Volunteer with Sisters Project Peru

Sisters Project Peru is a nonprofit project (co-founded by Maya Koehn-Wu, a fourth-year student and Natalie Koehn-Wu, her younger sister) dedicated to building a sustainable medical clinic in Huacahuasi, Peru. The Huacahuasi village is an indigenous community nestled in the Andes mountains, where the closest clinic is a three hour walk from the community. This results in a largely underserved community that struggles with medical care access. Building a clinic means better maternal healthcare, reducing maternal mortality, and eliminating preventable deaths from lack of access. 

We are in need of help from the local UVA student community to help us achieve our goals of fundraising for this clinic. Some of the work done for Sisters Project Peru at UVA is done through an arts-based lens, where our annual event is centered around hosting an art auction in the spring semester. Help is needed for logo design, digital marketing, social media marketing, project management, art auction planning, fundraising, grant writing, service trip planning etc. We are recruiting self-driven individuals who want to learn about international development and humanitarian work, and are eager to learn about the many shoes one wears when working in the nonprofit sphere. A service trip down to the community is also in the works for Summer 2024. If you are interested in volunteering with us or learning more, you can email [email protected].