The Americas Study Tours
 Travel to the Americas with Heifer International. Applications for Heifer’s sustainable community-based travel opportunities to Honduras, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru are currently being accepted.
Honduras: Study Tour For Educators
Group One: June 15-23, 2010
Group Two: June 23-July 1, 2010
Trip Size: 18 participants
Begins in Tegucigalpa and ends in San Pedro Sula
Heifer International is excited to offer a special Study Tour created specifically for educators. The experience trains participants to develop leadership roles in their local Heifer International school programs. By visiting Heifer project communities, participants get to see firsthand how Heifer's approach to development really works. Throughout the tour, participants learn more about Heifer and the issues associated with hunger, poverty and environmental degradation. Ultimately, they learn how their actions as educators can help motivate their students to help build a better world. Grants are available for selected participants. Learn more about our Study Tour for Educators.
Honduras
Trip Dates: July 5-11, 2010 or November 20-26, 2010
Tour Size: 12 - 14 people
Fees: $1,000 + air-fare
Begins in Tegucigalpa and ends in San Pedro Sula
July 5-11, 2010 Trip Information
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Deposit and Application Due: May 5, 2010
Tour Leader: J.P. Perkins, Area Volunteer Coordinator for Central Massachusetts
November 20-26, 2010 Trip Information
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Deposit and Application Due: September 20, 2010
Tour Leader: Pam Grignaffinni, Volunteer for Heifer International
Heifer International continues to partner with self-reliant organizations in Honduras to help thousands of rural families and communities. The main objectives Heifer Honduras is working on currently are new umnrella projects in the western region, setting up rural schools for ecological livestock training and promoting technology to reduce firewood consumption, while continuing to incorporate the food sovereignty approach to social, economic and political transformation. Learn more about Heifer’s efforts by joining the Heifer Study Tour to Honduras. Apply now by completing our application for our July trip or our application for our November trip.
Ecuador: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Trip Dates: June 23 - July 2, 2010
Tour Size: 16 participants
Begins and ends in Raleigh, North Carolina
IMPORTANT: This trip is only for educators in North Carolina and is run through the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Tour Leader: Mary Ann Brittain and Kimberly Smart, North Carolina Museum staff
Explore the connections between environmental sustainability and poverty during the seventh year of this special collaboration between the North Carolina Musuem of Natural Sciences and Heifer International. Experience and learn about Ecuadorian ecosystems and the people who live and work in them. Participants will have an opportunity to work with Ecuadorian students and teachers, and to visit several Heifer Ecuador projects which focus on helping impoverished families move from poverty toward self-reliance. There will also be many oportunities to learn about wildlife of Ecuador. Learn more about this collaborative Study Tour to Ecuador.
Peru
Trip Dates: September 12 - 21, 2010
Tour Size: 14 people
Fees: $2,800 + air-fare
Begins in Lima and ends in Cusco
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Deposit and Application Due: July 12, 2010
Tour Leader: Kate Sheehan, Volunteer Coordinator for Heifer International
Heifer Peru works to improve the quality of life of rural families and to restore and protect Peru's natural resources, primarily by supporting livestock projects with an agroecological focus. It also works to recuperate traditional indigenous knowledge and strengthen the capacity of community-based groups in the areas of self-management, leadership and geneder equity. Learn more about Heifer’s efforts by joining the Heifer Study Tour to Peru. Apply Now.
Bolivia
Trip Dates: November 8-17, 2010
Tour Size: 12-14 people
Fees: $1,800 + air-fare
Begins in La Paz and ends in Santa Cruz
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Deposit and Application Due: September 8, 2010
Tour Leader: Catherine Scott, Volunteer Coordinator for Heifer International
Heifer has worked in Bolivia since 1957. Since then, Heifer Bolivia has established strategic alliances with organizations of indigenous movements, small farmers, the urban poor and other local NGOs to implement sustainable development projects. The goal is to achieve food sovereignty for the most vulnerable families in the country. Bolivia's projects are centered on people's right to a healthy food supply and the value of local food production systems. Learn more about Heifer’s efforts by joining the Heifer Study Tour to Bolivia. Apply Now.
Upcoming Tours To The Americas
Study Tours to North America range from 5 to 10 days and fees range from $1,000 to $1,500 per person (plus travel fees to and from the destination). Study Tours to Latin or South America range from 10 to 14 days and fees range from $2,000 to $3,000 per person (plus travel fees to and from the country destination).
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Previous Americas Trips
Take a look at these materials to learn from past participants’ experiences.
Guatemala Study Tour 2009 Photography Website
The Group Journal from the 2008 Guatemala Study Tour
Navajo Nations 2005 Study Tour
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