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Spring 2013
We began our first week of study with a colloquium presentation on income and poverty in Peru — how poor is this country relative to the U.S.? …
Excitement mixed with sadness permeated the air at Casa Goshen. The students had two hours to pack up their belongings, making sure their suitcases weighed in at…
The Spring 2013 Study Service Term in Peru finished with a retreat at the Scripture Union Center in Kauai. Located two hours south of Lima, Kauai is…
Emma and Mandy are volunteering at two preschools and one after-school program in the rain forest city of Oxapampa. According to anecdotes from Peruvian teachers and school…
Jesse volunteers at a family-owned coffee farm called Fundo Almorique. Coffee is the second-most traded product in the world, second only to petroleum in its importance as…
Jacob and Joseph are volunteering for a nonprofit organization called Ecomundos in the native village of San Miguel de Marankiari. As the world becomes ever more modern…
Jieun and Phil are working with children in the rain forest city of San Ramon. This small urban area is home to hundreds of impoverished families hampered…
Alex is volunteering at Chanchamayo Highland Products in the Selva Central (Central Rain Forest) of Peru. Societies have always traded the goods they have in abundance for…
Andrew and Oscar are volunteering at Fe y Alegria (Faith and Happiness) School in Tarma. The school serves children living in extreme poverty. It was founded several…
Isaac and Kolton are volunteering in the classroom. They, along with the rest of us, entered the service portion of the Peru Study Service Term with open…
