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Spring 2013
Quinn is volunteering at Iglesia Evangélica Presbiteriania Emanuel (Emanuel Evangelical Presbyterian Church) of Ayacucho. The church was planted here in the Cuchipampa (Hog Flat) neighborhood by missionaries…
Cortney and Edgar are volunteering at Hogar de Niños Casa Luz (House of Light Children’s Home). Forty-three children between the ages of one and nineteen call this…
Liz and Kate spend their days with little ones. Parents are busy with work, chores and activities outside the home. This is true all over the world,…
Barrett is volunteering at a nonprofit organization that provides health care services to low-income patients. The lifestyle of people who live in the Peruvian countryside is inherently…
Martin is spending the service portion of the Peru Study Service Term in a remote village named Yuraccraccay. The broad valley surrounding the village is fertile and…
The Service portion of the Study Service Term has begun. The students are volunteering in the highlands — Ayacucho, Huanta and Tarma — as well as the…
All good things must come to an end, including the study portion of the Spring semester Study Service Term in Peru. We ended our time in Lima…
Peru has a long history of conquest. The Incas were known for subduing neighboring peoples with generous gifts and military might, especially during the reign of its…
Over the past 30 years, Lima’s population has grown dramatically. Millions of refugees fled here to escape the ravages of war between Shining Path terrorists and the…
“Water is life” — these words are painted on a wall in one of the settlements far from downtown Lima. The problem is, people living in the…
