As a volunteer in orphanage project, participants teach English (3-4 hours a day) in either the orphanage or school. Volunteers will also help kids to dress properly and reach school safely. Volunteers may also organize games, art lessons, singing, dancing, as well as other creative, educational and extra-curricular activities for the children. This may include training a group in sports, teaching arts and crafts, organizing inter-school football matches, playing music, as well as teaching subjects such as mathematics, world affairs, hygiene, and nutrition. In the evening, volunteers help the children complete their assignments, monitor academic progress, and assure children complete next day's homework. Some participants will assist in the care of the children who cannot yet attend school as well as lend a hand through food distribution, kitchen work, and garden maintenance. Additional help in cooking, day trips, and administration can be expected.

There are no specific qualifications needed to join Rustic Travel's volunteer orphanage project in Peru . However, volunteers are expected to be flexible and patient as well as possess a passion and love for orphans. While Spanish is preferred it is not required. Rustic offers free Spanish lessons to participants volunteering in Peru .

Rustic Volunteer Travel manages room/food for volunteers. Volunteers live with the host family or in hostel. We manage a separate/shared, simple, clean and modest room as well as local meals three times a day. Volunteer will also have an access to our office in Peru and mobile number of our coordinators. Our staffs also visit volunteers in each 2-4 week interval as a part of the program. Details covering living accommodations provided prior to arrival.

Orphanage projects are available in Cusco (Peru 's most enigmatic city and capital of Inca empire), Urubamba (The “ Pearl of the Vilcanota”, located in Peru 's lush Sacred Valley), Trujillo (home to the Floral Spring Festival, Chimu mud city of Chan Chan), Arequipa (The “ White City ”; Peru 's second largest city and home to the Misti volcano), Lima (Peru 's capital city, Lomas de Lachay, Plaza de Armas) and Huancayo (A busy commercial and tourist city in the Mantaro Valley). Known for being creative and also hard-working people, most Peruvians are great nationalists and love their country with pride (largely stemming from Peru's history as the center of both the Inca Empire and Spain's South American Empire). They are however ggenerally very friendly, peaceful and helpful. Peru is full of contrasts: from traditional culture and history to modern urban infrastructure and much of the amenities you would expect from a city. Volunteers can organize different possible excursions during and after the project to visit places of interest. There is a tourist infrastructure already in place the volunteer can use during weekends. For example: natural reserves, whitewater rafting, museums, historical mansions, famous ruins, volcanoes, canyons (larger than the Grand Canyon) markets, and many more.