Youth Development & Education, Health & Nutrition, the Environment in Peru

  Peru

• All Other Areas in Peru: 
Rural Areas

Term: Summer, Throughout the year 
Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Dates: Please contact us for details

Description: Isla offers the unique opportunity to live, learn, and serve in Peru in coordination with Village Earth and the Shipibo Nation. Immerse yourself in a rich cultural, service learning experience that combine cross-cultural and sustainable community development training with high impact hands-on service project. Apply for the Spring, Summer, or Fall 2010 program for a meaningful service learning experience and an enriching opportunity to experience life in a small Shipibo village in the Ucayali region of the central Peruvian Amazon.

Isla offers short term volunteer (2-8 weeks) or internships (9-52 weeks) using a service learning model. Applicants are matched to a project according to their particular skill set and interests in one of the following program areas:
Youth Development and Education,
Health and Nutrition Education
Natural Resources and Wildlife
Environmental Conservation & Education
Ecotourism

Isla will match your particular skill set and interests to an appropriate project.

Highlights:
Why Isla? Isla offers...

* Individual short term volunteer and internship placements unique to your skill set facilitated and supervised through a local host organization.

* Opportunities to work with community initiated projects focused on sustainable development.

* Sustainable development training from Village Earth, one of the leading community based development training organizations in the U.S., prior to departure to destination.

* Flexible programs from 2-9 week volunteer opportunities to 9-52 week internships as well as 2-3 week alternative break service learning trips.

* In-country cross-cultural orientation and mid-term reflection and training sessions led by Isla group leaders.

* An ideal opportunity to gain experience in your field of study and authentic international work experience beneficial in a competitive economy...

Isla programs are designed to assist communities with their worthy endeavors, provide volunteers with practical education in sustainable community development, and promote cross-cultural understanding.

Qualifications:
Isla applicants should be 18 or older and possess a desire to learn about and live in another culture. Candidates should be undergraduate or graduate college students, though gap-year" students, working
professionals and retirees will be considered. It is most important to be highly motivated and enthusiastic because the work can be quite demanding.

Qualities required are: individuals who are adventurous, able to adapt quickly to a foreign environment, have the ability to take initiative, who are flexible and open-minded, service-oriented and who possess good communication skills,and a desire to have fun by serving and learning from new communities and environments through cross-cultural exchange.

Application Process
-Online Application
-Statement of Purpose
-Resume/CV
-Non-refundable application fee of USD85
-2 References

Cost in US$: From 5,450 USD for 8 weeks, plus USD 85 application fee. *Fees decrease significantly for groups of 2 or more.

-This program is economical! We encourage you to shop around other international internship programs and compare fees.

***Not included: U.S. domestic and international airfare and airport taxes, the cost of your passport, visas, and immunizations, and laundry service.

Experience Required: no

Age Range: 18+

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Peru Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Isla - International Service Learning Alliance 's Mission Statement: Isla- International Service Learning Alliance - offers unique volunteer and internship opportunities for individuals to work side by side with local community members who are trying to solve global problems at the local level. These partnerships provide a framework for people from different cultures and life experiences to learn from one another, discover their commonality and create a synergy that catalyzes progress. For the participant, Isla programs provide a rich cultural, service learning experience that combine cross-cultural and sustainable development training with a high impact hands-on service project. Isla programs assist communities with their worthy endeavors, provide volunteers with practical education in sustainable community development, and promote cross-cultural understanding.