The Makikita Quykuway Community Center was established in February 2008. This Community Center was launched to provide additional educational support to some of the poorest children of the Cooperati...
Makikita Quykuway Volunteer Program works together with public schools located in impoverished areas. Makikita volunteers primarily work in the schools teaching English, the ...
Community Health Centers are strategically located in the poorest areas surrounding the city of Huancayo. The health centers provide basic but essential health care to the underserved. In ad...
The special needs school is located in one of the suburbs of Huancayo. Here teachers work to teach students with disabilities basic skills using different methodologies. For instan...
One of our most rewarding volunteer experiences takes place in a government run nursery. This nursery looks after children up until age 3. Many of these children come from single parent fa...
Travelling to Huancayo from Lima (you will first have to fly into Lima)
By Bus
Buses from Lima run several times a day through several different companies. The safest and most ...
On weekends. volunteers have time to relax and visiting tourist destinations. Huancayo has beautiful mountains, landscapes, lakes, ruins, and glaciers. Older surrounding villages are usually v...
Spanish lessons
Most of our volunteers come to Peru with a very low level of Spanish. This creates a communication barrier with children in different projects where volunteers have ...