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Truth Photo By Jay Seawell Rachel Halder gives a presentation about her experiences in Chimbote, Peru, in the C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Umble Center on Goshen College's campus.|107627

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Truth Photo By Jay Seawell Halder, a senior at Goshen College, has been involved with the college's radio station since her freshman year.|107628

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Truth Photo By Jay Seawell Rachel Halder tries on a bracelet sent to her from Chimbote, Peru, while selling bracelets from the city following her presentation in the C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Umble Center on Goshen College's campus.|107629

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Truth Photo By Jay Seawell Rachel Halder speaks with an acquaintance at a table where she sells bracelets from Chimbote, Peru, following her presentation in the C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Umble Center on Goshen College's campus.|107630

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Truth Photo By Jay Seawell Rachel Halder gives a presentation about her experiences in Chimbote, Peru, in the C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Umble Center on Goshen College's campus.|107682

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Rachel Halder, a senior at Goshen College, has been involved with the college’s radio station for most of her time at GC.|107683

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Truth Photo By Jay Seawell Rachel Halder tries on a bracelet sent to her from Chimbote, Peru, while selling bracelets from the city following her presentation in the C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Umble Center on Goshen College's campus.|107684

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Truth Photo By Jay Seawell Rachel Halder speaks with an acquaintance at a table where she sells bracelets from Chimbote, Peru, following her presentation in the C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Umble Center on Goshen College's campus.|107685

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Click here to listen to an interview with Rachel Halder and see more photos.

Rachel Halder, a senior at Goshen College, says she's always had a "burning passion for finding new music." This school year, she has been the student station manager at Goshen College. Her responsibilities include supervising younger students who have become involved with the radio station.

Goshen College encourages its students to fulfill a SST (Study Service Term), which involves studying and service abroad. Halder spent her SST time in Peru, which included six weeks in the city of Chimbote. Halder, a women's studies minor, wanted to work with adolescent females and formed a group for local girls called "Las Chicas de Prevencion."

Not long before Halder left Chimbote, a group of prostitutes also began making bracelets. Halder set up a bank account through which she could transfer money made by selling the bracelets back to Chimbote. With the first round of money, Benjamin Aguilar, a man with whom she worked in Chimbote, started a group of what Halder describes as "tech programs" that involve instruction in cosmetology, welding and candy making, among other disciplines.

To Halder's understanding, the money that she has sent back has allowed the women to leave prostitution.

Click here to see and hear Rachel Halder at Goshen College's radio station and of her work helping needy women in Peru http://www.etruth.com/Know/Sports/Story.aspx?ID=506765

BRACELET INFORMATION

Rachel Halder has a Facebook page called Chimbote Bracelets for those interested in finding out more about her project. Halder can also be contacted at perubracelets@gmail.com for purchasing inquiries.