Monthly Archives: January 2012
Our six days in Carancas
Carancas! A beautiful expanse of land surrounded by mountains, Andes in the distance, livestock and adobe houses every few kilometers and miles and miles of Peruvian wilderness. This is where part of the EWB spent the past week among the … Continue reading
Back to Civilization!
Hi everyone! Just a quick post to let you all know that both teams are safe and well! The Carancas team just returned to Puno and have been in contact with the Huatta team who have been staying in Huatta … Continue reading
GOOO TEAM HUATA!!! First visit
So today (January 6) was the first day in which the Huata team (Joe, Camila, Philippe, Miheer, Ollie, and Janice) needed to head out to the community to discuss logistics and our plan for the upcoming week. Meeting up at … Continue reading
Divide and Conquer!
Today was the first day that the EWB-Peru travel team split into two groups, with Philippe, Camila, Janice, Ollie, Miheer, and Joe travelling to Huatta for the first time on this 2nd assessment trip and Dominic, Ally, Jared, Claire, Diana, … Continue reading
Super-productive day in Puno
It was very difficult to get some of our team members up this morning. Almost all of us were up until 3 am preparing for our meeting with DIRESA (local ministry of health) and Suma Marka (our partner NGO) the … Continue reading
A First Full Day in Puno
After 2-3 days of sleeping at odd hours, lugging baggage and keeping track of passports and boarding passes, a solid 7 hours in plush beds (relative to plane seats and benches) did us a world of good. For those who … Continue reading
Off on a second adventure
We are off on our second assessment trip for the Peru Project! Twelve intrepid engineers without borders are now in Puno and getting used to the altitude after a safe bout of aeroport hopping. In the next few days, we … Continue reading
