Urban Systems in Peru November 2024
December 3, 2024 | PeruDay One Our first day in Peru was a local experience. The day started off with the assembly of our team. Our team warmly welcome the urban system foundation which together we will embark on... Read More
Peru in October 2024
October 9, 2024 | PeruDay 1 It’s 7:30, a foggy, chilly morning as we load into our van to begin our trek to our home away from home for the next 2 weeks, excited to see the school and... Read More
Peru September 2024
September 23, 2024 | PeruThursday 19 Sep 2024 Becky and I arrived at the Lima airport at 21h30. We flew on LATAM airlines from Guayaquil, Ecuador after nine days in Quito and in the Galapagos Islands. We were taking... Read More
Urban Systems in Peru 2023
November 21, 2023 | PeruPrologue By Kate Zulinick Today the DWC/ Urban team was introduced to each other, along with orientations and pizza. We started our day by taking public transit to the historical city centre of Lima. We... Read More
Salesforce in Peru November 2023
November 8, 2023 | PeruSaturday November 4 Like, zoinks, man! So, like, we were walkin’ with Antoine along these cliffs in Barranco, and we saw all these high school and middle school graduation ceremonies. The kids were all rockin’... Read More
Urban Systems in Peru 2022
November 9, 2022 | PeruDay 1 Peru 2022 The day started with our team meeting together for the first time for an informative session by our fearless leader, Joshua. That in itself was a major feat as it meant... Read More
DWC volunteer team Peru October 2022
November 7, 2022 | PeruDay 1 – October 24, 2022 Our first day in Lima started out with a meeting with Elvira, our Elijant contact and Karen, our interpreter for a briefing on our next 2 weeks. Took a... Read More
High School Service Team Builds Futures In Peru
March 11, 2020 | PeruDay 1 Over dinner tonight we realised that we had just finished day 1 in Peru. With the arrival in the wee hours of the morning, and the early start for our tour, it seems... Read More
Urban System returns to Peru
November 24, 2019 | PeruNovember 24th, 2019And so the journey begins… The entire team made it safe into Lima, arriving at different hours of the day. Some folks came in a few days earlier even, to get some sightseeing... Read More
Volunteer travels in Peru to benefit school children
May 21, 2019 | PeruBlog One 36 hours of travel and we have arrived! Its 2:00 am. We settle into our rooms for a short nap before setting out to explore Lima-such a beautiful city- full of history, culture,... Read More
Fort McMurray students volunteering in Lima
April 15, 2019 | PeruSixteen students and three staff from Father Mercredi School boarded a plane in Fort McMurray, Alberta at 12:45 am on April 11th. Twenty-four hours later they were boarding a bus at the Lima airport, heading... Read More
Adventuring into Peru’s culture and history
May 1, 2018 | PeruDay 1: Path of Discovery We arrived in Lima in the early morning hours. We were picked up and taken to our hotel where we promptly checked in and went to sleep. After a few... Read More