Women’s Empowerment in a foster house in Cusco

Volunteer with Women Empowerment in Cusco – Peru with IKPVA providing sustainable development opportunities to girls and women. Help fighting for women’s rights in Cusco!

In this project you will be placed in one of the local NGOs operating in the semi-urban & rural areas of Cusco. There, you will be working as a volunteer in the fields of education – teaching computing and digital marketing skills, sharing love and warmth, and awareness, counseling, and empowerment of females.

Women Empowerment in Cusco: Sustainable Development Perspectives

The women empowerment provides sustainable development opportunities to girls and women who suffered domestic violence. These women have the chance to learn new skills to start a new life. In Peru, there are regular marches to help raise awareness among women about their rights & justice. Seminars are organized to raise voices against domestic violence, & harassment. Counseling surveys can be done to serve the purpose of the programs. There are regular classes to educate these women to make them self-independent. Sadly, a lot of women bear violence and harassment because of dependence on their husbands and fear for their families. So, becoming self-dependent is the first step to stop all violence and harassment.

Women Empowerment Volunteer Roles & Responsibilities

• The major task will be to teach MS Office and digital social marketing to young women.
• Lessons provided by the volunteer will also embrace human rights, domestic violence, values, and self-esteem awareness.
• Keep kids busy through colouring activities and other playful learning to allow their mothers attend the class.
• Preparing art & craft activities for kids and bring the materials
• Helping the local staff in documentation
• Helping the women in exploring the new ways of earning money & becoming financially independent
• Teaching them about preparing a Home Budget
• Supporting them in promoting and selling their hand-made products
• Being a confidante and providing emotional support

Benefits of the Women’s Empowerment Project in Cusco

Volunteers will be placed in a foster house for women who suffered domestic violence, most of the time these women arrive with their kids (babies until 12 years old), so, volunteers need to prepare in advance art & craft activities to keep them busy while their mothers are busy or learning computing.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work alongside women who needs emotional and phycological support, helping in the process of improving the social position of the women and raising awareness of the importance of feminism in a country where many women without education are still very much treated as inferior. This is your chance to make an impact in someone’s life. This project is open for women only and is perfect for anyone who believes in equality and have knowledge on MS computing.

Commitment:

This program requires a minimum stay of 3 weeks and intermediate level of Spanish.