From: Pamela Montanaro <pamela@barglow.com>

Date: August 26, 2009 10:33:33 AM PDT

To: Pamela Montanaro <pamela@barglow.com>

Subject: SUSTAINABLE CUBA: Special Research and Humanitarian Delegations, December 27 - January 5

Global Exchange Reality Tours and Eco Cuba Exchange invite you to join us on remarkable holiday adventure!

Sustainable CUBA: How Cuba Meets its Food, Medicine, Shelter and Energy Needs While Protecting its Environment

http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/cuba/sustainablecubatours.html

FIVE individual research and humanitarian delegations will explore the following themes:

Environmental Protection &  Sustainable Development

http://www.globalexchange.org/tours/1043.html

Natural, Complementary & Preventive Health Care

 http://www.globalexchange.org/tours/1010.html

Public Education: From Pre-School to a PhD

  http://www.globalexchange.org/tours/990.html

Sustainable Architecture and Urban Development

http://www.globalexchange.org/tours/992.html

Humanitarian & Community Development

http://www.globalexchange.org/tours/1063.html

And -- we will celebrate the New Year in Havana!

Participants will be traveling legally under either a professional or humanitarian license and will be given a list of needed humanitarian items to be distributed in Cuba.  

Each day we will travel in five separate groups, each focused on a different research theme, to meet with Cuban experts in those fields, in their workplaces and homes. Participants will have the opportunity to contribute to humanitarian projects, as well as to meet with their Cuban colleagues for a full week of in-depth research in their professional fields. Evenings will include small group meetings according to interest and activities in Cuba’s vibrant cultural scene!  

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/cuba/sustainablecubatours.html

Click on the tour you are interested in for a summary, highlights and supplemental reading material. 

Application materials are available online, along with staff contact information.

Or contact directly:

Leslie:  415-255-7296, ext. 242 or 1-800-497-1994 (leslie@globalexchange.org)

Pam: 510-649-1052  (pamela@barglow.com)

TOUR DATES AND PRICES:

December 27, 2009 - January 5, 2010

$2550 from Cancun which includes: Cuban visa, round trip airfare Cancun/Havana/Cancun, double room accommodations, two meals per day, transportation, full daily program with knowledgeable guides and translators, and New Year's Eve celebration.

GLOBAL EXCHANGE REALITY TOURS has organized research and humanitarian delegations to Cuba for over twenty years! Founded on the practice of socially responsible tourism, Reality Tours connects people to issues, movements and social change in over thirty countries throughout the world. http://www.realitytours.org

ECO CUBA EXCHANGE promotes environmental interchange between U.S. and Cuban environmental communities -- professional and grassroots. http://www.ecocubaexchange.org

GLOBAL EXCHANGE is a United Nations-recognized NGO, promoting human rights, grassroots participatory democracy, and economic and environmental justice internationally.  

GLOBAL EXCHANGE, 2017 MISSION STREET, SECOND FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO, CA  94110  http://www.globalexchange.org