Daniel Klopp, Founder & Executive Director of an NGO operating in South America spends most of his life advocating, empowering, and encouraging lives in marginalized communities of South America. Klopp founded private schools to fight against modern day child slave labor in Peru, and founded a growing Soccer Club for the urban gangs of Lima, Peru. Living in Peru, South America for the past 15 years, Klopp has dedicated his life to serving others and speaking for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To engage my global community to experience more friendships, relationships, and to welcome others, host others, and help others in the amazing country of Peru, South America.

Interests

Daniel M. Klopp founded Voices4Peru with the passion to serve and speak for oppressed and marginalized communities and individuals through unification and personal-growth systems. Daniel passionately speaks for marginalized communities and advocates globally. He currently fights against opposition in Peru, South America to implement the country’s first Equality House in all of Perú.
Voices4Peru (V4P) is the charitable NGO that Daniel Klopp created, which has several programs established in Lima. These programs include a sports club for teenagers who want to play soccer, counseling programs for those suffering from mental health issues, educational assistance, etc. 

Daniel Klopp advocates, encourages, and empowers marginalized communities to become self-sustainable societies. He helps to empower local leadership, instill a strong work ethic, and foster the ability to move forward towards a brighter future. Voices4Peru works with international teams coming in to alleviate an oppressed existence while advocating across various platforms to educate and expose humanity to awareness of marginalized lives. Daniel oversees Educating4Hope and Advocating4Change, two 100/100 programs founded in the foothills of Lima’s community of Ventanilla. Dreaming to start Peru's first Equality House for LGBTQ individuals bullied by their peers, Klopp stakes out new ground that has never been addressed in the region. Klopp started a school for 3,4, and 5 year olds. This year there are 40 children that are studying and are protected from the risks of human trafficking.
Daniel’s work has been published in newspapers and relayed in interviews, and he has received humanitarian and honor awards for his work.
Working in urban streets with gangs, crime, & mafia corruption, Daniel credits his personal faith in God to keeping him alive for 15 years. Having had guns put to his head, threats from gangs, and worse from mafia groups, Daniel continues to fight against a "traditional life," When people ask him why does he advocate for education for adolescents & #children in gang ridden streets, he responds, "It's never easy, but always worth it."

• writing
• books
• beauty
• education
• environment
• dining
• wine
• coffee
• fine dining
• clubbing
• traveling
• sports
• soccer
• teaching
• tourism
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Founded a soccer club that currently works with 120 adolescents.
Founded a Private School for marginalized communities.
Founded the Christian Omar Equality House for bullied individuals who seek emotional & professional counseling or that just need a safe place.

Teach, Learn, Share

Put others before self leads to the most joyful, peace filled, and adventurous journey ever.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Klopp has traveled extensively throughout 35+ countries throughout the world, and has traveled through South America regularly. He loves to give guests the local experience and to assist with all aspects of guest's travel plans. He can be available for as much or as little as the guest desires.

Enjoying with the guests, a morning cup of coffee or an evening glass of wine, Klopp loves to host individuals and couples from all diverse journeys of life.

Klopp is available to personally travel with you through Lima on any of the excursions you would like to take, and he can assist you with onward travel throughout all of South America. Klopp knows the local travel through the Amazon River, whether it be traveling in a hammock down the Amazon River, or shredding sand down the Dunes in the south of Peru's, Ica Valley. Wanting to climb through the Andes Mountains of Cusco, Klopp knows the best ways through the exotic adventure.

Writing a book on his life, Klopp has dedicated the rest of his journey to serving marginalized communities and always advocates for those who have struggled. If guests desire, they can journey along with Klopp to the Private School that Klopp founded or kick the soccer ball around with the Club Team that Klopp started.

Not only will a guest experience a personalized stay of great relaxation, the guest will experience an environment of true and authentic Peruvian beauty. Don't miss the opportunity to see Lima through the eyes of one who passionately believes to serve and help others while enjoying the best of Peru's majestic beauty.

Klopp's life journey motto is " To leave a legacy worth living."

Living like a local, one can easily access nearby Plaza San Miguel with cinemas, banks, coffeehouses, and fine dining. Local bars and discotecas are available along with quick access to touristic sections of Lima, such as Miraflores's Parque de Amor, Parque de Aguas the Central of Lima, and the Historical Experience of the Church of San Francisco's Catacombs. Less than one block away is the Parque of Las Americas if one desires to relax among local park environment.

Guests can request personal use of car with chofer to travel through the highlights and local attractions of Lima with personal guide. Please arrange these details when speaking with host. Host can arrange various day trips, and even assist with travel outside of Lima, such as to Cusco's Incan Ruins or Arequipa's Mount Misty.
Inquire within for questions and/or further details.

If guests would like, host can provide personal tour guide to any site in Peru, South America with English/Spanish fluency.

Countries I’ve Visited

American Samoa, Aruba, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Germany, India, Ireland, Kenya, Lebanon, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Singapore, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Tanzania, Tonga, Uganda, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Peru, United States