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| Another interesting aspect is the information the Kapitari website provides regarding where cash receipts will end up: | | Another interesting aspect is the information the Kapitari website provides regarding where cash receipts will end up: |
| :''"Of the $650 that you pay us: | | :''"Of the $650 that you pay us: |
− | ''$300 goes to Kapitari and Don Lucho. A portion of which pays for the running of Kapitari and anything left over is spent on Don Lucho’s permaculture and community projects. | + | :''$300 goes to Kapitari and Don Lucho. A portion of which pays for the running of Kapitari and anything left over is spent on Don Lucho’s permaculture and community projects. |
− | ''$300 is split between the retreat facilitators & Outer Travels Inner Journeys. | + | :''$300 is split between the retreat facilitators & Outer Travels Inner Journeys. |
− | ''$50 is given as an additional bonus to the Peruvian staff at Kapitari who work hard all week to look after the guests."<ref>http://www.kapitari.org/ayahuasca-ceremonies/authentic-ayahuasca-retreat-in-iquitos-peru/ </ref> | + | :''$50 is given as an additional bonus to the Peruvian staff at Kapitari who work hard all week to look after the guests."''<ref>http://www.kapitari.org/ayahuasca-ceremonies/authentic-ayahuasca-retreat-in-iquitos-peru/ </ref> |
− | The largest part of receipts are split between the "shaman", the "retreat facilitators" and the travel agency, and the description of "retreat facilitators" is ambiguous and does not necessarily mean the retreat staff. If this was the case, a far more plain way for website maintainers were to say: USD 200 go to the Peruvian staff and USD 150 to Outer Travels. | + | The largest part of receipts are split between the "shaman", the "retreat facilitators" and the travel agency, and the description of "retreat facilitators" is ambiguous and does not necessarily mean the retreat staff. If this was the case, a far more plain way for website maintainers were to say: USD 200 go to the Peruvian staff and USD 150 to Outer Travels. So while this information creates the impression of transparency, the vagueness and scarcity of details provided indeed will rather obfuscate than explain. |
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| ==Consequences for the Indigenous Population== | | ==Consequences for the Indigenous Population== |