Peru Volunteering and Travel

RECOMMENDED PROJECTS IN CUSCO PERU

At View Peru & Signatures we firmly believe that responsible tourism is the only way one can guarantee the sustainable development of travel for present and future generations. 

View Peru & Signatures advised two ways of volunteer in Cusco Peru, Sonco Wasi NGO, wich is a peruvian organization dedicated to help children with differente projects, you can contact them at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; and our second way to volunteer is thruough the View Fundation, we welcome monetary donations for needed building supplies and also warmly welcome any second hand clothes, toys, books and school equipment when you travel with us. Should you visit Cuzco, Peru with us we will be more than happy to show you our charity work and local projects.

The donations from View Peru & Signatures´ Travelers will be deliver equitably to Sonco Wasi and the Paucarpata Comunity.

SONCO WASI

Sonco Wasi translated to Spanish means Casa del Corazon, in English it’s the House of the Heart. We are a nonprofit association initially created by a group of friends in 2010, with the intention of providing social support for children that have been physically and economically disadvantaged. We want to provide them with new opportunities and experiences based mainly on the recovery of values such as respect for self, respect for society, its ideals, and the environment, learning to love and revalue their culture. Another important part of our work is that through the activities we undertake the children can exchange cultural experiences with friends from other countries. We can help through art, music, painting, games, practicing different languages and their own language and customs and by showing them that the world is bigger and there is a horizon beyond their daily lives.

You can help Sonco Wasi Through us when you add one extra free day in cusco to volunteer in some of their projects in Cusco city or the Sacred Valley, or if you are a Sonco Wasi Volunteer you have a Special Price in all of our packages and a percetage of your payment goes directly to Sonco Wasi

WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT NOT ONLY ARE THE CHILDREN THE BENEFICIARIES, WE ARE TOGETHER IMMERSED IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF CONTINUAL LEARNING IN WHICH WE INVITE YOU TO PARTICIPATE! 

VIEW FUNDATION

We have managed to educate and influence our field staff and their communities to improve their quality of life by enhancing their interaction with their own environment. Our work in this area has also caused other operators to improve their environmental performance since it implied improving their standards to be able to compete in this industry.

That is why a percentage of your payment goes directly to help improve the lives of the children at the Paucarpata Comunty, located at Cusipata District - Quispicanchis Province and Cusco Region,  a annual Campaign to help every year in the towns of the same name in the Andean area of cusco for boys and girls focusing on education, vocational training, and true well being for their bright futures.

For further information on our volunteering and charity projects, please E-mail us at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it we welcome monetary donations for needed building supplies and also warmly welcome any second hand clothes, toys, books and school equipment when you travel with us. Should you visit Peru and Bolivia with us we will be more than happy to show you our charity work and local projects.

As a result of this belief, ever since we started we have involved the local communities and NGOs like Sonco Wasi and worked with them as suppliers of goods and services, helping them by contributing with school materials and health issues. Tied in with this, was our commitment to the environment trying to minimize our footprints and respecting the traditional way of life of the peoples through whose territories we passed.

For further details, here are our Responsible Tourism Principles.

Consider environmental management a company priority, committing ourselves to complying with applicable legislation and other voluntary compliances established by us.

• Annually review our quantifiable goals to reduce to the maximum possible levels the generation of solid waste, pollution of water, the risks of fire and the disturbance of wildlife caused by our activities, products and services.

• Responsibly use tourist attractions and the surrounding natural resources preventing their unnecessary abuse and/or consumption minimizing impacts caused to the lifestyle of communities in harmony with the landscape, flora and fauna.

• Promote the proactive participation and training of workers, clients and suppliers in the maintenance of the Environmental Management System, involving and committing them to the compliance of the environmental goals through continuous improvement.

• We use locally owned and run accommodations.

• We purchase our equipment and food from locally produced sources.

• We support local income generation and small business enterprises by supporting locally owned shops and restaurants.

• We hire permanent local staff, local tour leaders and guides.

• We encourage clients through our sales department and leaders, the literature and presentations to act in a responsible way and with an insight and understanding of the host destination.

• We work together with our business partners in the host destinations to implement the highest of standards and where necessary work out an agenda on how these standards can be met.

  We will take into consideration economic, environmental and cultural issues when looking at new destinations.

• We will aim to ensure that our type and scale of tourism is appropriate to local conditions and operate within the limits set by appropriate local infrastructure and carrying capacity.

• We aim to minimize water and atmospheric pollution from tourism developments.

• We aim to achieve zero litter policies.

• We aim to integrate environmental considerations into all economic considerations.

• We provide regular and ongoing training, in the principles and practices of responsible tourism, both to our staff in the office and those employed out of the office.

• We provide financial support for local economic and environmental projects that will benefit the local communities. Thereby actively encouraging local community involvement in Tourism Projects.

• Where ever possible we believe in putting money directly into the communities we visit by using locally owned and run accommodation and eating locally produced food.

• We are careful to ensure that local staff and operators receive a fair rate for their services.

• Our groups are small and sustainable tourism is on the forefront of our agenda.

• We encourage our own staff to take an active interest in responsible and sustainable tourism and train them accordingly so that they can put our policies into practice.

• We endeavor to ensure that our practices help in the environmental conservation of the areas we visit.

• We provide our clients with advice and guidelines on how to respect the social, cultural and religious beliefs of local communities.