About Awaiting Angels

Awaiting Angels Volunteering Program offers high quality and low cost cross-cultural experiences in eleven Peruvian locations. Our well organized volunteer opportunities cover a range of important areas such us child and adult education, women empowerment, orphan care, environmental conservation, healthcare, housing construction, and community based tourism.

Through grassroots initiatives we make real efforts to help achieve the well being, the human growth and the economical sustainability of children and families living in depressed areas of Peru. We invite our global community to join us and give people in need a chance to realize their true potential.
Awaiting Angels Volunteering Program is different from the majority of other programs in that Awaiting Angels is a local organization and charges to volunteers a small administrative fee to fund our activities; and a just amount to cover food and; family like accommodation. Awaiting Angels is a self sustaining grassroots Peruvian organization; we have a small but effective administrative staff and do not rely on government or institutional support. Awaiting Angels is a non-for-profit, nongovernmental, non religious, non political organization registered at the National Superintendence Office of Public Records of Peru, SUNARP.
Awaiting Angels provides nurturing care and educational programs based upon the universal concepts of children rights stated by the UNICEF. Awaiting Angels Program seeks to improve the quality of life for families and communities from disadvantaged backgrounds. We provide help to established Peruvian institutions through our volunteer outreach programs.

Values and attributes
Awaiting Angels enables people to act as responsible global citizens working for peace and understanding in a diverse world. It acknowledges that peace is a dynamic concept threatened by injustice, inequity and intolerance. Awaiting Angels seeks to affirm faith in the dignity and worth of every human being and of all nations and cultures. We encourage respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms without distinction of any kind, such as race, sex, language, religion or social status.

Aims
*With our volunteer programs we aim to give love, care and education to Peruvian children as well as help them to improve their quality of life and to serve as agents of change in our society.
*To provide short term volunteer opportunities on a low cost to international people through a fast and easy application process.
*To provide the volunteers with the opportunity to serve close to our communities in a developing country while improving their Spanish language ability.
*To implement the international rights related to child development.
*To improve the quality of education in deprived areas of Peru.
*To explore the use of information and communication technologies for social development.
*To provide volunteers the opportunity to learn our culture through cultural exchange.
*Work side-by-side with local people, connect with others from around the world and have time for personal adventures.

For more information: please visit www.awaitingangels.org