1. Variety and Diversity of Volunteer Projects

Peru is home to hundreds of amazing and inspirational non-profit organizations in

countless fields and locations throughout the country. These organizations are as

varied and unique as the people and culture of this country.

Organizations include those that use surf camps to reach children and community

development, child-led reforestation, community recycling projects, eco-lodge and

biodiversity projects, hospitals in the most remote of areas, and much more.

This wide selection of social projects offers a wealth of opportunities for

volunteers, as well as future employment and internship opportunities. Be inspired

and inspire others.

2. Peruvian food

Food in Peru is a knock-the-socks-off-your-taste-buds treat. It is among the most

diverse in the world, with over 491 dishes, combining the culinary influences of Spain,

China, Italy, Africa, and Japan with traditional recipes and ingredients. Food in each

region drastically varies and features plates like fresh seafood ceviche, lomo saltado

(steak stir fry), rocoto relleno (stuffed peppers), stewed alpaca, and many more. There

is something to satisfy every single taste bud and best of all you don´t need a lot of

cash to eat like a king. But don’t just take our word for it, try it yourself!

3. Machu Picchu

The majesty and mystery of the Incan Empire wrapped around a beautiful Andean mountaintop,

Machu Picchu deserves its reputation as a top destination for travelers around the world.

It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and in 2007 was named one of the New 7 Wonders of the World.

Take the train through the Sacred Valley or trace the footsteps of the ancient past on the

Inca Trail to reach the beauty and wonder at this historical site.

4. Beach and surf

Peru is loaded with amazing beach and surf along its vast coast, from just south of Lima to

the northern border with Ecuador. These beaches cater to every taste and lifestyle, offering

world-class resorts, nautical clubs, backpacker hang-outs, entertainment, and countless fresh

seafood delicacies. Surfers can find world-class waves along these beaches, featuring the town

of Chicama with the world’s longest left-hand wave and the sleepy surf town and international

surf-destination of Lobitos. Peru boasts several surf champions, including Peruvian Sofia

Mulánovich - the female world champ in 2004 - and is home every year to world surf competitions

such as the recent 2010 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games (of which Peru won the Team Gold).

So relax on the sand with a pisco sour (see #7) or grab a board and enjoy the

blazing sun and crashing waves of Peru’s coast.

5. The Amazon

More than 60% of Peru is covered by the Amazon Rainforest, an area of jungle bested in

size only by Brazil. This region is one of the most biologically diverse areas on Earth,

with new species frequently being discovered. Peru’s jungle, la selva, offers a variety

of exotic plants and animals, regional delicacies like cecina con tacacho (mashed plantain

with smoked pork) and the tantalizing suri (grilled or live large worms), and indigenous

communities that continue traditional hunting and shamanic rituals, often in voluntary

isolation. This region is a gateway to new cultures, perspectives, and worlds.

6. Learn Spanish

Volunteering is a great opportunity to learn or develop Spanish skills while helping out

a worthy cause. Whether you’re anywhere from a novice to an expert, volunteering thrusts

you into the heart of the language and culture forcing you to absorb. Volunteers often

work closely with locals who do not speak English, allowing you to practice more and learn

at a quicker pace. Remember, the best way to learn or master a new language is through immersion.

7. Pisco sours

The pisco sour, Peru’s national drink, is a tangy yet sweet drink topped with a light froth. It consists of Pisco

 (a liquor from grapes), lime, sugar, and egg whites (for the foam). This drink is a popular treat for all - locals and

 visitors - and a must try. Be sure to try variations with maracuya (passion fruit), strawberry, mango, and other local

fruits. Remember that one is not enough and three is too many!

8. Countless travel opportunities

Peru holds treasures to visit and admire for all of its visitors around every corner. These range from relaxing

get-aways, luxury tours, mountain treks, jungle excursions and countless adventure sports. Float across the famous

Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake and home of the floating inhabited islands; traverse the area of

Huaraz and the ominous glacier peaked Cordillera Blanca Mountains and Huascaran National Park; hike the Colca and

Cotahuasi Canyons, the world’s deepest canyons lined by local communities and natural treasures; explore the sand dunes

of Huacachina, a small oasis town and home of Peru’s sand boarding and local wineries; visit the Sacred Valley,

with the archaeological treasures of the Incan Civilization and white-water rafting throughout this beautiful valley;

and much more. The toughest time you will have is picking which trips to take.

9. Local perspective

Volunteering is a unique experience: it opens the door to people, cultures, sights, and services that you would not

 normally see, or know exist, as a tourist. Volunteering throws individuals into worlds and lives, providing a local’s

 perspectives. It places you inside a village sharing meals with local families, washing clothes while laughing with

grandmother, dancing to traditional beats during a local festival, visiting hidden waterfalls, and watching local

 bullfights. This is one of the best ways to see how people really live.

10. Peru is affordable

Peru is a country that is easy to visit and live on practically any budget. Peru can accommodate any traveler and

offers a variety of comforts for affordable prices. In the cities, one can find hotels for as little as $5 to as much

 as $600 a night. Volunteers can live comfortably without putting a strain on their wallets as everyday living is

significantly cheaper than most places in the US and Europe.

11. Experience a changing Peru

This country is on an upward shift, and it can be felt everywhere within the country. Peru has a resurgent national

pride spurred by its economic growth, world-recognition in culinary achievement, a boom in tourism, and pulling

itself out of years of violence and instability. Culture, art, and music are flourishing. More and more Peru is

becoming a world player, being noticed globally, and appearing in the news (all in the best possible ways). Peru is

a hot place to be.

