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MOCHE, Inc. |
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Mobilizing Opportunity Through Community Heritage Empowerment |
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Alternative Spring Break 2011 |
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| MOCHE is happy to announce our alternative spring break program for the coming year. |
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MOCHE will be sending one group of 12-14 volunteers to Peru this upcoming spring break. |
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When:
Session 1: Friday March 4th to Sunday March 13th
Sesstion 2: Friday March, 11 to Sunday March 20
Sesstion 3: Friday March, 18 to Sunday March 27
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Where: Huanchaco, Trujillo, Peru |
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| Application: |
| Download the application |
here |
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Estimated Fees: $1,350 |
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-Fee contingent on 12 participants and round trip airfare around $750 |
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-All inclusive fee to MOCHE, including pre-trip project planning, round-trip RDU-Trujillo,
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airport tax, all lodging and meals, transportation to project sites, project supervision, all tours, workshops, program events, and MOCHE overhead |
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-Lodging will be in rental houses in Huanchaco, double or triple rooms, shared bathrooms
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-Meals prepared by Peruvian staff: continental breakfast, packed lunch, hot dinner |
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-Does not include travel health insurance. This usually costs $2.00 per day |
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-Travel health insurance with emergency evacuation from Peru is required |
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Deadlines: |
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Completed Application |
Feb 1st or rolling |
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Notification of Acceptance |
Rolling, final notifications by Feb 3rd |
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Full Payment |
Feb 11th |
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Preliminary Itinerary: |
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| Friday, Day 1 |
Depart RDU late afternoon or early evening to Miami, Atlanta, or Newark |
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| Saturday, Day 2 |
Arrive Lima in the morning. Catch bus to Trujillo.
Arrive Huanchaco late afternoon;
move into rental houses, rest, orientation, tour of Huanchaco and Trujillo
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| Sunday, Day 3 |
Community meeting with the town of Ciudad de Dios |
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| Monday, Day 4 |
Begin compost construction, archaeology and community beautification projects |
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| Tuesday, Day 5 |
Begin education program and continue all ofther projects |
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| Wednesday and Thursday, Days 6 and 7 |
Project activities |
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| Friday, Day 8 |
Half day, local sight-seeing tour, end of break event |
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| Saturday, Day 9 |
Rest day
one-hour flight to Lima, evening
flight to US departs around midnight
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| Sunday, Day 10 |
Arrive RDU early afternoon |
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Composting Initiative and Community Beautification |
We will work with community members to begin contruction of composting sites throughout the community in order to provide families with the materials and education necessary to compost animal waste properly. The composting initiative will continue into the summer programs when we will hold educational meetings instructing community members on proper composting techniques and explaining the health hazards associated with improper animal fertilizer use.
We will also work with local community children to build a garden in the town square of Ciudad de Dios. In recent years they have aquired access to running water through another MOCHE project and since then they have constructed a very nice plaza de armas. We will work with local children to plant drought resistant plants and add a touch of green to the town.
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Ciudad de Dios Education Project |
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We will run a seriese of classes with local families about the history and cultural heritage of Peru. We aim to take them on a trip to one of the largest archaeological sites in Peru, Huaca de La Luna and Huaca del Sol at the end of the week.
In addition we will begin intensive health education seminars that will be continued and expanded this summer. |
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Bello Horizonte Archaeological Reserve |
We will conduct archaeological surveys of several of the 10 sites in the reserve, including definition of boundaries, GPS mapping, description of architecture and layout of sites, photography, and in-field artifact analysis. We will also create a post-field report on all sites. We will meet with community members in Bello Horizonte to help deliniate the boundaries of the archaeological preserve and we will mark these boundaries with hand held GPS.
This will require rough hiking over rocky terrain and there is a danger from slips and falls. Good physical condition is required as some hikes will ascend 700 meters (2300 feet) |
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