IB CAS Peru: Sacred Valley Service

Felice Prindle- IB CAS Coordinator Start Date: Apr 19, 2018 - End Date: Oct 18, 2018
  • Pachar, Peru
  • Ollantaytambo, Peru
  • Cusco, Peru

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by: Felice Prindle- IB CAS Coordinator Start Date: Apr 19, 2018 - End Date: Oct 18, 2018
Help make the dream of international service a reality for the Bloomfield High School IB CAS Program! 30 students are committed to a service project in the Sacred Valley of Peru. Your contribution would mean so much to us! 

Our Project: 
At the heart of this project, 30 students from Bloomfield High School's International Baccalaureate Program (IB CAS) will travel to the Sacred Valley region of Peru- deep in the Andes mountains over winter break 2018. Here we will partner with the Sacred Valley Project- an educational non-profit that addresses the issue of access to education, specifically of girls in rural Andean communities. Although primary schools are accessible to most children in Peru, middle and secondary schools are often only available to boys. Young girls often must travel an average of 4 hours on foot per day to and from school. This dangerous and timely trek deters many young people from pursuing an education past fourth grade. Currently, in the Sacred Valley only 3 in 10 Andean girls have access to education past elementary school. Our project seeks to better understand inequities and access to education abroad.
We will commit to a construction service project on a dormitory school alongside members of the Sacred Valley Project team.
We will also provide an  infrastructure service project in a remote Quechua village along the Inca trail: constructing roofs out of reeds and connecting houses to wells carved deep into the Andes Mountains. 

Meaningful, sustained, impactful service:
Throughout our service work , we will interact with locals, work side by side the direct descendants of the Inca empire, and understand the complexities of rural indigenous communities in South America.  Perhaps the biggest highlight of our service project is the unique opportunity to be hosted by Quechua families. We will spend our overnights in pairs on a homestay- living with the families for whom we will provide our service work.
Our Students: 
Morgan Allen, Sarah Barker, Jaclyn Bell, Samuel Brocklebank, Allison Coffey, Meredith Conklin, Audra Connell, Madison Connell, Jessica Crocker, Samson Evans, Ana Eveleigh, Jillian Frazo, Marissa Giglia, Jordan Golisano, Jordan Harter, Josh Johnson, Kaylee Knapp, Carlie Layton, Hanna Leitten, Christina Lindstrom, Cassie Niver, Jordan Rickett, Alexander Roach, Lauryn Scott, Jessica Sheehan, Adam Sheehan, Aleida Smythe, Haillie Stewart, Samantha Ulmer, Makenna Whiting
  • Pachar, Peru
  • Ollantaytambo, Peru
  • Cusco, Peru

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