Students have the chance to meet village communities, doctors from westernised clinics, scientists and teachers from Amazonian Peru. Apart from having a once in a lifetime experience, students will leave Peru full of confidence, knowledge and a sense of world-wide responsibility.

Subject Focus:

•KS 5: Engage with members of the local community, village inhabitants, local schools and local medical clinics.
•KS 5: Establish an excellent understanding of the cultural diversity, religious beliefs and influences of the early European explorers.
•KS 5: This tour will bring students face-to-face with a health organisation that is working to bring modern medical knowledge to the area.
•KS 5: Locating themselves as a global citizen with the Central American community and understanding the diversity of the world.
•KS 5: Assess how remote communities are starting to interact with the Western World.
Student Outcomes:

•Evaluate the impacts of western civilisation on indigenous communities, environments and economies.
•Learn about local projects and how they help the local communities.
•Gain an understanding of the need for healthcare within the Amazon Rainforest.
•Become team workers and gain experience in leadership and responsibility.
•Learn and appreciate other ways of living and how different cultures can live together.