Why Teaching in Peru?

Set high in the Andes and along the Pacific Coast, Peru is always a popular destination. With its staggering vistas, sandy beaches and rainforests and diversity of wildlife, Peru is a land of inspiration. Whether you're interested in finding out about pre-Hispanic Inca culture or exploring a range of awe-inspiring landscapes, Peru has it all.

Volunteering in Peru

Projects Abroad and the Peruvian Education Ministry are working together to improve the level of English in schools around the Sacred Valley. As a volunteer, your role is built into this scheme and curriculum. We arrange regular workshops so you can exchange ideas, and you will get access to plenty of teaching resources and worksheets. It is however always a good idea to bring a few of your own props - photos of your family, postcards of home and magazine cuttings of pop stars always provoke a keen reaction!

Why do voluntary Teaching?

Voluntary teaching is beneficial to everyone involved. Firstly, it provides our volunteers with the opportunity to work in an environment culturally different from their own. This provides volunteers with an experience that is unique to Peru and they will return home with a far greater understanding of the way in which millions of the world's population think and act. They will more importantly have an understanding and appreciation for Peruvian youth culture and during their teaching classes will gain an insight into the way in which their students think, live and interact. Teaching will ultimately equip them with fuller and better cross-cultural understanding.

Secondly our volunteers are providing an important skill for the students they teach, that of conversational English. Having a native English speaker is a massive advantage and very helpful to the schools in which they teach. Both students and staff members alike wholly appreciate the language skills and enthusiasm our teaching volunteers bring to their classes. The students also use the opportunity of having a foreign teacher to learn about the customs and practices of the West.

We hope our teaching programme will provide an opportunity for two different cultures to learn from each other. In the 21st Century the importance of greater cultural and linguistic exchange cannot be underestimated. We hope to provide new language skills for the students in the schools in which we place volunteers and also for the volunteers themselves to learn and gain knowledge from the classes in which they teach.