Our projects are always in need of the valuable contributions made time and time again by our dedicated volunteers. Skilled professionals have been helping the projects in need directly, and/or providing technical advice to Otra Cosa Network to help us do a better job supporting all our projects and our volunteers. These professionals have been having a wonderful impact on the projects and the communities that they worked with.
We are urgently looking for volunteers for:
★ Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
In mid 2011 OCN agreed to do a 'pilot project' with the Provincial Prosecutor's office for Juvenile Delinquency Prevention in Trujillo. Volunteers are needed to help out with collecting information from participants and assisting with activities in areas such as psychology, art, music, theatre, 'spirituality', interpersonal skills, etc. Volunteers are required to have relevant academic/professional background/skills as well as at least intermediate Spanish and 25 years of age. Working hours are 8am to 12pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (at the office in Trujillo), and from 6pm to 10pm on Fridays (in El Milagro). Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you are interested! You can find more information about the project here.
★ Teaching/Assisting at a school for the partially deaf and blind
This institute for the blind, deaf, autistic and mentally handicapped is constantly in need of volunteers to provide labour for their daily operations. English teachers with experience or a willingness to work with people with disabilities and anyone with an intermediate level of Spanish and a desire to help are encouraged to apply! You can find more information about the project here.
★ HELP English
English teachers are needed to support our English language projects around Huanchaco and also in the mountains. In Peru it is widely appreciated that speaking English can be an essential skills to open doors and broaden horizons. Our HELP English projects are expanding to organize extra activities and teaching other subjects through the English language. You can find more information about the project here.
★ Un Lugar Skate Ramp
We are looking to create a social worker position at the Skate Ramp in Cerrito de la Virgen to begin a system of tracking the progress of the children participating in activities at the Ramp. Volunteers who have worked with us on this project in the past have been aware of obvious improvements in reading and writing skills, better behaviour and mannerisms etc. but we would like to do more a more formal analysis. We want an experienced social worker to be able to fully assess the development of these children and to create a program that allows all the children to progress at an appropriate level. We are on the cusp of creating a really well-rounded project in Cerrito and this position will cement what we have been working to achieve at the Ramp. You can find more information about the project here.
