Global Crossroad's health projects provide volunteers with the opportunity to work in hospitals, clinics, and with special projects providing healthcare to disadvantaged Peruvians. Volunteers will work alongside doctors, nurses, therapists, and other medical professionals in urban or rural areas.

Depending on your medical experience and Spanish language skills you may be asked to assist with various procedures such as delivering babies, suturing wounds, and giving vaccinations. Some volunteers may also be asked to help with vaccination and public health campaigns.

Placement in health projects requires notarized documentation of your medical school, nursing school, or other medical credentials.

Medical volunteers who do not speak Spanish are required to attend a 7-day crash course in Spanish at our Spanish school in Cusco .

Medical placements ARE available for people without medical training. These volunteer projects are generally located in an urban hospital or clinic and often involve working with children who have mental or physical disabilities. Volunteers will generally help feed, bathe, and play with the children; and may be asked to assist in physical therapy.

Ongoing volunteer programs in Peru:

Work in orphanages	Cusco, Urubamba, Trujillo, Arequipa
Work with Street Children	Cusco, Urubamba
Teaching English	Cusco, Urubamba
Health Projects	Cusco
Conservation projects	Cusco, Urubamba, Lima , Junin
Photo Journalism	Cusco

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