Volunteer work Cultural & free time Learning activities Accommodation & food In country staff Volunteer work It is recommended a stay in the project of minimum 2 months in order to achieve the goals proposed and to ensure fluidity to the other projects. The volunteers who come for a whole year, can take three weeks vacation separated by periods. The first can be done in the month of March , the second on the month of August and the third in the month of December . For the volunteers who come for a period lesst han a year and they want to take vacations, they should apply this requirement directly to the project coordinator. The volunteer’s working schedule will be 6 days per week, from Monday to Saturday and 6 hours per day. The schedule is usually flexible. The volunteers will have the chance to get involved in the social work. Working with disadvantaged children and youngsters, who run the risk of social exclusion because of poverty or because they come from broken families. The volunteers can choose to work on:          activities of leisure and good use of leisure time, with children and adolescents          give assistance to other volunteers and coordinators of the association          to stimulate and to mobilize the community in general and the youngsters in particular to take initiatives by organizing campaigns, raising awareness on the problems that affect the youngsters          to stimulate the involvement of local authorities through promotion and publicity of organizations and voluntary work          to contribute to the community development through education          promote volunteering among the youngsters in the community who don’t perceive yet the benefits of being a volunteer One of the programmes that the organization has set up and for which it needs foreign volunteers who will respond to the local needs, bringing also an added value is called ,,Aprender en Verano’’ ( ,, Summer learning” ). The programme arises from the lack of opportunities concerning participation and good use of free time during the summer holiday season when it is evident the need of the children from the community to occupy their free time during this time of the year. Once the children finish the school year, they have no space or a set of appropriate activities and the existing activities do not follow a schedule compatible with the working hours of parents. Besides this circumstances, there are the economic issues and the difficult access to this type of activities which sometimes can not be found within the area of residence. The ,,Summer Learning” programme is designed to offer a recreational space based on cultural activities; sports; games; outdoor activities; trainings. The programme has the purpose of giving the children the opportunity for personal development and development of social skills. The usual activities developed with volunteers for the summer schedule are: sports ( football, basketball; ping-pong ); school rehabilitation; artistic activities; cultural exhibitions; contests on cultural or sports theme; classes of foreign languages; walks on the beach. Therefore the volunteers should have skills in organizing recreational activities and they also should have skills in singing, dancing, painting, sports, etc. The volunteers are expected to help the children develop a sense of responsibility, to develop the children’s artistic skills, de develop the children’s social skills. The organization will develop work schemes for all communities where they intervene, each according to the communities and the volunteer’s possibilities. Cultural & free time Ventanilla is a small town with some shops, a bank and some internet cafes. Ventanilla doesn’t have a rich cultural life. These kind of activities usually take place, in Lima or Callao. Pitifully in Ventanilla , you can not find places for healthy recreation like cinemas, theaters or other cultural spaces. To the West part is located a complex , Recreational "Balneario Blue Cost", with restaurants, a Castle of games for children, dance halls and sports clubs. The environment though is quite pleasant: in the North and South are beaches and areas of natural and man-made lakes known as Wetlands of Ventanilla where you can see the flora and fauna of that place. Learning activities The organization conducts an orientation and induction meeting with the volunteer, the day after his/her arrival, welcomes the volunteer and gives him/her thanks for participating in our project, tells him/her which will be his/her obligations and tasks. It is named a guide to help the volunteers in the first days who will give information on the community, transport, currency, security, possibly dangerous areas warnings, and other important aspects. Something really important that the volunteer should have in mind is the Spanish language knowledge. An intermediate level of Spanish is required as minimum. Without this level of Spanish as a tool to work within the community a volunteer cannot make a significant contribution to the projects because the people in the community only speak Spanish. If the volunteer is not at this level, Jóvenes de Buena Voluntad could help him/her to find the best program to improve his abilities in Spanish before the project starting. People interested in making voluntary work in this community should be open to be part of the lifestyle and customs of people, their way of working, food and living conditions, that are precarious for its poverty level. Language training: The volunteers will take Spanish classes together with other foreign volunteers. The volunteer will take Spanish classes starting with his/her level of knowledge. Task-oriented training: The organization provides trainings especially designed for each type of project. Basic training on volunteering: The volunteer will assist to trainings containing basic information on volunteering ( principles, rights, responsibilities, etc ), together with the local volunteers. Cooking classes: The organization will provide cooking classes to teach the volunteers to cook traditional Peruvian dishes. Classes on Peruvian tradition and culture: The volunteers will receive classes containing basic information on Peruvian culture, tradition and folk. History classes: The volunteers will receive classes on the history of Peru. Company: During the first months the volunteers will be assisted by other local volunteers and helped to discover the community and the places to spend the free time. Mentoring: The volunteer will have a mentor to help him integrate easier. The mentor will be a person with experience in the volunteering field. The mentor will support, will offer advice and will assist the volunteer during his/her entire stage. The volunteer can call the mentor at any moment and situation, especially in emergency situations. Working team: The volunteer will be integrated in a team of local volunteers helping him/her to learn team work and collaboration. The organization will take into account permanently the volunteer’s opinions concerning his/her activities. The volunteer have weekly meetings with the mentor and with his/her working team. Accomodation & food The participants to our international volunteering programme will have the opportunity to live for the entire duration of their stay with one of the community's families. These represent the majority of the town's families which contributes to their integration, participation and getting a better understanding of the social and economic reality and at the same time of certain behavior patterns of the Peruvian families in daily situations. The volunteer will be provided with a room and will have complete access to the bathroom shared by the family, shower, toilet, current running water. The host family is responsible for providing food to the volunteer during his/her stay in the project. The volunteers will have to share some domestic responsibilities with the hosting family. In Ventanilla they will not find Mc Donalds, Pizza Hut, Burger King but they can find restaurants with typical Peruvian food. In county staff Jose Luis Quiñones EVS country manager Jose Luis, founder and volunteer of Jovenes de Buena Voluntad , has a diploma in Business administration, occupies the charge of the general direction.   The people working in the organization are all volunteers who organized themselves in a group that wanted to help the community. The organization has the headquarters in Ventanilla and works with volunteers from this community but also with volunteers from the neighboring cities like Lima and Callao. The project will have a permanent coordinator who will orient the volunteer in all aspects of the project and who will offer all the support needed. The office of the organization has a computer and internet connection; the volunteer can also bring his/her own laptop and connect to internet.