During the month of June 2010, ten students will be traveling throughout Peru as part of a Residence Service Learning at St. Jerome's University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
The students have been participating in various pre-departure workshops and sessions delivered by talented faculty, staff and community members at St. Jerome's University, Conrad Grebel University and the University of Waterloo. The sessions have been designed to provide some curricular context for the capstone travel experience and dealt with a variety of topics including Fair and un-Fair Trade, Social and Ecological Justice issues, cultural workshops, Liberation Theology and tips for traveling in the Global South.
While in Peru, the students will be working with a number of NGOs and community-based organizations.
Through CICAP, an organization based out of Chiclayo, students will have an opportunity to experience the realities facing many rural farmers in Central and South America. Working directly with Cafe Feminino-a cooperative of female Fair Trade-certified growers-the students will be helping with both the implementation of new rainwater harvesting systems for crop irrigation and the installation of personal water filtration systems for the farmers and their families.
The students will also spend some time with a Not-for-Profit based out of Canada called the Pura Vida Foundation. To find out more about the work of Pura Vida and its founder, Nathan Benninger, please visit the link above.
This weekend, the students will be participating in a weekend retreat at the YMCA Outdoor Centre in advance of their departure date in June.
Check back soon for more updates from the student travellers.
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