Christmas week and New Year’s week are very special times of the year in the city of Cusco, Peru. The streets are filled with traditional vendors and the city overflows with both religious and modern customs. As an international volunteer, you help bring this energy to underprivileged people and communities while learning a great deal about local culture.

Christmas week and New Year’s week are very special times of the year in the city of Antigua, Guatemala. The streets are filled with traditional vendors and the city overflows with both religious and modern customs. As an international volunteer, you help bring this energy to underprivileged people and communities while learning a great deal about local culture.

Volunteer abroad and service learning programs in Peru provide you with unique opportunities to live and work in Latin America, while giving back to the global community and immersing yourself in the local culture. Have you dreamed about traveling to a developing country, spending your time in a meaningful way, and immersing yourself in a new culture? Community service and volunteering abroad is a life-changing experience where you expand your horizons in a way that could never be achieved in a classroom.

Volunteer projects working with kids provide individual attention and assistance to children from complex and challenging backgrounds. These children suffer from abandonment, abuse, and poor education, and they do not receive the love and affection they need and deserve. As an international volunteer, you play an essential role in supporting local organizations that work tirelessly to improve these impoverished children’s educational, emotional, and hygiene conditions. Your assistance helps local caregivers and professional advocates keep the kids off the street and provide the structure they need to have a productive and happy childhood.