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TREASURES OF THE ANDES Quaker Service and Study Trip - Bolivia July 13-29, 2012 Optional Extensions include Machu Picchu |
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Explore the Magic of the Bolivian Andes |
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Spend a week in the beautiful Sorata Valley, working with students and their family members at the internado Student Residence which gives young people from distant villages access to secondary education. Share your interests and skills; learn new perspectives. See agricultural projects of Quaker Bolivia Link www.qbl.org and meet Bolivian Quaker Education Fund scholars www.bqef.org. Read one student’s story here. Then enjoy La Paz, the world’s highest capital city, and talk with indigenous leaders who are working to end the social exclusion of the indigenous majority and relieve extreme rural poverty. See pre-Inca Tiwanaku and stay at Lake Titikaka to hike to Inca ruins on the Island of the Sun. Optional Extension: Puno, Lake Titikaka, Cusco, Machu Picchu Or Extend your stay in Bolivia. We’ll help with individual plans to volunteer in a Quaker school or the Internado, teach English classes, study Spanish with optional homestay, or travel to see other wonders– Amazon jungle, world’s largest salt flat and 2nd largest source of lithium, many historic sites.
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To register for Bolivia, send $150 deposit; for Peru extension, send an additional $200 to Treasures of the Andes 8290 Appian Way Sebastopol, CA 95472
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For more information contact us at info@treasuresoftheandes.com or phone 707 823-6034 (California time) |
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*Costs based on minimum group size of 10, with double occupancy. |
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Legendary sites of a highly developed culture older than the Inca Empire
Spectacular vistas and towering peaks, lush valleys and the sacred Lake Titikaka
The world’s third largest population of Quakers
The fruits of a democratic social revolution ending five centuries of “apartheid” |
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Enjoy: A broader perspective on human relationships The satisfaction of working with indigenous students to improve their education Warm hospitality of villagers whose lives are being improved by valuable Quaker projects The ideas of leaders of exciting positive social change |
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