Last June, a group of about 50 participants (most of them Park City High School students) associated with the ParkCity 5 worked to build a school in a small village in the Peruvian Sacred Valley called Amaru. Our group became quite close to the villagers because we lived in their homes, ate their food, worked side-by-side with them, and even wore the traditional wool ponchos and hats they hand-made for us to keep out the cold at night.
We've never met such honest, humble, hard-working people. In addition to the school construction we also did English teaching, cultural groups, small business training, and a health fair. The village children were very excited about the school supplies and soccer balls that we brought. We may have improved education in Amaru, but the people there gave us a priceless "education" as we saw their resilience, strong families, and desire to better themselves. We will never forget it!
