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YASC and Global Volunteers are Thrilled to Announce YASC's Inaugural Service Program to Peru! For 41 years, Global Volunteers has mobilized short-term volunteers in hands-on service to local people on long-term community development projects to help children and families reach their full potential. At the invitation of the community partners, Global Volunteers work hand-in-hand with the local people and under the direction of local leaders to ensure that the work projects are meaningful and sustainable.

There is a children's home on the outskirts of Lima, Peru that has invited volunteers of all backgrounds into their community and their need our help:

“Sagrada Familia” (Sacred Family) is a shelter for vulnerable children who otherwise have nowhere to go. The goal of this community is to care for and protect children who have been left homeless or neglected by giving them the love, care and individualized attention that all children need and deserve. The shelter feeds, nurtures, and educates over 1,200 children aged from birth to seventeen who have been abandoned, orphaned, or who have faced abusive or otherwise dangerous family environments. Many of these children come from the most destitute parts of Peru, such as the bursting settlements that sprawl into the hills along the city’s edges. 

Sagrada Familia functions as a small village or community in Ventanilla for the children in need. In addition to the facilities, one would expect to see at a children’s home (dormitories, dining halls, sports courts, etc.), the community provides education for all children (preschool to high school), a trade school (bakery, carpentry, music and sewing), workshops, and a health clinic. For more than 25 years, thousands of children have called Sagrada Familia home, and have benefited from the life-changing care they have received there. While many former students continue to support Sagrada Familia after they leave, the community needs help in all areas. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to help provide the essential services every child needs to thrive. Volunteers from all backgrounds are welcome. We anticipate offering the following projects:

• Care for, nurture, and teach preschool children.
• Work on labor projects to improve living and learning spaces.
• Teach conversational English to children from kindergarten through high school.
• Conduct interactive workshops for parents on health, nutrition, early childhood development, education, psychology, or related topics.
• Accompany caregiver staff on family home visits to reinforce workshop lessons.
• Nurtures and offer psychosocial support to infants and toddlers.
• Help with health care projects at the on-campus clinic, when requested. The clinic serves all of the 1,300 children of the community and people from the surrounding community. 

Depending on interest from the community and volunteer skills, we may be able to offer projects in the following areas:

• Athletics
• Artistic painting
• Baking
• Carpentry
• Sewing

Review program policies, trip itinerary, and terms and conditions (YASC and Global Volunteers). For questions or further information feel free to contact trip producer Andrew Burgie '87 or João Aleixo at the YAA.

Dear Yalies,

With Girls' Day in Japan and International Women’s Day both falling in March, YaleWomen Japan is excited to celebrate the special month with the Yale community through events.

On March 10th, YaleWomen Japan and Yale Club of Japan invite you to an off-the-record dinner with Tshilidzi Marwala, the Rector of the United Nations University (UNU) at Two Rooms in Omotesando (address below). The UNU is a global think tank and postgraduate teaching organization headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, established by the UN General Assembly.

The dinner will start at 6:30 PM, and will cover topics ranging from gender equality and women’s empowerment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Rector’s education and career. The cost of attendance is 9,000 yen, which will cover a dinner course and event. Please bring cash to the event for payment.

Event Date and time: March 10, 2026 at 6:30pm
Venue Address: Two Rooms, private room, 5F AO Building, 3-11-7 Kita-Aoyama (space reserved under Marina Yoshimura)

Please contact Marina Yoshimura if you plan to attend and inform her in advance of any allergies or dietary restrictions you have. You can directly message her on Facebook or email her at marina.yoshimura@aya.yale.edu.

Boola boola!

— YCOJ board

Isolated from other land masses by the swells of the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand is a world unto itself. This island nation boasts unparalleled natural beauty - a land of glacial fjords, majestic peaks, geothermal marvels, endemic birds, pristine beaches and wild forests. Walking and hiking throughout New Zealand is one of the best ways to see these spectacular landscapes and explore its vast wilderness areas. For this itinerary, we have combined a cornucopia of the country’s stunning beauty and rich culture with the chance to walk on its very best trails and three of the country’s top tracks: Milford, Routeburn and Hooker Valley tracks.
Begin with two nights in Auckland, exploring this “City of Sails,” and Tiritiri Matangi Island, a wildlife sanctuary, before heading to Rotorua for two nights to discover the heartland of Māori culture and New Zealand’s geothermal wonderland. Then fly to the South Island and travel across the stunning Canterbury Plains for the turquoise waters and starry skies of Lake Tekapo. Take in views of Tasman Glacier in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, where Sir Edmund Hillary trained, before traveling via the wine region of Gibbston Valley to Queenstown, the adventure capital of New Zealand. Based out of picturesque Lake Te Anau, two days exploring the vast glacier-carved wilderness of Fiordland National Park, including a cruise on Milford Sound, before returning to Queenstown for a final night.