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Archive for June, 2011
A Mix of New and Old
The other day the agriculture team visited Pampacorral where Team Peru built a greenhouse last summer. Our visit was part of this summer’s project to see our technician, Ruben’s curriculum implementation in action. The school director, Freddie, showed us a complementary project that the municipality recently undertook to augment the school’s effort to grow more [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment June 26th, 2011
Bridging Cultures in the Sacred Valley of Peru
The opportunity to go work in the Sacred Valley of Peru with the Andean Alliance and the Becky Fund was unexpected and extremely exciting. In just a few short weeks, I was subletting my apartment, storing extra furniture, and packing for the mountains. When I was asked to write about my expectations for the trip, [...]
Continue Reading Add comment June 24th, 2011
Carmel High School’s Peru Project… A Success!!!
Wow… what a week it has been. After two trips to the community of Ccachin, I think it is safe to say that quite a lot has been accomplished. While the most tangible accomplishment is certainly the groundbreaking of two new greenhouses, it seems as though many of the intangibles have been just as impressive. [...]
Continue Reading Add comment June 21st, 2011
Peru’s glaciers have receded by 20% over the past 30 years
The view flying into Cusco. I recently read a staggering statistic about climate change in Peru that has had a major impact on my time here: Peru’s glaciers have receded by 20% over the past 30 years. This is especially alarming since Peru is home to 70% of the world’s tropical glaciers. Beyond the numbers, [...]
Continue Reading Add comment June 21st, 2011
Building relationships: Team Peru & Carmel High
Well Team Peru and Carmel High School have certainly hit the ground running. It’s been one week since their arrival and we’ve been having a blast! Over the past six months this group of 15 students from CHS raised $6,000 to sponsor a greenhouse in Ccachin, and now they are here in Peru to help [...]
Continue Reading Add comment June 13th, 2011
Back in the Sacred Valley
Aaron and Adam meeting up with Professor Alfredo Ortiz in Lima Just got to Cusco and I couldn’t be more thrilled about it. We finally graduated and got our masters degree, so now we can really focus on developing our organization this summer and after. Its pretty crazy to think about what we are able [...]
Continue Reading Add comment June 1st, 2011