The primary focus of the trip will be volunteering in the indigenous village of San Isidro Naranjal in the Oaxaca state of Mexico**, constructing fuel-efficient cookstoves and composting latrines. Volunteers will spend 5 days and 5 nights in the village in service of this goal. Travelers will also have an opportunity to explore the historical, cultural and gastronomic delights of Oaxaca City and the surrounding region; travelers will also pursue an eco-tourism adventure encountering waterfalls and other natural wonders near the village.

As this is a volunteer trip students are expected to raise a minimum of $1200 to help fund the charitable work. Students can pay this entire $1200 on their own or, as most past volunteers have done, can raise funds from friends, family and co-workers. MAP and Building Bridges Worldwide will help students in pursuit of funds.


(* *Mexico is on UT Austin's “Restricted Regions” list. No University of Texas at Austin student, faculty, or staff can be required to travel to a Restricted Region. Any participation in travel to a Restricted Region is strictly voluntary, and the traveler assumes full responsibility for all risks associated with this travel.)

San Isidro Naranjal and the surrounding region is NOT an area highlighted in the U.S. State Department travel warning to Mexico. More info here:

https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/alertswarnings/mexico-travel-warning.html

All accommodations, all meals (not including alcohol as an issue of UT liability), in-country transportation including to and from airport

Airfare to Mexico, gifts purchased while there, other discretionary expenses incurred by traveler

Fundraising, vaccinations, current passport, completion of McCombs Program Office trip forms