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Lima Clubhouse![]() South American Explorers was founded in 1977 and its first clubhouse was created in Lima, Peru. For 25 years, members used the resources in the SAE’s first home in the district of Breña. As the organization’s services expanded the Lima clubhouse also made an upgrade, moving to a more accessible and expansive setting in a charming, traditional Limenan mansion in Miraflores. In the clubhouse members will have access to all the services, lending library, storage facilities, trip reports, weekly events, provincial binders, research facilities, and an extensive map collections. Members will also receive help with their plans and projects with the help of a knowledgeable staff. So, if you are looking to volunteer, planning a trip, doing research, or want to live in South America, the Lima Clubhouse is a great resource to help you out. Considering a visit to the Lima Clubhouse? Get a preview by checking out our VIRTUAL TOUR and see what SAE Lima Clubhouse can offer: Take a virtual tourServices on offerAs well as the usual SAE services such as trip planning, access to the trip reports and volunteer database, extensive library, reference books, maps & guidebooks for sale, luggage storage, safety deposit box, book exchange and wireless internet, we also offer a weekly events program, and the chance to learn about and contribute to local community and environmental projects. Weekly events ProgramWe have weekly events on Wednesdays around 6pm in the Clubhouse and sometimes on other days and outside the clubhouse - see the events program below. Everyone welcome. You can also email us with questions or ideas for events: limaclub@saexplorers.orgOn Mondays you can join our Spanish classes here at our Clubhouse. From 12pm-1pm we have a beginners class led by Melanie Gomero Pfennig and from 1pm-2pm a strong-intermediate/advanced class with Kathy Mujica from Hispana Idiomas Spanish School. This is a perfect opportunity to practice your Spanish in a relaxed environment, with experienced teachers. Free for Members, $5 for Non-members.
Volunteer Resources CenterLima makes an ideal base from which to delve deep into Peru's varied, complex and fascinating society through volunteering. Using the resources we have here at the Clubhouse, you could put together a package to include working with disadvantaged children in Lima, wildlife in the jungle or on the coast and campesinos in the mountains, for example.
Supporting local community projectsWe try to get involved in and support community projects. In the past successful beach clean ups have been organized, and we are always making donations of clothes, toys and even a guitar, to charitable projects that we feel are worthwhile. Our weekly events program also gives local projects a springboard to promote their work. We often invite local organizations to the clubhouse to give a short presentation about their work in the community and how SAE members and other tourists can get involved. Our Environmental PolicyOne of the aims of South American Explorers is to: “ Support scientific field exploration and research in the social and natural sciences as well as charities and NGO´s with aims to improve social, economical and ecological conditions” In keeping with this philosophy we recycle all our plastic, paper, tins and glass and we offer a facility to refill your plastic bottles with mineral water. We also try to use low energy appliances and attempt to keep our ecological footprint as low as possible in running the clubhouse. Useful PublicationsWe keep a number of publications here that can be taken away: Peripheria is a bilingual quarterly magazine published in Huaraz; Urbania is a monthly events newspaper; the monthly ACAP Newsletter aimed at Lima's expat community. We also stock a number of information packets published by the Cusco Clubhouse: Alternative Inca Trails, the Peruvian Jungle, and the Eating & Drinking Guide to Cusco. |
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