Regional Government Project

July 1st, 2008 La Encantada, Peru

Regional Government Project

Originally I was assigned to the town of La Encantada to teach administration skills to a group of mothers who were going to run a restaurant. The regional government was going to build the restaurant but early in my service that project fell through. Recently the World Tourism Organization, part of the United Nations, approved a pilot project in La Encantada. It is a pilot project testing the ability to provide funds to small towns that have tourism potential. The WTO is working alongside the regional government to implement a development program and promote tourism at the same time. So for the last couple of months I have been consulting both organizations. Recently we have been giving presentations in the following themes: self-esteem and family gardens. We will also be training a mothers club in food preparation and training teenagers as tourism guides.