When arriving in Cusco and after spending months seeing a lot of poverty I decided that I wanted to do some kind of volunteer work and with kids. Through my spanish school they set me up with an organisation in Cusco that helps undernourished kids. My job was to play with the kids, take care of them and also to help them eat.....the last one I found the most important after a few visits there. I am not sure who runs this day care centre but there was only one Peruvian lady for each group of kids, sometimes that was up to 12 kids, and then they relied on volunteers to help them out. The kids are dropped off in the morning around 9am and they spend the day there while their parents go to work....it
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