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.

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Services on offer

As 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 Program

Current Events
01-Jul-09	Peruvian Beer Night! Come join SAE for a taste test of the three different beers of Peru! We will have Cusquena, Pilsen, and Cristal for sale. Or, BYOB to share some of your favorite Peruvian beer with out members of the SAE community. Drinking games, laughter, and fun highly possible! DATE & PLACE: Wednesday 1st of July, 2009. Starts 6:30pm at the Lima Clubhouse (C/Piura 135, Miraflores). COST: free for members and 5 soles for non-members.
06-Jul-09	Spanish Conversation Class New program: improve your spanish A three month cross-cultural program for intermediate/advanced level foreign residents. Everything you need to know to communicate in Spanish and survive in Peru: •Socializing: Introductions; Meeting people; Social Etiquette; Proper Gestures; Eye Contact; Topics to Evoid; In the Café; In the Restaurant. Making arrangements. Time and Dates; Appointments; On the phone; Emergency Services; Useful Contacts. •Country information: History; Culture; Accommodations; Activities; Customs; Climate; Dangers and Annoyances; Food. Instructor: Graciela Bareiro, Cross-cultural Training and Leadership Consultant, Founder-Director Nexos Initiative, voluntary organization helping expats adjusting in a new culture with Language Skills, as a bridge to deal into a new culture. • Classes, as before, are held every Monday at noon • Contact: gracielabareiro@aol.com or limaclub@saexplorers.org Mobile: 9756-3624
08-Jul-09	Film Night: Maria Llena Eres de Gracia María Álvarez, a 17-year-old Colombian girl, works in sweat shop-like conditions at a flower plantation to help support her family. However, after finding herself pregnant by a boyfriend whom she does not love, forced to bring in the money for her unemployed sister (a single mother) and being unjustly treated by her boss, she quits and decides to find another job, despite her family's vehement disapproval. On her way to Bogotá to find a new job, she gets offered a position as a mule — one who smuggles drugs by swallowing drug-filled pellets. Desperate, she accepts the risky offer, swallows 62 wrapped pellets of heroin and flies to New York City. Her story becomes one of determination and survival like that of many other immigrants in the United States, although she knows nothing about the country and had originally planned to go back to Colombia. The economic hardships of Colombia and the working environment for illegals in the US are both accurately represented. DATE & PLACE: Wednesday 8th of July, 2009. Starts 6:30pm at the Lima Clubhouse (C/Piura 135, Miraflores). COST: free for members and 5 soles for non-members. Note: The film is in English with Spanish subtitles.
15-Jul-09	Indigenous rights in Peru Heard about the recent protests in the amazon region? Confused about what exactly is going on? We are excited to announce that Oscar Espinosa, an Anthropology professor at the Universidad Catolica will join us to led a presentation and discussion about indigenous rights. We will discuss the history of the struggle, as well as the recent uprisings, protests, and road blocks initiated by indigenous communities to reclaim their rights, culture, and land. This event will be a great way to learn a bit more about what is going on, and how we can ensure safe and responsible travel while promoting sustainable development and indigenous rights. DATE & PLACE: Wednesday 15th of July, 2009. Starts 6:30pm at the Lima Clubhouse (C/Piura 135, Miraflores). COST: free!
22-Jul-09	Pub-Club Quiz Night -Which department houses the highest highest mountain elevation in Peru? -In what year did World War II end? -Name two types of penguins that live in Antartica. Want to take a guess at these and many other questions? Join SAE for Pub Club Quiz Night! Enjoy a cold beer, munch on popcorn, and show off your knowledge of everything and anything! Game Time: 6:30pm, Wednesday 22 of July 2009. Cost: participation free for members, 5 soles for non-members. Beer and sodas for sale. **FREE** popcorn for all attendees!
29-Jul-09	Expat Night! After a ravishingly sucessful first attempt, SAE has decided to make expat night a tradition here in the Lima clubhouse. This Wendsday join the expat community for some drinks, conversation, and of course inter-cultural mingling. This time, we will offer a $10 discount to all new members, and our prized book, Lima Survival Kit for Expats, will be on sale for a promotional price! Beer and wine for sale! DATE & PLACE: Wednesday 29th of July, 2009. Starts 6:30pm at the Lima Clubhouse (C/Piura 135, Miraflores). COST: free for members and 5 soles for non-members.

Volunteer Resources Center

Lima 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 projects

We 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. Presently, we have a photo display in the Clubhouse showcasing pictures taken by street kids capturing their lives on the margins of Lima society. Future projects in collaboration with local businesses and NGOs include a trip to Ayacucho and Huancavelica delivering Christmas presents to disadvantaged children and a clean-up hike of the Huanca Trail in the province of Junin at the beginning of the tourist season.

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 Policy

One 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 Publications

We 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.