Zapatista Education & Health & Anniversary of Zapatista Governments Trip #91
Sunday, Aug. 8 to Saturday, Aug. 14 2010
Learn about the top two priorities of the Zapatista movement (education and health) and how their volunteer, rotating, elected, civilian government carries them out.
Delegation 91 summary objective:
Participans in delegation 91 will meet with education and healthas well as the civilian governments who oversee them. Deleates will gain an understanding of the inner workings of the Zapatista government structures and how they have created autonomous systems to advance their communities.
Delegates will also participate in the aniversary celebration of the founding of government which inclueds festivities, sports cometions, cultural and political presentations with a gathering of thousands of indigenous people.
Delegation 91 summary description:
No special linguistic skills, construction, or artistic experience are required. Basketball, rural cooking, and dancing skills ~ plus a sense of humor are very useful; patience and resilience are required! Respect for Mayan community authorities and processes are vital. An experienced, fulltime translator/guide will live and travel along with the delegation. Delegates will sleep and eat in rustic buildings or tents in isolated rural, Zapatista civilian centers and communities. Successful participants may be able to arrange extended volunteer work in Chiapas after participating in this delegation.
Cost for Delegation 91:
Two weeks of the minimum weekly wage of each participants home. For example U.S. residents pay $7.50 X 40 hours = $300 X 2 weeks = $600 USD. (Airfare not included.) Note: Cost varies by country of residence because the price is equal to two weeks of the minimum wage of the resident country. Price includes ground transportation after arriving in San Cristobal, two meals a day, sleeping in rustic buildings or tents, six days with full time guide/translator, coordination of delegation, and donation to an autonomous Mayan educational project.
Getting there and getting away
Delegation 91 will begin at 5pm, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010 in the tourist destination city of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico (exactly meeting place to be announced). The closest airport to San Cristobal de las Casas is Tuxla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico at airport Llano San Juan (TGZ) and participants should allow two hours for travel between Tuxla Gutierrez and San Cristobal. Long distance buses to and from Mexico City or Cancun to and from San Cristobal de las Casas are also available.
Schools for Chiapas Travel Refund Policy
Schools for Chiapas does not provide medical, travel, or any other typeof insurance for individuals visiting Chiapas, their delegationparticipants might consider purchasing insurance from a third party ifthat is appropriate to their situation. Schools for Chiapas willprovide 100% refund of all trip fees upon receiving writtennotification of cancellation at least two weeks before trip begins.Schools for Chiapas will refund 50% of fees upon receiving writtennotification of cancellation during the last two weeks (less 24 hours)before the trip is to begin. No refunds for any reason will be made toparticipants who cancel their trip less than 24 hours before the tripbegins or leave at any time after trip begins.
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We set the prices of most of our delegations according to the approximate weekly minimum wage in your country. This trip costs the equivalent of 2 weeks' minimum wage. To find out how much you should pay for this trip, select your country from the list below. If your country is not in this list or you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
