📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
GREENLION PERU
💼 What the programme involves
This project combines the chance to gain experience in fashion design while helping out. During the program, you will get the chance to immerse in Peruvian culture by means of learning about traditional ways to make clothes as well as help the local community.
Your main task will be to work in a clothes factory. Nevertheless, you will also be engaging in other fun and insightful activities such as an excursion to a local market, a workshop at the factory and cooperative work with Peruvian students.
On the first day, you will get the chance to explore the local market and buy materials for the upcoming project. The following days, you will take part in a fashion design workshop and engage in tasks such as making drafts, sewing and painting. Beside the work at the factory, there is a cooperation with local students, giving you the opportunity to interact with the locals and get to know more about the diverse Peruvian culture.
Our project is dedicated to help the local community in the rural areas of Peru. The purpose is to provide new drafts which are appealing to local consumers as well as tourists and high quality factories. By participating, you will get the chance to gain experience in fashion design and through your tasks, help to increase the sales and therefore the income of the local staff. You will be working with the local weavers, artisans, and staff to help create and produce appealing products that will be sold to support the community.
🏠 Accommodation on site
STANDARD ACCOMMODATION
At our location close to Chiclayo we maintain several houses close to the beach and close to our school (walking distance 1-10 minutes), where students and participants can live in. Standard is higher than average Peruvian standard, but please consider that Peru is still a third world country. Power outages or internet failures are not unusual.
Each house has space for 8-30 participants. Rooms are spacious and completely furnished with a table, a chair, a dresser/wardrobe, a mirror and a lockable box or drawer to lock in valuables. We provide bed linen. All houses have several shared bathrooms, a shared kitchen equipped with all necessary cooking utensils and a shared fridge. There common are eating areas as well as roof top terraces with hammocks to relax after a long day. Participants need to provide their own toilet paper and dish detergent.
All common facilities are cleaned at least once per week, usually way more often, depending on need. Rooms are to be cleaned by the participants themselves, we provide cleaning equipment. Staff will not enter any room unannounced, to maintain privacy.
Monday to Friday all meals are included, served at our school. Saturday and Sunday we provide brunch. Vegetarian/vegan food options are available.
Important: When arriving to the residence, we will charge you a safety deposit of 200 Soles (80 USD / 70 EUR)
HOMESTAY
It is also possible to accommodate in a homestay with a local family, experiencing the Peruvian lifestyle and culture. Especially if you want/need to achieve a high Spanish level, this gives you more chance to practice.
Our host families are carefully researched and have experience in offering great service to all our students. They receive you and treat you as a member of their family. All of our host families are conveniently located in quiet and safe areas and have a comfortable, over average standard of living. Usually, families are not more than 15 minutes walking distance to the school. All host families offer Wifi, some give you access to a washing machine. Some families also offer private bathrooms.
On your first day of class, either your host family will accompany you to the school or a coordinator will pick you up at your house.
All meals are included, even on weekends, and are usually typical Peruvian dishes.
📍 About the location
Our center in Peru is located in the North of Peru, in the seaside resort Pimentel. You can easily reach Chiclayo, Peru's 4th biggest city, by public transport which is cheap and frequent. Chiclayo offers shopping centers, a cinema and nightlife, but is also a traffic hub in north Peru. This makes it easy to travel on the weekends or after your program.
Pimentel itself is relatively small and calm. Rather richer people live there and the area is therefore safer the South American average. Nevertheless you should always stick to our safety advices which we give you in the introduction on the first day.
There are plenty of small restaurants or shops around the area. There is an active surfing community and it is easy to make local friends, what we also encourage by our TANDEM program and some of our events.
Supermarket: Located 5-10 minutes walking distance from the residence or host family
ATM: There are several ones in the supermarket.
Laundry: We provide laundry service at the school at a cheap cost.
Market: There is a small market in about 2-15 minutes walking distance from the residence or host family. Every morning you can get fresh fruits, fish meat etc there.
Restaurants: There are plenty of small restaurants in walking distance. Especially along the beach you can gets lots of fresh fish dishes.
Sauna & Spa: There is a Spa in Chiclayo that you can reach by public transport or taxi (ca. 4 USD) within about 30 minutes. Sauna and massage (30 min) cost about S/. 20-30 each.
In and around Chiclayo there is an array of places and sights that our participants usually visit on weekends lets you explore Peru besides the mainstream tourist routes. And even if you stay in Peru for a few months, you won't run out of astonishing places to visit!*Regular arrival to Chiclayo (Sun.6am 8pm) We will pick you up at the airport or at the bus terminal in Chiclayo.
ℹ️ Additional information
Open all year, starting on Mondays, every week, participation fee 350€ per week. Culture week mandatory: 280€ to start the programme