It is a nice video about what AMAPERU World makes ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8ABfyADDi8

AMAPERU World is now a recognized club at the University of Arizona!!! Meetings schedule coming soon!!!

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AMAPERU Staff would like to thank our December volunteers for your dedication, time and love for our country! ♥

If you would like to become part of this amazing experience applications are now open at  http://www.amaperuweb.org/apply-now.php

Application deadline March 15, 2013!

Gifts were received for each kid of theses “asentamientos humanos”. All was possible thanks to those who attended ” Regala una sonrisa” last saturday, thanks to Ms Leslie Alvarado for her support in the organization of the event, to the money given by our volunteers, to the artists Mr. Strauss and Jorge Pardo, and every person who supported us …

Thanks for all !!

AMAPERU World – Staff

Go here and take a look at… http://www.amaperuweb.org/our-team.php

Our volunteers helping during the summer medical campaign. One of the many things AMAPERU does for the community of Trujillo. We greatly appreciate all the help from the volunteers, doctors and nurses for helping us make a difference!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTyQgCc-TtI&feature=plcp

Thank you volunteers for all your help! ♥

AMAPERU World, una organización sin fronteras

“No hay peor ciego que el que no quiere ver” Es la popular frase que todos conocemos y que tanto pasamos por alto, presos de la vida rutinaria, en la que este mundo globalizado y sistematizado nos aprisiona.

Al margen de nuestras vidas, en este mundo tan ancho y ajeno, hay otras vidas; vidas que desmayan con sed de esperanza, con sed de amor, con sed de atención, con sed de ser rescatados de las manos negras de la pobreza.

Como su nombre lo dice, AMAPERU es una organización mundial, que tiene su cede principal en Los Estados Unidos, y que se asienta en la tradicional ciudad de Trujillo (Perú).  Perú, es un país lleno de tradición  y cultura, que aun da manotazos de ahogado en lo que desarrollo se refiere. A pesar de ser un país tercermundista, los valores, las virtudes y el calor humano que trasmite sus pobladores, hace pensar a uno, que a este país no le ocurre nada, que no padece de ninguna escacez, de ninguna penumbre. Es algo digno de rescatar,  viendo la lamentable realidad de miles de pobladores, que por carecer de educación, han caído en los trabajos mas infrahumanos que uno pueda imaginar, a cambio de una insuficiente e indigna remuneración.

Ésta, es la enfermedad más fulminante que el Perú posee. A raíz de esto, es que muchas organizaciones internacionales, han puesto sus ojos a la ayuda de comunidades en necesidad,  ubicadas a lo largo de este país, comunidades que son foco de diversos problemas de salubridad, malnutrición, que conlleva a niños con retraso en su desarrollo y crecimiento, niños con déficit de atención reflejado en su precario rendimiento escolar. No existe una educación estatal con calidad.

Felizmente, existe gente en el mundo que apuesta  por la ayuda que ofrecen estas organizaciones, gente que cree en el cambio, que cree que sí se puede, de a pocos hacer grandes logros, que quiere dejar una huella importante en las vidas que llega.

Señor lector, ahora en adelante, como un compromiso interno,  si alguna vez conoce alguna organización como ésta, que da un aporte significativo a cualquier país alrededor del mundo, nunca vuelva a darle la espalda, valore el esfuerzo grande que ellos realizan día a día, y le aseguro que este mundo se encargará de devolvérselo con creces. Recuerde que “no hay peor Ciego que el que no quiere ver…”

Thanks our volunteers Andrew and Natalie !!! who were with us during the presentation!

Enjoy this video and tell to your friends about AMAPERU World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4UtxTb6cNc&feature=channel&list=UL

AMAPERU World has the honor to announce the opening of its self-sustaining workshop, “ARTE EN MIS MANOS”, where it will provide education and training to mothers and youth from within AMAPERU communities so that they can acquire new dexterities in the art of oil painting. This workshop is being created with the desire to create an income for these families in order to improve their economic situation by means of selling their works. Our dream is to develop different self-sustaining workshops with time, such as in the art of jewelry,crochet,weaving, and novelty accessories, among others. In the meantime we will begin the workshop of Andean art that will be in the hands of our coordinator Rosa Sanchez, who is entrusted with the project and took it with enthusiasm. The works created in this workshop will be seen through our website http://www.amaperuweb.org/   can be purchased through the same.

With the desire to start this new project, we decided to make a great raffle of the best hand selected and handmade Andean products of our town in order to create a budget for the materials and the carrying out of the new workshop.

Help us make this possible and help the struggling families in our community by purchasing a ticket. The raffle will be:

Date: December 7, 2012

Location: Presidio Room – University
of Arizona

Hour: 5:30 pm

Collaboration: $5

Rules:

• If you cannot attend the raffle that is not problem because we can send you your prize free of shipping to
  your address.
• Each participant has the opportunity to choose which product(s) they wish to have their raffle ticket go
  for.
• You can purchase tickets at any AMAPERU World meeting held at the University of Arizona, calling or
  emailing to our coordinators:

Gabi Rico:  gabirico3@email.arizona.edu

520-425-3488

Marium Tufail: mtufail@email.arizona.edu

480 232 1494

• If you are out of Arizona or you can’t go to our meetings you can buy a ticket you can do so through our Paypal account:

http://www.amaperuweb.org/donations.php

• Please make sure to send us an email with the item you would like to win and we will give you your ticket number.
• The photo catalog of to be raffled have been published in our blog and facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.418993848163894.103150.179989465397668&type=1

Good luck to all!
For any questions email us: info@amaperuweb.org