Sunday, July 20 until Saturday, July 26, 2008
Delegation 73 Summary Objective:
The delegation's objective is to work with one or more isolated Mayan communities to upgrade, decorate, and repair their community-directed school. Participants will learn about the Zapatista movement through direct contact with Mayan students, education promoters, and local community members.
Delegation 73 summary description:
No special linguistic skills, construction, or artistic experience are required; but this delegation will travel deep into rural, indigenous Chiapas and live under very rustic conditions. Participants will participate in construction work under the direction of autonomous Mayan education teachers, parents, and students. Basketball, rural cooking, and soccer skills ~ plus a sense of humor are very useful; patience and resilience are required! Respect for Mayan community authorities and processes are vital. An experienced, fulltime translator/guide will live and travel along with the delegation. Delegates should have the ability to walk three to five miles up and down steep hills in forest and agricultural territory and to travel in hot sun in the back of pickup trucks for long periods (3 or more hours) over very rough roads. Delegates will sleep and eat in rustic buildings or tents in isolated rural, Zapatista civilian centers and communities. Successful participants may be able to arrange extended volunteer work in Chiapas after participating in this delegation.
Costs of Delegation 73:
Two weeks of the minimum weekly wage of each participants home. For example U.S. residents pay $262 X 2 = $524 USD. (airfare not included). Note: Cost varies by country of residence because the price is equal to two weeks of the minimum wage of the resident country. Price includes ground transportation after arriving in San Cristobal, two meals a day,rustic accomodations six days with full time guide/translator, coordination of delegation, and donation to an autonomous Mayan educational project.
Delegation 73 Registration Deadline:
There will be a 10% fee reduction for delegates who complete their online application and pay all fees on or before May 15, 2008. Application and payment deadline is June 1, 2008; applications or payments which arrive after June 15, 2008 will be charged and additional 15% handling fee.
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We set the prices of most of our delegations according to the approximate weekly minimum wage in your country. This trip costs the equivalent of 2 weeks' minimum wage. To find out how much you should pay for this trip, select your country from the list below. If your country is not in this list or you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
