Friday, January 30, 2009

Flight Patterns

Just wanted to give you a quick itinerary:

SUNDAY, FEB. 1
12:23 pm - BOARD plane in Charlotte headed towards Houston
3:55 pm - BOARD plane in Houston headed towards Lima

MONDAY, FEB. 2
4:55 am - BOARD plane in Lima headed towards Arequipa
6:20 am - ARRIVE in Arequipa and catch Taxi to meet group



Sunday, January 11, 2009

Fun Facts

Potatoes, Tomatoes, Avocados, Sunflowers, and Weeping Willows all originated in Peru.


Peru has 84 of the 103 ecological zones in the world with 28 different climates.


On the last coffee exposition in Paris, Peruvian coffee was voted the best by both American end European tasters, out of 33 presented.


Courtesy of TripAdvisor.com

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Children of the Sun


There have been some questions regarding what exactly I'll be doing in Peru. I will be working with the German NGO, INTIWAWA (Quechua for "Children of the Sun").

The website's presentations of the organization reads:
The primary goal of our organization is to help young men and woman and – together with them - improve their everyday situation. At this point we mainly work in San Isidro, a small village of about 90 families, located approximately 45 minutes from Arequipa.

The inhabitants of this village suffer from malnutrition, lack of education, alcoholism and domestic violence. Missing sanitary arrangements and unclean water lead to diseases caused by the lack of hygiene. Furthermore there is a constant shortage of financial capacity to afford basic human requirements such as medicine or a proper water supply system.

The aim of Intiwawa is to fight existing problems as well as research and fight the cause of these problems in order to prevent their development in the first place.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Gracias!

Gracias por su apoyo. Salgo primer de febrero. Regresen en aquellos tiempos.

Thank you for your support. I leave February 1st. Come back then!







 
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