WE ARE IN PERUUUUU!!!

It took over 24 hours to get here but we made it! The traveling was insane. We started off on a bus to NYC. From Port Authority, we took a subway and an air train to JFK Airport then spent around 6 hours sleeping in and roaming around the building. The flights took about ten hours, stopping in Miami in between for 2 hours. Then, to make sure we were safe, we spent 3 more hours in the airport in Lima, Peru. Then we took a taxi to the bus stop and traveled 3.5 hours to Pisco. Then we got the real cultural experience with a rickity bus driving down an old, bumpy dirt road. We were all squished in and were holding on for our lives. But we made it, all very tired and ready for our beds.

In the morning, or afternoon we had a good Peruvian meal and relaxed for a while waiting for our coordinator, Jorge, to arrive. We went to the work site, met the families we were helping and saw what we going to do.

Some exciting things/funny things that have happened so far:
-Kevin had a baby named after him at our work site
-We learned how to do the "@" sign on the Peruvian keyboard (2 ways!!!!)
-We were in a earthquake tremor!!
-Today, a pòlice truck carried the whole group to the house today
-Our hosts played guitar for us with traditional Peruvian songs
-TuTuts are super awesome -- little taxis that drive people around
-All we hear when we walk down the street is "gringos", "blanco", or "chino" and lots of whistles (gringos=white people, blanco=white, chinos=chinese even though Kevin`s not)
-Ray has really bad luck in Peru
-We built the whole foundation of a house in one day
-We saw a monkey!!!!!!!!
-We almost painted the whole mural in one day
-We have yet to eat cuy! - guinea pig is a specialty here
-Food in Peru is AMAZING!

Friday our plan is to explore the country in different ways then we already have and it´s super busy!!

In the morning, we are going to Reserva de Paracas which is the National Reserve, an island off the coast where we will see so much wildlife and plants. Then from there, we will go to Huacachina which is an oasis in the middle of the dessert where we are going to go sandboarding and ride dune buggies. Then, we are going to Ica, Ica to visit Laura`s family and have dinner. After dinner, her cousins have promised to take us to a discoteca!!! Lots of fun but very busy!

We are proud of what we have accomplished so far and ready for another day of hard work but I don`t think anyone wants to leave quite yet. We will write a lot more about the trip when we have the time but for now, enjoy our pictures :)




















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4 DAYSSS!!!

and we are all SOOOOO PUMPED and ready for a great time! (and great tans and great muscles from building! :))

We have been doing a great job with fundraising through yard sales! We have been selling lots and still have so much more stuff to get rid of! Sunday, a few people set up camp in Market Square with all the clothes and sold their hearts out in the nice, sunny weather. Today, some of us set up inside the 15 West lobby trying to catch some people in and out of the building. We also sold some of the t-shirts that we made! It has been a good weekend for the Peru group and we are hoping to continue selling throughout the week earn that last bit that will help us on our trip!

Pictures to come!
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Good news and bad news..

... but not too bad.

The bad news is, Battle of the Bands has been postponed.. but just postponed! We really would like to do the Battle of the Bands later this spring so that we have more time to make it a great event! So keep your ears peeled! It will be coming around!

The GOOD NEWS is.. we have still been working really hard on some select projects - the t-shirts, the yard sales and the cookbook! The first big event where we have been quite profitable is the yard sale that we had last weekend. And since we had such and overflow of donations (Thanks everyone!!) we are having another one this weekend!



Come out and get super cool stuff!!

Also, we have great t-shirts that are hand-dyed by our group and hand printed! We have printed over 100 t-shirts so far!!
You can buy them at the RISD Store for $16! We will be setting up an ebay account soon!



As for the cookbook, keep submitting entries please! We made a slight change, we are going to try to have people handwrite them and send them to us to make the book more interesting! Please send some out to mgelina@g.risd.edu

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Work, work, work

It's been busy amongst the Peru group these days! We have been getting ready for this great event (as seen below) -- THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS!! So everyone has been working very hard to make this event possible and big!!




On Saturday, a few of us from the group traveled down to the textile studio to do some silkscreening on t-shirts with some original designs by one of our group members - Sunny. We whipped off tons of t-shirts in a screening marathon that lasted around 4 hours! we are planning on selling t-shirts both at the RISD Store and at the Battle of the Bands so be on the look-out!





While some of us were screening t-shirts, Egle was printing off tickets for the Battle of the Bands on paper that was generously donated by the RISD Store. We got a lot done and are still working to make this trip a possibility!





Make sure to buy your tickets for Battle of the Bands at OSL!!

Sumbit your Recipes for a Good Cause!!

Support RISD ASB Peru and submit your recipes from home to be made into a cookbook that will be sold around RISD campus. Please give recipes along with your name and hometown as these will be noted next to your recipe in the cookbook. Faculty and students may submit recipes to mgelina@g.risd.edu until March 2nd. So call your Mom and find out her secret ingredients to your favorite dish!

Video Game Nights!!

ok, I know... it may seem like we are all about video games but, it just seems like something people liked. So we are out to try it again weekly!!

Every Thursday night at 6:30 pm we will be having a video game night in the upper Met so come and join us for some fun!!



(I found this image on google and it was so cute so I had to.. haha)



Also, we are going to start having weekly 50/50 raffles to raise money. We will be selling tickets all week, and then at the end of the week we will have a drawing to see who gets half of the money raised. The tickets will be selling at $1 each.


We have also been making plans for a Battle of the Bands!!!! This is going to be a great event as our group wants this event to be huge and amazing!! We are working so hard to get everything ready for it and it is going to be awesome!

Obviously, our group is working really hard to get to Peru and fundraise as much as possible which is awesome!

Ready Peru? Because here we come!!

Nads vs. Brown Bears and Super Smash

On Sunday, the ASB Peru group traveled down to the Brown ice rink for an exciting game accompanied by frosted cupcakes, brownies and hot chocolate. It was a good time for all and quite a big turn out for the game.




We also just had the Super Smash Brothers Tournament last night which was a great turn out too! Everyone had a lot of fun kicking each others character butt and eating yummy dominoes pizza.





Everyone in the group has been working hard to make all of these fundraisers possible and doing amazing!! Stay tuned next time for more on ASB Peru. :)