Please do contact us by phone or email any time to enquire about our hand-made Peruvian crafts, especially for unusual Christmas presents.
Opportunities
Working in the wider community
Our basic responsibility focuses on support for our refuge for children. But from time to time Project Peru undertakes practical, desperately needed initiatives in the vast, sandy shanty towns that extend over the bare, dry foothills of the Andes that loom over the area where our refuge is located. We Continue Reading
Our cargo from the UK arrives
An update on our cargo of donated goods. We have regularly sent at least one container a year to our refuge for the past 30 years or so since our first sailing in January 1992. Our very first cargo was sent through Furness Withy in Liverpool via the Pacific Steam Continue Reading
Donate to Project Peru without costing you a penny
Help PROJECT PERU. Just by shopping on-line with EASYFUNDRAISING. Shop with thousands of your favourite stores, traders and brands and raise a donation for PROJECT PERU – all without costing you a penny more. Get started raising money for PROJECT PERU today.
Do buy our Peruvian hand-made crafts
Look at our various webpages for details of what we have available: follow the various links from our Craft Sales pages. These are just a few examples here. Let us know, also, if you have an outlet where you could sell these original and colourful crafts. Contact us for details: information@projectperu.org.uk
Volunteering opportunities open up again in Peru
During 2020 and 2021 we were not able to welcome volunteers in our refuge in Peru but from 2022 we are now able to do so. We are very happy to handle any provisional enquiries or expressions of interest at any time whether from individuals, groups or families. Please contact Continue Reading
How to make a donation to Project Peru that doesn’t cost you a penny
Thousands of on-line traders and suppliers in the UK will make a donation to Project Peru if you choose to nominate us as the charity to support with your purchase. Register with them first, then any of the following on-line platforms may be able to support us this way! You’ll Continue Reading
Find a challenge, initiative or event of your own to support us
Do find a challenge, initiative or event of your own to support us this year! All ideas, large or small, are welcome. Go for it! Set up a fundraising page for an individual or group initiative, challenge or event, or a special occasion, or in memory of someone. With Justgiving, Continue Reading
For our supporters in USA & Canada
Through the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)’s international network Project Peru is now eligible to receive tax-effective donations from US or Canadian tax-payers through either CAF America or CAF Canada. Project Peru is visible on the CAF America and CAF Canada websites, increasing our profile to international donors in those countries Continue Reading
Is it your business to support us?
We have had a great deal of financial and in-kind support from local, national and international companies over the years, and more particularly from individuals working in such companies; this has made a significant difference to our work. Other ways that businesses can support us are explored below in a Continue Reading
Exhibition at the British Museum: Peru – a journey in time
Marking Peru’s bicentennial year of independence, an exhibition at the British Museum in London highlights the history, beliefs and cultural achievements of the different peoples who lived in Peru from around 2500 BC to the arrival of the Europeans in the 1500s, and their legacy in the centuries that followed.
What can you do for us?
In spite of it all in 2020 and the first months of 2021… not everything was locked down or off-limits! 7 year old twins cycled 200 miles in England in a month, just 4 months after learning to ride. A team from a company that has supported us for years collectively ran, Continue Reading
Small but important
Small but important. Especially for UK supporters faced with lockdown again, and in the run–up to Christmas. Many 1,000s of UK shops and traders will make a small % donation to Project Peru when you make an on-line purchase; so please sign in below before you start buying. Darkest Continue Reading
Our new website
Our new website www.projectperu.org.uk includes past and present news, shows how we’ve grown over 25 years, and where we are going…with your help! 25 years ago Project Peru was a dream, now it’s a reality … the context is ever-changing and ever challenging as poverty grows in Peru, as attitudes and priorities worldwide Continue Reading
Volunteer with Project Peru in Peru?
Plan ahead for later in 2021: provisional enquiries welcome at at all times We can arrange tailored volunteer placements in our project in Peru for volunteers of all ages and are looking for volunteers during 2021 and beyond. We can be quite flexible, so just enquire and we can discuss Continue Reading