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

dagata.nicole@gmail.com October 25th @ 5:00 pm

Any Questions??