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Do you want to travel abroad to Latin America and embrace a foreign culture?

Do you want tomake a positive impact on a family’s life in under resourced communities?

Do you wish to learn gain a deeper understanding of environmental problems that affect nature and general health?

Calling all students:
THIS IS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE THAT WILL MAKE YOU STAND OUT
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Environmental Brigades at UW offers students a unique week-long opportunity to get directly involved with the rural communities of Eastern Panama. Participants will learn about local environmental problems while experiencing first-hand the hard work that families have to put in their farms each year.

Activities that you will particıpate in:

  • Building a small greenhouse
  • Creating a waste collection site
  • Physical labor on the farmland (clearing the land, planting seeds, making fertilizer etc.)
  • Exploring nature with experienced environmentalists
  • Play with the most adorable Panamanian babies

The trip will be during summer break: June 10 – 17

To apply, please fill out the application at: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/mzorzino/146149
before 00:01 January 1st, 2012.

Please visit us at ebatuw.webstarts.com

For more information about the trip please e-mail: mzorzino@uw.edu.

Thank you,

Milo Zorzino & Alp Asan
Co-presidents, EB 2011-2012