We are postponing the Family Travel Program until the Spring Break week of 2009.  We will be sending information in the mail to families at the beginning of the fall semester.

ViviendasLeon and Marin Country Day School are partnering to offer a new program for families with children grades K - 8, to travel together for one week to Leon, Nicaragua. The trip combines participation in a community development project, home-stays with Nicaraguan families, and cultural and environmental travel. Our partnership enables families to travel with an experienced organization and participate together in international community service. For more information contact ViviendasLeon at info@viviendasleon.org or (415) 255-2920.
Click to download the Family Itinerary 5/16/08
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ViviendasLeon was thrilled to have a group of students and teachers travel to Leon from Sonoma Academy in Santa Rosa this January, 2008. The group participated in the completion of the rammed-earth pre-school we have been working on for the last two years. They built sidewalks, helped install doors and windows, and painted an incredible mural that covers the entire length of the school, designed by the group and children from the community entitled “The Rights of Children”. Click here to view photos.

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Our Summer 2007 delegation was the biggest group we have had to date! A total of 12 high school students from around the U.S. traveled with us in July to participate in our Rural Construction Program. They were an eclectic mix of motivated and interesting students. There were plenty of challenges, and I believe it is safe to say that each of them came away from the experience a changed person. Several faced first-hand the difficult realities of life, poverty and first-third world relations. They rose to the occasion and gave the experience their all, letting it happen organically and really trying to experience life outside of their comfort level.
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ViviendasLeon is thrilled to bring its first school group to Leon from Drew School in San Francisco! There were 12 students and two teachers. We stayed with families in a neighborhood of Leon for 8 days. The project was to continue the construction of a preschool building in the rural community of Goyena. Everyone worked very hard and contributed so much to the project. They also had time to visit historic sites around Leon, hike the volcano Cerro Negro and spend an afternoon at the beach. Click here to see pictures of the trip.