A Look Back at Transformative Travel Milestones
June 30, 2016
Our Proud Past
1987 First CFCA delegation of volunteers travels to Nicaragua at their own expense to learn from the poor in the middle of the Contra war.
1997 First Travel for Transformation adult tour to Nicaragua
1998 First Youth Tour to Nicaragua
1999 Volunteers complete an 18-day trek from Edmonton to Nicaragua on the ‘Magic School Bus’ bringing supplies to communty projects
2001 First dental brigade partnership is formed
2009 Just Teach social justice tour sees Alberta teachers visiting CFC projects and bringing the experience home to their classrooms
2011 Project HOPE brigade helps to build the first high school in the BOSAWAS
2016 CFCA Dental Brigade program is launched with travel to Ecuador and Nicaragua