Our Kids Explorer Program is an holistic program focusing on environmental education and social integration of local kids. During the week volunteers will offer different workshops to teach ways to safe the environment and during the weekend volunteers and staff members will take the kids on small camping trips into the rainforest.
Our ‘Explorer’ kids program (scouts) is another strategy that we are developing to give a new perspective of life to this Amazonian community. Our vision is to make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged children by creating a safe environment for healthy physical, social, and emotional development. We want to encourage a passion and respect for the natural world to help transition eager young minds into caring, socially-conscious global citizens. Through connection with nature we can nurture a better understanding of the environment while improving their interpersonal skills with one another and other adults.
This trips
need to be well prepared such as packing equipment, informing the kids about
risks and rules and sharing out tasks. During the trip volunteers not only assist
us with supervising the kids, but also introducing games for social interaction
and group connection. Another focus will be nature education. Therefore, we are
not asking volunteers to have the specific knowledge about Amazonian animals
and plants, but together with the kids ask curious questions and search for
answers. Ideas could be: to make research diaries with photos, sketches and data
or to start making a herbarium (press leaves and label them), experimenting
with filtering river water, making fire by friction with sticks or stones, etc. The idea behind this is to protect what your love.
Volunteers will be trained to develop hands on ideas for different workshop such as paper making, upcycling art, building a compost, making paints out of soil and flower or guiding discussion groups about global environmental problems. After this training volunteers are welcome to work independently in small groups with our students. Volunteers are welcome to develop their own ideas. There will be regular staff meeting to exchange ideas and to report the progress. Volunteers will also receive a first aid training.
We are also starting a reforestation project in areas damaged by mining and illegal logging and, we will need volunteers to make this possible.
Volunteers support to the Kids Explorer program up to 20 hours a week.
The following activities for volunteers are included:
Volunteers can also do the following activities during their free time:
By volunteering with us, you get a unique chance to experience the stunning natural diversity and experience the beautiful local culture beyond a busy tourist industry. At the same time you will help us to achieve our goal in giving back to our local community. We co-operate with a range of local people. Therefore, all booking fees go either straight to people in our community such as, farmers, taxi and tuc tuc drivers, hostels, restaurants, groceries, boat and tour guides, etc. You will also help to cover the expenses of our project.
Transportation is included from Pucallpa´s airport or bus station to Puerto Inca. The taxi colectivo drivers will wait at the airport/bus station with a poster with the name of the volunteers so, the volunteers can recognize them. The ride from the city of Pucallpa to Puerto Inca takes about 2.5 hours.
Transportation expenses during our excursions are also included
Volunteers can either take a bus or flight from the city of Lima to the city of Pucallpa. Buses take about 20 hours long and flights take 1 hour to get to Pucallpa. (Not Included)
Accommodation is included for all our programs. Volunteers stay in a family hostel. Two same gender volunteers share a bedroom. All bedrooms have proper bathrooms and beds. Working with local families is part of our project to boost the local economy.
Food and Drink are included for all our programs. We provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner from Monday through Friday. For breakfast, we provide coffee or tea, bread, eggs, fruit juice, butter, jam, fruit salad. For Lunch and dinner, we provide Peruvian dishes, (starter + main dish + juice) with chicken, beef, pork, fish, etc. We also provide vegetarian and vegan meals with previous requirement. Volunteer will eat at local restaurants as part of our project to boost the local economy.
The village of Puerto Inca has no running water. People use water wells to get water. Former volunteers and us have drunk this water without problems. However, we recommend volunteers to bring a portable water filter to make sure they are drinking good water at any time like in our trips to the jungle.
At the moment we are on standby due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We will restart our project on May 1, 2021. After we restart our activities, volunteers can arrive any day of the year.
This program is paused due to COVID-19 and reopens May 2021. Apply Now!
Kids Explorer (Scouts)
Our vision is to make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged children by creating a safe environment for healthy physical, social, and emotional development.
$259/week
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