Fourteen Fort Hays State University students are spending their spring break working in Peru. These students are part of the university’s Go Global Program. According to the University web site, “

Go Global was developed as one component of the FHSU Learning Communities program, which launched in 2010, and focuses on bringing first-year students with similar interests together by living, taking classes, and participating in university activities together. Go Global students are also offered the opportunity to study aboard during the summer, and this year, for the first time, the opportunity to do humanitarian work in an under-developed country.

Since their arrival in Peru, the students have had the opportunity to sample Peruvian cuisine, tour the city, and begin building relationships with the parish children. They have also toured the local medical facilities and had the pleasure of presenting Father Jack, of their host parish, Los Amigos de Chimbote, with a check to purchase school supplies for the parish children. They have said that the people of Peru are “all so welcoming and friendly,” and they look forward to “literally making an impact” in the community.
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Before leaving, the students agreed to chronicle their experiences in Peru on the newly launched FHSU Making an Impact Blog (www.fhsumakinganimpact.blogspot.com).   (Photo courtesy of FHSU)