon the needs of
the class. The local teachers decide what the volunteer needs
to do within the classroom but often volunteers are left to
teach the children for whom they are responsible as they see
fit. At least one day a week the children also play sports.
At the end of the morning the children have lunch. In some centres
volunteers eat lunch with their children, in others they return
to the main centre to eat with the other volunteers.
During the afternoon,
depending on the centre
...· volunteers will
do the following
...· More
teaching of the children
...· Participating
in a Bruce Organisation Club for children already in state school
...· Spanish
lessons ·
.. · Promotions· Free time
Evening meals are
usually ready around 5 or 6pm, after which most volunteers teach
English language classes (mostly to young adults and people
of low income). Classes last for one hour and run during the
evening from 6pm - 9pm. The students of these classes pay a
small tuition fee for their lessons which helps to fund our
programers with the children.
Volunteer days will
vary slightly according to the centre in which you are volunteering.
To read a description of a typical day at each of the centres,
go to the ´Centres in Peru´ box at the top of the page and click
on the relevant centre from the drop-down menu.
Upon notice to the
volunteer coordinator in the centre where you serve (usually
another volunteer), you may take time off to travel and sightsee.
In Trujillo our volunteers and staff often have their own football
(socker) and surfing teams, in Huaraz: mountaineering.
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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 mostly volunteers;
doctors, dentists, three economists, lots of social workers, even
more university students (medicine,IT systems, education, psychology,
communication, architecture), cooks, lots and lots of teachers,
child minders, psychologists, attorneys, engineers, a biologist,
nurses, musicians, artists and laborers. The longest time anyone
has volunteered so far is two years. The
list below includes former and current volunteers.
Demographics
Austria |
4 |
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Australia |
93 |
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Belgium |
17 |
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Japan |
27 |
Brazil |
8 |
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Korea |
2 |
Canada |
131 |
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Lebanon |
1 |
Check |
1 |
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Lithuania |
1 |
Chile |
1 |
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Netherlands |
40 |
Carnal |
2 |
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New Zealand |
21 |
Cuba |
2 |
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Norway |
5 |
Denmark |
6 |
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Panama |
5 |
England |
241 |
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Poland |
5 |
(Expat) Peru |
3 |
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Local People |
696 |
Finland |
2 |
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Scotland |
22 |
France |
58 |
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Singapore |
3 |
Germany |
35 |
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South Africa |
2 |
Hungary |
4 |
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Slovakia |
2 |
Iceland |
1 |
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Spain |
35 |
India |
9 |
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Sweden
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15
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Indonesia |
1 |
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Switzerland |
.10.
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Ireland |
65 |
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UAE |
1....
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Israel |
15 |
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U.S.A. |
295. |
Italy |
14 |
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Venezuela |
2 |
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Wales |
1
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Total .1,940
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How
to volunteer
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Begin by filling in the VOLUNTEER APPLICATION FORM
and we will respond as soon as possible. |
Useful Information |
Click HERE for useful information before coming
to Peru |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) |
...· Can I choose
the centre I work at?
If you have one of our locations in mind, do let us know about
your preference in your application. We do our best to accommodate
everyone, however some centres may already be booked for the
time you wish to come. Also, each volunteer has particular skills
and experience which we learn about through the application,
and apply to what we know about the needs and opportunities
of particular centres. When an applicant is accepted we normally
let you know in our first message if you can get into the centre
of your choice; or make alternative suggestions in it is already
booked. If you are a couple and would like a double room (no
extra cost) full payment must be made upon notification that
a double room is available in the centre you have applied to,
for the dates you have requested. Double rooms are available
on a first come first serve basis
...· Is there a minimum
length of stay?
Usually 1 month. [There is no maximum stay - the record stay
so far is 6 yrs. 6 months]
...· What type of
accommodation is provided/how many people share a room?
Accommodation ranges from dormitory style (4 to 6 people) to
individual rooms for long-term volunteers and couples. Photos
of accommodation can be seen by viewing the relevant Bruce Organisation
Centre pages.
...· What hours do
people work including evening teaching?
Volunteers work on average a 6-7 hour day excluding preparation
time for the lessons with the children and for their English
classes in the evening.
...· Are there breaks
allowed for longer term volunteers?
Breaks are allowed for longer term volunteers but we would ask
volunteers to give as much notice as possible so that we can
plan in advance how to cover your work while you are away.
...· How do you renew
your visa if you stay longer than 3 months?
After 3 months you have 2 options. You can either leave the
country and reenter (sometimes in the same day) to gain a visa
for a further 3 months. Alternatively you can extend your visa
for 1 month at a cost of 20 plus 26 soles administration fee.
You can pay to extend your visa twice but after that you must
leave the country and reenter to renew your visa.
...· Is there an Information
Pack available to volunteers before they arrive to help prepare
them for their work with Bruce Organisation?
Yes. When an applicant has been select we give you a web address
where you can read or download the Welcome Pack for the centre
where you will be serving.
...· Do you have a
refund policy?
Yes, we give refunds when it is clear we have made a mistake
and a volunteer has therefore been denied what he or she rightfully
expected..
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Finding out more |
If you would like to speak to
a current or ex-volunteer of Bruce Organisation then please email
us at: info@bruceorg.org and a volunteer will contact
you. If you are interested in speaking to someone in particular
e.g. male/female, a volunteer at a particular Bruce Organisation
centre, particular nationality etc, please let us know in your
email. |
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