Winter Break Global Health & Clinical Volunteer Program in Peru

Hands on Peru’s Hands to Care program is designed for university students interested in medicine, public health, global health, nursing, and other health-related fields.

Volunteers work alongside local health professionals and participate in community health campaigns, clinical experiences, hospital and health center shadowing, and medical classes while learning about healthcare in a cross-cultural setting. HOP’s current Hands to Care program emphasizes clinical exposure, approximately four hours of clinical experience per day, weekly medical classes, and cultural immersion.

Program highlights:

• Earn clinical and observation hours
• Shadow Peruvian health professionals
• Participate in community health campaigns at CESAPU
• Attend medical classes taught by health professionals
• Experience Peruvian culture and community life
• Potential academic credit depending on your university

No advanced Spanish is required.

This is a fee-based international volunteer program. The program fee supports accommodations, three meals per day, scheduled local transportation, airport pickup/drop-off in Trujillo, program activities, supervision, and in-country support.