Countdown to Peru, Kickstarter Fundraiser, and Pisco Sours

Our big announcement is that we finally know when we are heading to Peru: August 2015. Even better, our projects this summer will involve designing and implementing sustainable water filters and an exciting photo project that we will explain below. We are also excited to share that we ordered our first round...

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The trip starts now!

Happy to say we have some new recruits since our last update! Shout out to our new, enthusiastic members...Taylor, Nafisa, Henry and Sonia. To everyone who tried out there dancing shoes with us during our salsa night, feel free to show off your new skills. You guys were great! Thanks for all your hard work enduring...

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A Brand New Year for Project Suyana

Welcome Week has already passed, Festifall is around the corner, plans for next summer are already in the works. This year Project Suyana is composed of younger faces. Now that many of the alumni have graduated and moved on to their successful lives, our group is due for some growth. One of the things we realized immediately was the need to shift Project Suyana from a group that travels to Peru...

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Relatable News Stories

After going on Project Suyana's trip to Peru, I find myself scanning the news for stories about humanitarian aid projects in Peru and about clean burning stoves around the world. Today a friend sent me a BBC News story about clean cook stoves which can be found here--http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24204668....

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Quickly Catching Up

The summer flew by faster than we anticipated, and now we have a lot of catching up to do! Sorry for not giving everyone an update during our trip.  To accommodate our constantly fluctuating schedules, we decided to go to Peru in May this year instead of our typical July/August trip. Our time in Puno flew...

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Fundraising and Trip Preparations Update

After hosting our most successful hat and glove fundraiser to date in December, we've started to focus our attention on the summer. Most notably, we've set some concrete travel plans! This year, we've bumped up our departure date to shortly after school lets out on May 6th and will be returning a month...

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Keep On Cranking Out The Cocinas!

After working on the clean-burning stove project for the past three years, we've become fairly accomplished builders and can regularly install two to three new stoves each day. ...

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