Stop Press: Long-Term Voluntary Jobs Available!

We are currently looking for a voluntary Project Administrator as well as a voluntary Volunteer Coordinator, ideally for no less than six months each. Both roles have great potential for creativity, responsibility and growth and will greatly enhance our ability to help the many communities of the Sacred Valley that we are currently unable to support. If you're interested please visit our How to Help page for more information.

Improving the Lives of Children

Founder of Living Heart, Sonia Newhouse, talks about the NGO's aims and current projects surrounded by local children.

The NGO Living Heart was formed in August of 2007 with the goal to improve the lives of the Andean children and women within the communities of the Sacred Valley, near Cusco, Peru.

Living Heart is an association without profitable aims. The actions and programmes have been developed to combine educational strategies, conservation, nutritional and health advice, include family planning support, with the purpose of promoting sustainable development and improving the quality of life for the Andean people. This work is particularly aimed at benefiting the lives of disadvantaged children. Living Heart is currently working with five communities.

Current projects include; providing breakfasts, educational activities and supplies for schools, organizing art and theatre classes for children, providing seeds and plants so schools can create scholastic organic gardens, and organizing doctor visits to communities. Read about more of the projects on the Projects page.

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