Last week, our ambassador and coordinator of the Leon Charney Resolution Center ambassador program Ophyr, started a two-month volunteer program in Cusco, Peru that is called UDoNoMe powered by the ISRAEL-is nonprofit organization.
"This week started amazing. We conducted a cooking contest and also built an ecologically friendly fence out of recycled bottles in a local kindergarten that is located right on a dangerous main road. We also had significant conversations with people from all around the world, including Lebanon and Syria. The sense of purpose that I feel by sharing my personal story and culture as well as getting to know other travelers from around the world is truly amazing.
As fellow backpackers, I do not feel as if there are any stereotypes and presumptions about me; we are all young people striving to get to know each other and to travel with a sense of purpose.
I am confident that these encounters will lead to a change of mindset, similar to our mission at the Charney center." -- Ophyr Hanan
