El Salvador and Chiapas To give participants a different perspective on Latin American life and culture, the program includes a two-week trip to El Salvador and a one-week trip to Chiapas, Mexico. During this time, students visit rural and urban communities and culturally significant locations.  Participants engage in an overview and analysis of the social, political and economic conditions of Chiapas and El Salvador.  As migration greatly affects both areas, we discuss the theory and dynamics of migration in El Salvador and Chiapas.  The trips also focus on rural and urban public health, with an emphasis on care and education.

Activities Include:

El Salvador

Rural communities:

• Homestay with Local Families
• Volunteering in a Local Community Farming Project
• Visits to Rural Health Clinics
• Spending a Day with Rural Health Promoters
• Hike in the Historical Ecological Park
• Meeting with City Council and Local Development Council and Discussion of the Reconstruction After the War.
• Oral Histories and Testimonies of the Civil War
• Youth Group and Artisan Workshop
• Women's Natural Medicine

San Salvador:

• Visit to National Public Hospital Rosales
• Analysis of Public and Private Health Care in El Salvador
• Migration Issues
• Meeting with Representatives of Political Parties

Chiapas

San Cristóbal:

• Workshop on Indigenous Culture
• History of Zapatista Movement
• Visit to Universidad de la Tierra (Vocational School for Indigenous Youth)
• Overview of Chiapas and Mexico History
• Migration Issues
• Visit to Urban Clinic

Oventic:

• Visit to Autonomous Clinic
• Natural Medicine Workshop
• Meeting with Women’s Artisan Cooperative
• Meeting with Junta de Buen Gobierno

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