STA Travel and the Planeterra Foundation
At STA Travel, we are committed to making a positive impact upon the lives of people, communities and the environment around the world.
We've partnered with The Planeterra Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports community projects, local organizations and international charities around the world.
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The Planeterra Foundation has long history of supporting sustainable community development through travel. By getting to know local people in the communities we visit, we are able to help identify individual needs and act quickly to meet them.
The Project
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STA Travel supports Planeterra’s Peru Streetkids Project in Cuzco, Peru, the neighboring town to the popular Machu Picchu, an attraction to which we send 100s of our young travelers every year. The Peru Streetkids Project is run by volunteer teachers and social workers who offer impoverished children warm meals, help with their schoolwork and life-skills coaching, including sewing, cooking, music, and English. |
Get Involved
| Volunteer on the Peru Streetkids Project as part of your Machu Picchu adventure! |
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| Donate to the Peru Streetkids Project. |
What a few dollars can provide:
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$26 will:
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$130 will:
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For questions, reactions or comments, please email philanthropy@statravel.com. Thank you!
What past volunteers have to say about the Peru Streetkids Project
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Lois Tallas volunteered with The Peru Streetkids Project last spring. She spent 3 weeks exploring Peru then a week working with the kids. “This volunteer experience was one of the highlights of my trip. Here, children and young people of diverse backgrounds and needs have many opportunities to play, to share and to learn skills to improve their quality of life. I experienced students learning with qualified teachers and counselors as well as taking part in programs such as meal planning and preparation, sewing, embroidery, leatherwork, learning English, crafts, public speaking, music, dance, and many other activities. The students and staff were very welcoming and most grateful of my efforts to help out in the school. |
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Jenna and Kristen Mosher raised almost $3000 for the Peru Streekids Project and donated a ton of toothbrushes from their dentist. The sisters wanted to help a needy organization in Peru, where they were planning to visit with their family. "We were invited to tour the center in Cuzco and to help serve Christmas rolls and hot chocolate…at Christmastime. We did not know what to expect and we were a little nervous but our experience that night was so amazing! Seeing the kids’ faces and getting a big smile when we gave them a roll made us really happy! It was a great Christmas!” |
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