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[keepwalking]

I am currently looking into an idea to set up an NGO to support a variety of schools in the Amazon region of Peru. The initial idea is to get teaching friends back in Blighty to raise money which will be then shared out by the Peruvian manager of the project, and spent in the way the communities feel is needed, rather than me giving them resources which I think they need. After all, what do I know!?

I am also looking further into the future and considering setting up a volunteer project. Volunteers would have to pay for accommodation and food but what I want to know from people who have done this, or would consider doing this, is what do look for in such projects. The internet is full of schemes where people teach, for example, and stay with families so what makes people choose one over any other?

This is just an idea I am chewing over at the moment, but any input would aid the digestion process.

Thanks

[Bayden]

What use do you think people in the Amazon reaches of Peru will have for english?

[Rin]

Who are you? Are you famous, do you have money? Are you in any way shape or form a legitimate business? Why should I trust you? Do you have a more exact plan for dolling out the money? What's going to happen to me when I get there? Where am I staying? Who are these people?


What I'm trying to say is you need a plan, you need a legitimate sponsor, someone who the public can trust and who can front you money.
Think about what your trying to do, what you want to do, and come up with a plan. Make sure its what the people of Peru want to, or otherwise you're wasting your time.

[william wallace]

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