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03 Feb 2011by

Brilliant experience! I have never been to South America and wow! I did not expect anything that I experienced. I think those are the best types of experiences and you must have an open mind and if you are reading this chances are pretty solid that you do. I loved that his volunteer experience offered two weeks and was affordable as most volunteer experiences are expensive or you don’t have enough time off to fulfil them. This was great and if I could’ve stayed I would’ve, but had to get home for a prior engagement. To have the option to extend your stay is a great idea and is a big plus! The accommodation was really good and def added to my experience. The food was delicious and def. gave me a “real” experience of living in Peru.

This was a sad part. Lobitos is extremely poor and I didn’t realize how all of Peru is pretty poor. There was so much garbage all over the place and I really feel that this can be a starting point to make some necessary changes. I think education and environment awareness go hand-in-hand and the people of Peru could def use a lesson in environment awareness. It could be they don’t have the proper places for access waste, but recycling education is definitely needed. I saw a women open up the window in a taxi van and throw her styrofoam chinese dish & fork right out the window without a care in the world. No one blinked an eye and again I think its just terrible that this lack of awareness is very high amongst the Peruvian people. I think beach, community clean-ups can be organized to spread the awareness of recycling. I also feel that if there is no government involvement and awareness then nothing will change throughout the country.


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About the author: Dave Aabo

David, a founder of WAVES for Development, has been providing his energy to making the WAVES concept a reality since 2005. His love for adventure, curiosity of new cultures, and commitment to changing the world through social enterprises are contagious.

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