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Arizona-Mexico  

Witness Life on the Border

Amid the vast desert beauty of the border region in Arizona, global inequality stands front and centre. Here, our trip participants learn skills-training at our expansive, the environmentally-friendly Windsong Peace & Leadership Centre, experience development issues first-hand as they volunteer with local border relief organizations and immerse themselves in the social and environmental issues that face the area.
Wile volunteering at youth migrant shelters, designing and constructing gardens for the Me to We gardens in Mexico with local community members, and helping restore native habitat in the Sonoran desert region, participants learn about the eclectic border culture of this forgotten region, as well as the issues of poverty, immigration, and environmental degradation that threaten its future. They'll work side-by-side with community members to undertake environmental projects, mural paintings, and youth programming initiative to benefit local communities.

Trip Highlights

  • Volunteer at a migrant shelter and help restore native habitats
  • Help harvest and plant food to provide sustainable food sources for people in Mexico at the Me to We Garden
  • See the development contrasts of the U.S.-Mexico border
  • Explore the Sonoran desert through guided hikes and learn wilderness survival skills

Book your trip to Arizona-Mexico *Airfare is not included in the cost of Arizona-Mexico. Participants are responsible for their travel arrangements to and from Tucson, Arizona. Me to We Travel is happy to help arrange airfare.
**Dates are tentative and to subject to change based on weather, flight availability and other factors

The Me to We Volunteer Trip to
Arizona-Mexico A (University Trip) begins on
May
10
2012		 and concludes on
May
24
2012
$2400CDN
The Me to We Volunteer Trip to
Arizona B (no Travel To Mexico) begins on
Jul
01
2012		 and concludes on
Jul
14
2012
$2400CDN
The Me to We Volunteer Trip to
Arizona-Mexico C (travel To Mexico) begins on
Aug
05
2012		 and concludes on
Aug
18
2012
$2400CDN

Participant Testimonial

"For [my daughter and her friend], this was truly an adventure of a lifetime. They are both spectacular individuals. It's not that they are changed—they are more ’enhanced.’ The good qualities and the profound values are accentuated and the goodness just radiates through. And the gratitude is boundless. This is what life is all about."

-Lily Lim, parent