Planting in the garden

Helping Hands Cusco

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March 23rd 2011
Well I’m finally posting another blog, sorry for the long delay. These photos are of the volunteer project we’re working on, called Helping Hands Cusco. We are building a school in San Sebastian, a poorer neighborhood of Cusco. The goal is to create a sustainable school with a greenhouse to grow food for the students. Over the past couple months we’ve built an addition to the school that ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more