Thank you for your participation in a Help One Now Learning Journey! The Help One Now ethos is to remain invisible in our communities and focus our efforts on resourcing key leaders instead. Help One Now leads a limited number of Learning Journeys for committed, long-term supporters (Church Partners, Child Sponsors, Foundation Members, and Circle Members) each year. On these Journeys, emphasis will be placed on connecting with a community, building deep relationships with the local leaders, and brainstorming how you can unlock your human capital to partner together and support their work back home.

A few important things to note about this trip:

Airfare and all expenses on the ground (meals, lodging, transportation) are included in the trip price, but any other costs associated with your trip would be your responsibility (those costs may include spending money, or appointments at a travel clinic before your trip, for example). We do allow our trip participants to fundraise through their registration pages in order to make those trip costs more manageable!

Those traveling are required to carry a passport with an expiration date further than 6 months away from the date of travel. Should your passport have already expired, or should your passport expire within 6 months after your intended trip dates, you can mail in your old passport to get it expedited and renewed. HERE is where you can find more information on how to renew your passport.

Due to the nature of our work, Help One Now requires special approval from the trip leader, and Director of International Operations to join the trip if you are under the age of 18. If approved, we will email out a form to get signed by parents or legal guardians, giving permission to travel out of the country with the team.

In addition, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends various vaccinations for international travelers depending on your destination country. Please visit a medical professional or a travel clinic as soon as you know you are traveling abroad, as they may recommend particular vaccinations or medicine based on your destination, some vaccinations are not always immediately available, and some vaccinations need to be administered over the course of months. **Please ensure you are up to date on all routine vaccinations. These vaccinations include a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine, varicella (chickenpox) vaccine, polio vaccine, and a flu shot! Most of you are up to date on these anyway!**

Peru does not currently have any required vaccinations; however, we recommend the Hepatitis A vaccination, a Typhoid treatment (pill or shot), and Malaria medication as well. Some travelers choose to receive the Cholera, Hepatitis B, Rabies, and Yellow Fever vaccinations, but REST ASSURED: we know these lists may seem overwhelming, but all of these vaccinations are entirely optional and are merely precautions!

We’d love to encourage you to familiarize yourself with Help One Now’s philosophy regarding international mission. In preparation for your potential Learning Journey, please try to read Doing Good Is Simple by Help One Now’s founder Chris Marlow. Another great resource is When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert.

Tentative Trip Schedule

*Please note that this schedule is subject to change*

• 7:45amam Depart Birmingham
• 9:05pm Arrive in Lima
• Stay at Wyndham Costa Del Sol

• 6:40am Fly to Iquitos
• 8:30am Arrive in Iquitos
• 9:30am Breakfast at hotel, leave bags
• 10:30am Tour Kairos Grau campus
• 11:30am Tour Kairos San Juan campus
• 1pm Lunch with local leaders Willie & Mercedes Malpartida at Las Terrazas
• 3pm Check in to hotel, time to clean up
• 4pm Tour the Belén community and local market
• 7pm Dinner at Ikiitu with the Malpartidas
• Stay at Hilton Iquitos

• 8am Breakfast at the hotel
• 8:30am Morning reflection time
• 9am Drive to Nauta
• 11am Visit Kairos school and hear about education expansion
• 2pm Lunch at Quistococha
• 3:30pm Visit families empowered through the Family Business Program
• Dinner at Al Frio y Al Fuego with the Malpartidas
• Karaoke at Rustica
• Stay at Hilton Iquitos

• 7am Depart Iquitos
• 11:10am Arrive in Cusco
• 12:30pm Lunch at Chicha Restaurant
• 2pm Machu Picchu debriefing at Sam Travel office
• 3pm Drive to Urubamba
• Time to rest at hotel
• 6pm Dinner at hotel
• Stay at San Agustin Monasterio Hotel

• 7am Breakfast at the hotel
• Full-day visit to the Machu Picchu ruins
• Stay at San Agustin Monasterio Hotel

• 8am Breakfast at the hotel
• 8:30am Final morning reflection time
• 9:30am Visit the Pisca cultural market (great place for souvenirs)
• 12:30pm Lunch back in Cusco
• 5:40pm Depart Cusco
• 7:10pm Arrive Lima
• Dinner at Airport
• 11:20pm Depart Lima

Wednesday 6/26

• 9:52am Arrive in Birmingham

*More details will be emailed to you. In the meantime, please reach out to trips@helponenow.com if you have any questions*