Internship Opportunities in Peru
Aprendo contigo -
This program aims to bring the world of play into each hospital room, giving sick children the appropriate environment to acquire the specific competencies according to their age.
Caminando Juntos - United Way International
Civilian nonprofit association, they work in the areas of extreme urban poverty in Lima. CJ joined UWI in 2002 , Organization whose purpose worldwide is to mobilize local leaders and their communities in order to identify and address local human needs.
CASP - Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú
Nonprofit organization that offers education to individuals with handicaps (autism, mental retardation, Down syndrome, and cerebral paralysis, among others). It is also a research and training center recognized internationally for its training programs.
CEAPAZ - Centro de Estudios y Acción para la Paz
Civil nonprofit organization conformed by a multidisciplinary team oriented to the construction of a culture of peace, respect for the human rights and the democracy. CEAPAZ is committed to the unconditional respect for the human person and directs its efforts to facilitate access to justice.
CEDRO - The Information and Education Center for the Prevention of Drug Abuse
Private non-profit organization. Innovative institution, especially because its approach does not focus solely in the prevention of psychoactive substances, but rather around the fundamental goal of creating awareness regarding the drug chain (production-traffic-consumption) through direct strategies and the mass media.
CELACP - Centro de Estudios Literarios Antonio Cornejo Polar
The main objectives are to promote literary studies and research, together with culture, reading and teacher`s training among peruvian communities
DEMUS - Estudio para la Defensa y los Derechos de la Mujer
Feminist Peruvian institution recognized as a defense organization and surveillance of the women's human rights. DEMUS contributes to the promotion of the lay state, a life free of violence for the women and the exercise of the sexual and reproductive rights.
EDAPROSPO - Equipo de Educación y Autogestión Social
Development organization that was founded in 1978. EDAPROSPO works with Microentrepreneurs and intervenes in the amplification of their capacities in order to improve their quality of life and the construction of a solidary society.
Enseña Perú-
Nonprofit organization integrated by young Peruvian leaders decided to confront the tremendous challenge of achieving a systemic change that improves the educational quality of Peru.
Fe y Alegría - Movimiento de educación popular integral y de promoción social
Is a Movement for Integral Popular Education and Social Development whose activities are directed to the most impoverished and excluded sectors of the population, in order to empower them in their personal development and their participation in society.
FOVIDA - Fomento de la Vida
Nonprofit organization created in 1984 with the purpose of developing activities oriented to improve the conditions of poor population. Their work is oriented to the sustainable local development, centered in people, and taking into account the political and sociocultural interactions, the environmental systems and the economic integration.
Fundación Custer
Is a private, non-profit organization with the purpose of helping under-privileged children in Peru.
FUNDADES - Asociación de Hogares Nuevo Futuro Perú
Has the objective of carrying out projects to improve the quality of life of populations in need. The Hogar Nuevo Futuro and the Hogar Arie work with abandoned children and children with handicaps in Lima.
IDE PUCP - Instituto de Etnomusicología de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
IDE promotes the diversity and cultural creativity through the study and documentation of the music and its main contexts, the parties, the rituals, the dances and other related representations.
IDEA - International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Intergovernmental organization with member states from all continents. It has a mandate to support sustainable democracy worldwide. IDEA operates at an interface between those who analyse and monitor trends in democracy and those who engage directly in political reform or act in support of democracy at home and abroad.
Instituto Bartolomé de las Casas -
Nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by the theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez and a group of professional Catholics who wanted to contribute to the process of integral freedom and human development in Peru from the Christian perspective of a preferential option for the poor.
IRI - International Republican Institute
Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. IRI advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institution, open elections, good governance and the rule of law.
MANTHOC - Movimiento de adolescentes y niños trabajadores hijos de obreros cristianos
Organization with 32 years of trajectory in Peru. MANTHOC has the purpose of contributing with the protagonism of children, girls and hard-working adolescents to exercise their rights and in this way, to improve their quality of life.
Museo de Arte de Lima -
Exhibits one of the widest and representative Peruvian Art collections. Their high-priority tasks are to carry out the scientific investigation on their collections, to exhibit them from a didactic way to their visitors and to conserve them for the future generations.
Operación Sonrisa -
Throughout the world, Operation Smile volunteers repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare for children and families.
OWIT PERU - Organization of Women in International Trade
Is a subsidiary of OWIT International (Organization of Women in International Trade). A non-profit professional organization designed to promote women doing business in international trade by providing networking and educational opportunities.
PROETICA - Transparency International
The global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world.
PROMPERU - Comisión de Promoción del Perú para la Exportación y el Turismo
(Commission of Peru's Promotion for the Export and Tourism) is a Peruvian government's organization that promotes the international trade of Peruvian companies and foments the tourist movement inside the Peruvian territory.
Root Capital - Lima (former EcoLogic Finance)
Is a nonprofit offering affordable financial services to community-based businesses operating in environmentally sensitive areas of Latin America, Africa and South Asia.
Techno Serve
Helps entrepreneurial men and women in poor rural areas of the developing world to build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth for their families, their communities and their countries.
Un techo para mi país - Peru
It works with the poorest families in different Latin American countries. Its activities consist of the construction of emergency homes and the realization of programs in areas such as education, micro-credit, job training and community development.
Voluntades -
Is a group of young peruvians who support poor communities in Lima.