Intiwawa is a young nonprofit organisation fighting poverty in San Isidro and surrounding villages.
Volunteering Activities
What We Need
You would be based in the beautiful city of Arequipa and would work in the impoverished district of San Isidro on the outskirts of the city.
You would take care of our children, participate in ongoing projects and get active in the temporary projects. We also have the possibility for you to come up with your own ideas and projects and implement them in our organisation.
If you would like to volunteer with Intiwawa, you need:
1. To be at least 18 years old.
2. To speak good Spanish.
3. To want to work for at least 3 months with Intiwawa.
When & Who
Our Fees
More Services we Offer
Volunteering with us is absolutely free. Unfortunately, we cannot bear the costs for flights or living or pay you for your work, but we do not charge fees as many other organisations do, as we see it as a privilege to support you in your plans of volunteering.
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Additional Info about Us
Most of our stay is directly included in the projects in Peru.
From January to February, we have the "Vacaciones Útiles". In this time frame we have different projects for the children. After that, there is a short break until the beginnings of March. Then we have our normal projects: teaching and intercultural and creative projects.
Intiwawa is a young non-profit organisation that is based both in Arequipa (Peru) and Berlin (Germany). The name Intiwawa is Quechua and means “Children of the Sun”.
The main goal of our organization is to help children and their parents and work alongside them in order to improve their living conditions. We’re currently working mainly in San Isidro, a small region approximately 45 minutes away from central Arequipa.
The inhabitants of the village suffer from malnourishment, a lack of education, alcoholism, domestic violence, and a lack of hygienic sanitary facilities. This and the unsanitary water conditions lead to hygiene related diseases. Additionally, there is a lack of financial resources to install water pipes or establish a provision of medical care.
The goal of Intiwawa is to be both a preventative measure against causes of the problems within the community as well as actively fighting against the current problems.
We are very grateful for all the time and effort our volunteers are willing to give us. Therefore, we strive to make things as simple as possible for our team. There are no application deadlines to join Intiwawa. No one is ever tied down to a position they do not enjoy- volunteers are free to change their role with Intiwawa as they see fit.
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I also joined the team in the daily work in the field with all the children and was part of the peruvian team and took part in the weekly meeting of all the volunteers."