http://blogs.uab.edu/uabinperu UAB Engineering and Public Health Students travel to Peru vuild drinking wells and teach water and food safety. Wed, 13 May 2009 01:08:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Goodbye, Perú. Our visit to Perú was an amazing experience. We were able to build a well, repair desks, build new desks and paint a schoolroom. What a summer! Unfortunately, the UAB Engineers Without Borders will not be returning to Perú until next when hopefully some of our Civil Engineering ... http://blogs.uab.edu/uabinperu/2008/08/11/adios-peru/ Many people in the world lack clean water which is extremely important to life. When some families have access to water, they are constantly exposed to waterborne diseases. It is reported that 670 millions people live in countries facing chronic and widespread water shortages and more than a billion people ... http://blogs.uab.edu/uabinperu/2008/08/06/the-well-and-hand-washing-project/ On June 14 for the 79 anniversary of the village of Llanchama in Iquitos, Peru, the students and the professors of the school were involved in all kind of activities. From the rise of the Peruvian flag, early in the morning, to the soccer games in the afternoon, they invited ... http://blogs.uab.edu/uabinperu/2008/08/05/soccer-game/ Photo taken from http://www.slshrimp.com/Projects/Rhyncho.html This is el "suri", the grub of a palm beettle (Rynchophorus palmarum). This fatty grub is sauted or fried and prepared in various dishes shown below. According to ethnobotanist James A. Duke, approximately 62 percent of the suri grub is protein. Insect fatty acids are highly unsaturated. ... http://blogs.uab.edu/uabinperu/2008/06/25/regional-grub/ San Juan festival takes place every year from June 23-25, although officially it is June 24 that marks the festival. It is an amazing celebration of water, culture and regional food. Since St. John was associated with water baptism, water is the gift of life for this region. It revitalizes the earth, plants and gives ... http://blogs.uab.edu/uabinperu/2008/06/25/san-juan-festival-june-23-25/   I met a Columbia University student named Cina who is here in Iquitos studying the Belen fish market. On Sunday, the 15th we decided to explore and we took a trip upriver.   We arrived in Padre Cocha, a small town about 3o minutes upriver on the Nanay, to find a motorcross tournament ... http://blogs.uab.edu/uabinperu/2008/06/18/motorcross-on-the-nanay-river/  Saturday, June 14th was Llanchama´s 79th anniversary.  The festivities began with the raising of the Peruvian flag and the San Juan Bautista municipality´s flag.   The local school children assembled to sing the national hymn and the town´s ama mater. And then the real festivities began with lots of music, food and games. The children´s ... http://blogs.uab.edu/uabinperu/2008/06/17/%c2%a1fiesta-fiesta/   The last light was waning, the road was desolate and empty, lighting flashed above in the clouds. It was a dark and stormy as five people were walking unsteadily down the lonely dirt road in the pouring rain. The four men and a women were laughing as they slipped and struggled to ... http://blogs.uab.edu/uabinperu/2008/06/09/a-dark-and-stormy-tale/ Now that I am back in the states, I am sorting through my pictures and picking the best ones for this blog! I'm not much of a writer, so I am going to do a photo essay of my trip to Peru. Most of these photos are generally in chronological ... http://blogs.uab.edu/uabinperu/2008/06/06/peru-my-photo-essay/ For any tourist arriving in Iquitos, , the first thing that capture the attention is all the activities in the streets. Many people , many vehicles. Iquitos is a city, which is the capital of the department of Loreto, located in the middle of the Peruvian rainforest. Something else that ... http://blogs.uab.edu/uabinperu/2008/06/05/the-motocars-in-iquitos/