Final check list for participants in the 2007-08 Peru Module

Dean of International Studies: Kenn Tabbutt, Lib 2214, phone: (360)867 6776; fax: (360)867 6794
2007-08 Family program faculty team: David Rutledge Coordinator; Yvonne Peterson and Raul Nakasone
International Program to Peru faculty sponsor: Raul Nakasone, Lab II 3269; Phone (360)867 6065

Item/Activity
Link/Contact/pay by
Dates
Check
Pay $150.00 a non-refundable deposit to the college account # 29025-52504 In the Evergreen payroll office. Fall registration
Nov. 30, 2007

Share your responses to the 4 questions (email or post it on web). This becomes your working curriculum.
Visit site "your emerging curriculum"
Week 5/
End of F07

Read US official information about Peru, last reports
US Consular Information about Peru
Week 5/10

Personal health insurance and emergency plan.
Health travel advisory
To find out about vaccinations. Visit the TESC Health center for info.
F07

(1)Read, discuss, sign covenant.
Hand it in to Raul or place in FOLDER.
To start/participate in discussion go to our program moodle Web site and find Peru2007.
F07 by 11/30


Frequently read US Travel Warnings
Current Travel Warnings
Week 5-10

(2)Read (sign a copy and hand it in to Raul or place in FOLDER) the US  Travel Advisory http://travel.state.gov/travel/warnings.html F07 by 11/30

(3)Complete, sign and hand in to Raul or place in FOLDER the Voluntary Waiver, Release and Indemnity Agreement
Look for Waiver forms in Registration, Academic Counseling and Deans' area.
Read at the end of this page:
http://www.evergreen.edu/policies/f-7400.htm
Nov. 30

Learn the Student Conduct Code Click on link


Week 5-10

(4)Buy air RT tickets Seatac-Lima about $800-900 (departure date: first week Winter 2008; returning dates: five weeks later) email itinerary to Raul or place in FOLDER a hard copy.
One of the agencies we might use is:
Buenavista Travel, phone: 206 768 1931- Buentrav@aol.com
Another is STA, please get more information also from the Study Abroad Academic Advising Office.
October is best.
November
December
Write an itinerary by 11/30

Travel Authorities for faculty and students.
The final list of participants will be sent in November 30th.
Pam will be working on these and will finish as soon as we have the final student list. Nov. 26
A preliminary list is on our web page.

HAND your FOLDER containing documents (1), (2), (3) and (4) in to Pam Udovich in Lab I First floor. (4)if you have not purchased your tickets, write an  approx. itinerary and Email it to Raul also. Itineraries will be posted in our Family web site. By 11/30/07
Dates of Faculty Raul Nakasone Travel Departure date: Dec. 2nd. 2007 for field trip and research.
Return: open (end of February 2008?)
Dec. 2nd.
through Feb.
2008?

Deposit for 5 week room and board $500.00 to account # 29038-52504 Evergreen payroll office. Do not carry cash with you. There are ATM machines in most places, contact your bank before departing.
by 01/07/08

Deposit* for your stop in Lima $150 to account # 29038-52504 Evergreen payroll office. For taxis to/from airport (includes contact's expenses), short stay in a place near airport and one way ticket Lima-Chiclayo
2 weeks before departing the US

Make 2 photocopies of your passport, one for your own use and a copy to keep in the group's folder in Peru.
Hand in one copy to Raul in Peru. THE BEST and easy way to register in the Lima US Embassy is online, the site is at:
https://travelregistration.state.gov/ibrs/
Everyone will register  online before departure from US.

Peruvian currency is nuevo sol. Please change $50-100 to soles at the airport bank or ask our contact to help you with this.
Rate is an average of 3.00 soles to 1 USD.
Be careful with counterfit dollar or soles bills.
In Peru ALWAYS change money in authorized money exchange offices or Casa de Cambio.
IN PERU

Arriving in Lima. Have your passport and customs form at hand. It will take about an hour before getting out of the airport.
(Look* for sign "TESC" and approach our contact).
Our* contact will pick you up at the Lima airport, take you home. Return to airport and put you in your next plane to Chiclayo.
Phone numbers in Lima when you dial from the US: 011-51-1522 1543 and
Celular in Lima, name Jose (Pepe) 3237226

Let Raul know if
you have your own arrival plans.

40 minute bus/taxi ride Chiclayo-Guadalupe.
Our* Contact will pick you up at the Chiclayo Airport and take you to Guadalupe.
Morning after arrival

In Guadalupe
Deposit for local transportation $100.00
TBA upon arrival. To cover for bus/taxi Chiclayo-Guadalupe; Guadalupe-Trujillo; rent vans to travel around Guadalupe/Cajamarca TBA

All students will arrive in Guadalupe and from there;
- a group of 5 will travel to Cajamarca, 5 hour bus ride
- second and third group will stay in Guadalupe and La Barranca (beach village 10 mi. west)
Main Address:
Jiron Alianza 635
Guadalupe, Provincia Pacasmayo
La Libertad, Peru.

Main phone to call from the US, dial:
011-51-44-56 6163 in Guadalupe (contact: Sonia Ramirez)
email:  soniaraul@hotmail.com
Day after arrival.

Books and materials: Broad and Alien is the World by Ciro Alegria, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire.
TESC Bookstore
Amazon.com
El Mundo es Ancho y Ajeno (buy in Peru)
Cien Anos de Soledad (compra en Peru)
Pedagogia del Oprimido (in Peru also)
During Fall quarter or
upon arrival in
Peru.

Email: you can check your Evergreen email from anywhere in Peru, yahoo and hotmail accounts also work.
http://www.evergreen.edu/webmail
From first day.

Program administration and Spanish instruction.
- Spanish language immersion program: 4 hrs/dayX25 daysX15 studnts= 1500 hours (minimum).
Organizacion Juvenil III Milenio
Jr. Independencia No. 125
Guadalupe, Pacasmayo
La Libertad, Peru
 Memorandum of Agreement
by Nov. 30th.


On site classes:
- Arts and crafts
- Andean Music and Dances
Approx.  20 hrs.)
Local Youth Organizations





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 (*)These arrangements are offered to students who, for safety and health reasons, need assistance.  Students using these arrangements need to make their deposits to account # 29038-52504 Evergreen payroll office.