A landlocked country of six million people, Paraguay is the size of California yet one of the poorest countries in South America. Paraguay boasts two national languages – Spanish and Guarani – and one of the world’s largest hydroelectric dams, on the eastern border with Brazil.

LearnServe Paraguay students join young leaders in the capital city, Asunción, and in the small rural town of Santa Rosalia in Tobati to learn first-hand what life, and social change are like in Paraguay.

• Meet a group of inspiring youth leaders in the barrio of Santa Ana in Asunción
• Work on projects in Santa Ana related to health, job skills training, environmental education, and art – all led by youth from the Centro Cultural Comunitario
• Meet and live with students and families from the Colegio San Alfonso in Carapegua, a small town two hours from Asunción, an opportunity to learn about rural Paraguayan culture
• Spend an afternoon with the famous Landfill Harmonic Orchestra in Asunción