High Tides International is a Canadian non-profit organization whose mission is to provide an outlet for education, creativity and self-exploration in communities where resources are needed. Our current area of focus is Northern Peru. We have opened two community centers in the town of Lobitos through which we run our programs: Girls Club, yoga classes, and a library. We have goals of being able to offer post secondary scholarships to local youth, and to complete a pool restoration project to be able to offer community swimming lessons for people of all ages. We believe that through these programs we can help individuals grow up to be healthy, have access to higher education, the tools to reach their full potential and meet their personal goals. Throughout the past two years these programs have organically come together from the help of engaged community members and foreign residents of Lobitos alike. We found that it was about time to formally recognize these programs and their outgoing and creative participants.