Flash mob of Commerce volunteers charms locals in Ecuador

Queen’s Commerce students descended on Quito, Ecuador, during Reading Week in late February to volunteer their services in helping renovate a local school. One of the highlights of their five-day mission was a Flash Mob that the students orchestrated to entertain the children and provide a bit of a break from the manual labour.

The 25 students were chosen as part of the Queen’s Commerce Initiative Abroad (Q’CIA), an annual international volunteer initiative that targets a different country in the developing world. This year’s project took the group to Quito to deliver school supplies and help local contractors lay concrete, tile floors, and plaster walls at a local school.

Q’CIA, established in 2009, operates under the auspices of the Queen’s Commerce Society, the undergraduate student government for Commerce students enrolled in the Queen’s School of Business.