Project Peru

After the long summer break it's back to school for everyone, once the school uniforms and all the school materials have been bought and sorted, the registration payments have been made, and arrangements made for our older girls who left school in December to start their chosen further education courses. All this is always a big expense for us every year and we are extremely grateful to those who have given us donations to make this possible.

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..."The International Year of Quinoa"

Quinoa is recognized and accepted around the world as a natural food resource with a very high nutritional value; it is of Andean origin and is becoming better known internationally as a high quality food, which is valuable for health and food security, both for present and future generations. Quinoa is very versatile and adaptable to many different climates and production conditions. The year 2013 has been declared "The International Year of Quinoa"; but one downside of the promotion and export of this crop is its escalating price at home, putting it beyond the reach of poorer sectors of the population in Peru. For more about quinoa see http//www.rlc.fao.org/en/about-fao/iyq-2012/ 

As part of our work we receive a great deal of donated goods which we are able to distribute to some of the poorest communities in Peru. In early 2013 we distributed knitted goods in one of the poorest districts of the Andean region.

To see more  of this part of our work look at http://projectperu.org.uk/our-work/distribution-of-goods-sent-to-peru-from-the-uk.htm

One of our committee members gave a talk at a local Rotary Club and the ensuing generous donation enabled Project Peru, at very short notice, to build a new house for a local family in great need.

We replaced the shanty town 'habitation' of the family of two of the children who have been living in our refuge for quite a few years. We had a foreman whom we employed for this job and who was responsible for the building work [concrete base, wooden walls, corrugated roof] and  two of the older brothers helped plus two UK volunteers, one of whom said; 'It was a  great experience to help with the house build, although it was hard work... I thought it was fantastic piece of intervention and made such a difference to the life of the family.’' 

Would you consider doing something like this?...invite us to make a presentation to your organization? Make a donation that will show immediate results? Go to Peru as a volunteer and do something like this? Or even make up a group of volunteers to achieve even more?

Contact us on information@projectperu.org.uk

Every year the children and staff prepare an 'entertainment' for the families, for other guests and visitors, and for some of those who have previously left the refuge, often  after  it has been  their home for many years. We offer music, drama, dance and food, and we traditionally offer Christmas 'baskets' of food to the families to take home for Christmas.

Thanks to our Christmas appeal and especially through a generous response from the Amoria Bond company and their  large donation of food, Project Peru received a delivery for distribution just before Christmas. This was sorted into Christmas 'baskets' for around 100 families including the families of our own children and families in Las Laderas.

Delivery to the refuge

Distribution to families through the parish in Las Laderas

Distribution to Project Peru's families during the Christmas entertainment

Thanks to our Christmas appeal and as a part of our programme of social awareness in the community, the children who live in our refuge invited a group of older people who live in extreme poverty outside our walls to visit them at the refuge to give us a chance to share with others not only the traditional Christmas panetones and hot chocolate but also dancing and music and small gifts. We were also able to donate some of the equipment sent out in our cargo to help the mobility of some of the visitors .

Thanks to our Christmas appeal and as a part of our programme of social awareness in the community, the children who live in our refuge visited a local nursery school before Christmas to share with others not only the traditional Christmas panetones and hot chocolate but also some entertainment.

Did you know that you can send a text donation from your mobile to support this appeal?

To donate £10 today simply send the following code

GLTK87£10 to 70070.

Thank you

Please support us this Christmas time when, as a part of our programme of social awareness in the community, the children who live in our refuge visit other children and older people who exist in extreme poverty outside our walls. It’s a chance for us to share with others not only the traditional Christmas panetones and hot chocolate, but also dancing and music. The photos show something of our activities at Christmas 2011. We also give out Christmas baskets to the families of our children.

Or see http://www.justgiving.com/projectperuchristmas2012, or send us a cheque. This would make such a difference.

Enjoy fabulous celebrations!

Gracias, on behalf of everyone in Project Peru.

The children from the refuge are periodically invited to participate in outside events and on 23rd November showed their skills in traditional dance, music and sales of cakes and small crafts that they had made, at an event held at a school near Puente Piedra.

To see more of our  activities with the children see  http://projectperu.org.uk/our-work/education-and-support.htm