02 November 2010
By Jason
In Cusco, Peru
Vampire!
Our very first week at Aldea Yanapay happened to be the week of Halloween. We had no idea Halloween was so popular in Peru, but the kids were already busy at work preparing their costumes when we arrived. Each week, there is a particular theme at Yanapay which we try to teach to the kids in some small ways; This week, the theme was recycling and so, we were building our costumes from completely recycled materials. It was a hectic week full of paint, glitter, and glue, and was quite a shock for our first week working with the project… It was however, a great introduction, and an easy way to work with the kids- even without words.
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Aldea Yanapay, Children, Cusco, Cuzco, Halloween, Kids, Peru, Social Project, South America, Volunteering
02 November 2010
By Jason
In Cusco, Peru
Voluntarios Por Amor
A Brief Introduction:
We have been working for Aldea Yanapay for two weeks now, and have wanted to post some photos from the school since we started… Aldea Yanapay is a social organization here in Cusco working with children from 4-13 year-olds in one of the poorer parts of Cusco. We work with the children about four hours a day, helping with their homework, playing games, teaching art classes, or introducing them to other cultural subjects like world-religion, environment, social issues, art, or theater (The themes of the last two weeks have been Recycling, and Inca Religion)
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Aldea Yanapay, Cusco, Cuzco, Kids, Peru, School, Social Project, South America, Volunteering
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