Recurso’s International Service Trip to Lima,
Peru 2014
Recurso Trip Information
Tenth annual service trip
Projects take place in Lima, Peru (Villa El Salvador)
Why Villa El Salvador, Peru?81% of adults lack employment
opportunities 75% of the population lives below the
poverty line
Recurso Trip History
Puerto CabezasPuerto Cabezas is a rural city on the east coast of
NicaraguaIn 2007, Puerto Cabezas was hit by Category 5
Hurricane Felix, causing an emergency need for medical assistance
Puerto Cabezas has only 1 hospital that serves the entire East coast of Nicaragua (population = 250,000)
Recurso Trip History
La Casa Materna Renovation/Education ProgramRenovation projects at Casa Materna, a
maternity house in Puerto that provides medical care to women in their 3rd trimester of pregnancy.
Make the facility safe and comfortable for mothers-to-be
Recurso Trip Projects
Dental Hygiene CampaignProvide over 1000
fluoride treatments to schoolchildren, and educate them on proper dental care
Donate toothbrushes and other dental supplies
Recurso Trip ProjectsDepartment of Health
Hospital del Niño 20 children stay at all
times and up to 200 that come in for treatment regularly
Building Dignity Recurso project
Empowerment Project
School supplies drive
Recurso Trip Projects
Recurso Trip Projects
Qué mas? Site-seeing
Water Circuit
Bridge of Sighs
Traveling Miraflores Marcahuasi
More Information
Date: May 8 – May 29 (3 weeks)
24 undergraduate students from UF are selected as participants
Students of all majors are welcome
Fluency in Spanish is NOT a requirement
Trip InfoCost: $1,200
Includes roundtrip airfare from Miami to Lima, Peru
Includes entire hotel stay, as well as transportation
Includes spending money Group fundraising activities will be planned
to cut down the cost of the trip First round applications will be due to
[email protected] October 25th @ 5:00 pm
Any Questions??
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