Sunday, August 3, 2008 until Saturday, August 9, 2008
Delegation 74 summary description:
Meetings are scheduled with local Zapatista officials, community-run schools, autonomous health centers, woman's cooperatives, a refugee camp, and a Zapatista civilian center. Participants will have the option for an overnight stay in an indigenous Mayan community center. Additional activities will be arranged based on participants' interests. Delegation participants will sleep in comfortable hotels in the beautiful, international tourist destination city of San Cristobal de las Casas. From their hotel they will join daily trips to autonomous Mayan communities throughout the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Ground travel will be in modern, safe vehicles with experienced drivers, guides, and translators.
Delegation 74 summary objective:
The delegation objective is to visit a variety of Zapatista directed education and health projects and to participate in numerous face-to-face meeting with the Mayan people who are organizing these new and innovative systems. Our primary goal is to gain familiarity with the educational and health programs of the contemporary indigenous communities of Chiapas, Mexico and to explore similarities and differences with various worldwide models.
Delegation 74 will sleep in comfortable hotels
This trip will be based in comfortable hotels with day trips in comfortable modern vehicles to the autonomous, indigenous communities (read Zapatista) in the misty highlands of the Mexican southeast. For that reason the cost is slightly higher than other trips @ three weeks of the minimum wage. Most Schools for Chiapas trips involve rustic living without modern conveniences.
Cost for Delegation 74:
Three weeks of the minimum wage of your country. U.S. residents cost = 3 X $262 U.S. weekly minimum wage = $786 (airfare not included).
Note: Cost varies by country of residence because the price is equal to three weeks of the minimum wage of the resident country. For example, U.S. participants pay $6.55/hour X 1209 hours = $786; professionals and highly paid workers may want to consider an additional donation. Price includes all ground transportation after arriving in San Cristobal de las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico, two meals a day, six nights in comfortable hotel, six days with full time guide/translator, coordination of delegation, and donation to an autonomous Mayan educational project.
Delegation 74 Application and Payment Deadline:
There will be a 10% fee reduction for delegates who complete their online application and send payment in full on or before May 1, 2008. Participants must register and send all fees no later than June 1, 2008; there will be a 15% handling fee for any applications or fees received after June 1, 2008.
Schools for Chiapas Travel Refund Policy
Schools for Chiapas does not provide medical, travel, or any other type of insurance for individuals visiting Chiapas, their delegation participants might consider purchasing insurance from a third party if that is appropriate to their situation. Schools for Chiapas will provide 100% refund of all trip fees upon receiving written notification of cancellation at least two weeks before trip begins. Schools for Chiapas will refund 50% of fees upon receiving written notification of cancellation during the last two weeks (less 24 hours) before the trip is to begin. No refunds for any reason will be made to participants who cancel their trip less than 24 hours before the trip begins or leave at any time after trip begins.
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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 3 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.
