Overview
People-to-People travel to Cuba is an act of solidarity and resistance.
As the U.S. government continues to intensify its economic war against Cuba, traveling to the island, listening to Cuban people, learning from their experiences, and bringing humanitarian aid are concrete acts of solidarity that challenge a policy built on isolation and collective punishment.
Join Global Exchange for a Health and Wellness-focused People-to-People Solidarity Delegation to witness the realities of life under the U.S. blockade and stand alongside Cuban healthcare professionals, practitioners, educators, therapists, and organizers working to protect the health and well-being of their communities.
We will learn directly from those navigating the blockade’s devastating impacts, including healthcare professionals struggling to provide care while critical supplies remain out of reach.
We will visit a hospital and polyclinic to hear from healthcare workers confronting shortages that affect more than 100,000 people awaiting surgeries, treatments, and therapies, including 12,000 children.
No gauze. No sutures. No IV kits. No antibiotics. The list goes on.
We will meet with people working across health, wellness, and therapy to understand how they are navigating the tightening sanctions and the human and professional costs of these policies.
We will also move through community spaces alive with art and cultural traditions, visit an organic farm to explore food sovereignty as an act of resistance, and travel into the countryside to learn how communities beyond Havana are confronting the realities of sanctions.
And we will carry humanitarian aid directly to the Cuban people. Each delegate will bring supplies as part of our collective effort to meet urgent needs created in part by the blockade.
Come see what the blockade means in people’s lives. Come listen. Come stand with Cuba. And come prepared to speak the truth about the policies coming out of Washington.
What’s Included
Accommodation
Accommodations in a casa equipped with WiFi and A/C
Single Supplement
Single supplement $115
Private bus
Or cars depending on group size
Meals
As listed on the itinerary. Generally 2 meals a day
Private events
And speakers as listed
English speaking guide to accommodate the group throughout the program
Admission fees
Donations
Donations can be provided and will be specific to the related visits of the itinerary. otherwise you are also encouraged to bring donations of your own if possible.
What’s Not Included
Airfare
Visa and passport fees
Tips to guides, drivers, hotel staff, wait staff
Items of personal nature
Travel Insurance
Itinerary
Times and events subject to change
- Morninging arrival in Havana greeted by your guide and driver
- Lunch depending on confirmation of arrival time
- Visit to a project where body movement is the focus and where we will learn about their work with community members.
- Check in to the casa
- Welcome Dinner
- Visit a community project to learn about their community kitchen, health clinic and public services.
- Visit an Orthopedic hospital and hear from them about their work and the challenges they face with current restrictions. Here we will also bring much needed supplies and donations.
- Lunch
- Afternoon visit to the Medical school or visit with Henry Reeve Contingent to learn about their mission, the challenges they face in being removed from countries and what countries are still utilizing their aid and skills.
- Dinner and evening on your own
- Visit to a Maternity Home to understand their important role and the difficulties they face in providing care to expectant mothers. Here we will also have the chance to bring much needed aid items for maternal health.
- Visit to a Grandparents/Third-age Home to see first-hand and learn about how elders are cared for in the community. Again, we will have the opportunity to bring items that are crucial to elder care and wellbeing.
- Lunch
- Site visit to a Vaccine development center to learn how Cuba is meeting the need of vaccines for their population given the challenges they face with access to supplies.
- Dinner and evening on your own
- This morning we will visit a Psicopedagogical Center to learn about their programs and how current US government policies affect people with special needs and the programs that serve them.
- Visit to a Mental Health Therapist to discuss the impacts current day issues are having on the population and some approaches to treatment.
- Lunch
- Visit CENESEX, Cuba’s Center for Sexual Education. This afternoon we will explore how the center is supporting the LGBTQ+ Community and the impact current day sanctions are having on the population they serve.
- Dinner and evening on your own.
- Visit to the Sierra del Rosario protected mountain range and the community of Las Terrazas.
- This morning we will visit a Polyclinic to learn how communities beyond Havana are confronting the realities of sanctions. Here we will also bring much needed medical supplies for the clinic.
- Visit to La Finca Candelula with a special dedication to traditional herbal medicinal practices.
- Enjoy Lunch and the surrounding area.
- Return to Havana
- Dinner and evening on your own
- Today we will explore alternative modes of therapy such as
equine therapy and body movement like tai chi, yoga, exercise, etc. - Lunch at a special community cafe
- Explore Music and/or art therapy
- Dinner on your own
- Reconvene to enjoy Live Cuban Jazz (electricity permitting)
- Visit an Urban Garden to understand how Cuba has approached food sovereignty and accessibility.
- Return to the casa
- Lunch and afternoon on your own to prepare for return to US
- Farewell Dinner
