Hello, for those of you that have been following this blog, you know that for the past six months it has been written by me, Katie, the Project World School intern. I have found so much joy in writing for this blog and working and learning...
The Sacred Valley retreat is nothing short of amazing. After our first week listed in our last post, we continued to adventure and explore throughout the enchanting valley. We started our second week with a traditional andean instrument class. We learned the sounds of the Andes...
Project World School includes at least one volunteer opportunity within each retreat. For the Cusco and the Sacred Valley Retreat this year, we volunteered with Cochahuasi Animal Sanctuary in the Sacred Valley of Peru. The sanctuary’s mission is to rescue and help rehabilitate animals native to...
Wow, time flew. We toured Lima, explored farm life in the Andes and became big fans of Cusco’s cuisine and culture. What a whirlwind! The retreat started in Lima, where we greeted the participants at the airport and made our way to Miraflores, a district on...
*Our participants wrote various creation mythology stories for Miro's evening session and have opted to share them here on the Project World School blog* Creation Story *Plink* *plink* Suddenly, there was rain. It was fresh and it was falling fast around me. The ground was brown and muddy. Through...
*Our participants wrote various creation mythology stories for Miro's evening session and have opted to share them here on the Project World School blog* Creation In the beginning there was Nothing. And Nothing was a lonely creature. A vast being in an even more vast void, within and without...