Volunteering at Farming Communities

This cultural immersion program is developed in the Peruvian highlands where people speaks Quechua and Spanish. We set up this program with the aim to settle a rural network of alternative tourism in Peru.
The goal of this project is to bring people from around the world to experience life in small farming communities.
This project seeks to provide an alternative source of income for farmers and to promote cross-cultural understanding.
What kind of skills do I need?
Able to live in basic conditions, self-sufficient, tolerant and open minded.
Your Role as a Volunteer
Volunteers will help in diverse duties, among their main activities are planting and harvesting crops, installing irrigation and delivering animals. Furthermore, you can teach English lessons to the local community.
Optionally you can help the family in activities such weaving, dyeing and building houses.
Working Hours:
This program may involves full day work commitment, schedule vary day to day.
Spanish level
Basic or intermediate level
Locations available
Huancayo, Cajamarca, Cusco, Arequipa, Puno

Recommended minimum volunteer commitment 4 weeks