Fair Trade Coffee and Bio-cultural Regeneration with Living Routes

  Peru

• All Other Areas in Peru: 
Rural Areas

Term: Winter 
Dates: December 29 - January 21

Description: Journey to Peru's Andean-Amazon region to learn firsthand about empowerment efforts to restore the environment and create right livelihoods for indigenous and mestizo farmers that are also good for the earth, while regenerating ancestral practices. Students contribute to local communities through service learning with Oro Verde, a successful organic fair traded coffee producing cooperative which promotes agricultural biodiversity, environmental responsibility, sustainability, and cultural regeneration.

Highlights:
* Earn 4 transferable credits through the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

* Explore the mix of Shamanism, cooperative organizing and native practices and crafts that sustain indigenous High Amazonian culture and leads to the health and sustainability of the landscape and of the human community.

* Visit sites of cultural and ecological importance, such as the sacred Awashiyacu Waterfalls and the Takiwasi center for the shamanistic treatment of drug addiction.

* Service Learning: Give back to the local community by helping in coffee production and reforestation efforts.

* Post-program possibility of internships with Deans Beans Organic Coffee and other US fair trade coffee roasters.

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: 2,800

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Typically Participants Work in Groups

Scholarships are Available. - Need-based scholarships available

Application Process Involves:

• Phone Interview
• Written Application