February 2016 trip!

Hello,

For general information about similar trips and policies, please visit www.ampedforeducation.org

Student perspective on a past trip: http://baseballinnicaragua.blogspot.com/

Here is some information discussed at the meeting Sept 30 at 6pm at Smith Academy.

Soccer?
While many of the people on this trip will play soccer against Nicaraguan teams, both formally and informally, there are many other opportunities for others during the time of the game. For example, if there's a small group of people who are interested in watching one of the games, but not playing, we can go ziplining, hike a volcano, learn how to make chocolate, etc while the other half of the group plays soccer.

If you ARE interested in soccer, we will play 4-5 games. Some will be informal with kids in a rural area, while others will be organized with referees on some (hopefully) college-style fields. Here is a video from a baseball trip that we ran. You may recognize some WMass faces..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuBq9vXnPtA

Flights
We will be booking flights no later than November 15. The trip will span 8 nights and there's a strong possibility that the volunteer will miss either the Friday before or Monday after February beak.

Payment Deadlines
$350 nonrefundable deposit ASAP. You must fill out the Volunteer Information form found here when paying the deposit: http://ampedforeducation.org/volunteer-information-form/

$500 Nov 10
$549 Dec 10
flight cost Jan 20   - we hope flights are around $725.

We will post information here periodically, but if you have any questions in the mean time, please don't hesitate to contact Brooke Pashek at brooke151@comcast.net or Mr John Garrett at jgarrett@hatfieldps.net. Thanks!