Our Summer crafts sales in Guildford will be on Thursday 12th, Friday 13th and Saturday 14th June and Thursday 19th, Friday 20th and Saturday 21st June 2025 Look at our various webpages for details of what we have available: follow the various links from our Craft Sales pages. These are Continue Reading
UK Activities
Crafts sales
Please do contact us by phone or email any time to enquire about our hand-made Peruvian crafts, especially for unusual presents, or for any special occasions.
Donate to Project Peru without costing you a penny
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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
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
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
A big thank you
Thanks to all our friends and supporters who have made donations recently to help towards the ongoing costs of our work in Peru during the pandemic …and it’s not over yet! Far from it … but the children continue to live safely with us. So, a big thank you to all of you, including Continue Reading
Make a marathon effort for Project Peru
The chasqui runners (as seen in the current ‘Project Peru’ logo–a design derived from Mochica pottery) were used as relay runners to deliver messages and goods throughout Peru.The Moche or Mochica culture prevailed in the northern coastal region of Peru from about AD100 to AD800. YOU TOO COULD RUN FOR Continue Reading
Putting their best foot forward for us on the Offa’s Dyke trail
177 miles in 13 days; 22 participants in all, and nearly half of them did the whole walk.
Why not do something dramatic like this sky dive for us?
We’ve had sky dives over Dubai, Massachusetts and Essex, sky diving, landing safely and raising funds for us – gracias.