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Project Peru

Project Peru

We raise funds with minimal overheads to run our children's refuge in Peru. Charity no. 1049413

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Our Summer crafts sales in Guildford

Posted on 3rd June 20253rd June 2025 by admin
Our Summer crafts sales in Guildford
Posted In Craft Stalls, Opportunities, UK Activities

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

Crafts sales

Posted on 7th June 202422nd June 2024 by admin
Crafts sales
Posted In Craft Stalls, Opportunities, UK Activities

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

Posted on 1st March 202420th March 2024 by admin
Donate to Project Peru without costing you a penny
Posted In Opportunities, UK Activities

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.

Our cargo from the UK arrives

Posted on 3rd August 20235th October 2023 by admin
Our cargo from the UK arrives
Posted In News from Peru, Opportunities, UK Activities

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

Posted on 8th May 20215th October 2023 by admin
Find a challenge, initiative or event of your own to support us
Posted In Opportunities, UK Activities, Uncategorized

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?

Posted on 1st April 20215th October 2023 by admin
Is it your business to support us?
Posted In Opportunities, UK Activities

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

Posted on 2nd March 20215th October 2023 by admin
Exhibition at the British Museum: Peru – a journey in time
Posted In News from Peru, Opportunities, UK Activities

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?

Posted on 1st January 20215th October 2023 by admin
What can you do for us?
Posted In Opportunities, Recent Events, UK Activities

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

Posted on 16th August 20205th October 2023 by admin
A big thank you
Posted In Recent Events, UK Activities, Uncategorized

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

Posted on 9th May 20195th October 2023 by admin
Make a marathon effort for Project Peru
Posted In Opportunities, Recent Events, UK Activities

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

Posted on 5th May 20195th October 2023 by admin
Putting their best foot forward for us on the Offa’s Dyke trail
Posted In Recent Events, UK Activities

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?

Posted on 1st January 20195th October 2023 by admin
Why not do something dramatic like this sky dive for us?
Posted In Recent Events

We’ve had sky dives over Dubai, Massachusetts and Essex, sky diving,  landing safely and raising funds for us – gracias.

Project Peru

Project Peru

We raise funds with minimal overheads to run our children's refuge in Peru. Charity no. 1049413

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Aspects of life in our refuge

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  • Our Summer crafts sales in Guildford

    Our Summer crafts sales in Guildford

    3rd June 2025
  • Onwards and upwards

    Onwards and upwards

    16th March 2025
  • Project Peru is still growing …

    Project Peru is still growing …

    11th March 2025
  • Day to day life at our refuge

    Day to day life at our refuge

    29th September 2024
  • ‘Thank you, friends from Project Peru’

    ‘Thank you, friends from Project Peru’

    13th September 2024
  • Supporting the wider community in Peru

    Supporting the wider community in Peru

    29th July 2024
  • Crafts sales

    Crafts sales

    7th June 2024
  • Delivering the goods in the Andes

    Delivering the goods in the Andes

    29th May 2024
  • Trek the Inca Trail for Project Peru

    Trek the Inca Trail for Project Peru

    1st May 2024
  • Back to school 2024

    Back to school 2024

    27th March 2024
  • … to be beside the seaside

    … to be beside the seaside

    13th March 2024
  • We do what we say on the tin!

    We do what we say on the tin!

    10th March 2024
  • Donate to Project Peru without costing you a penny

    Donate to Project Peru without costing you a penny

    1st March 2024
  • Working in the wider community

    Working in the wider community

    27th October 2023
  • Our cargo from the UK arrives

    Our cargo from the UK arrives

    3rd August 2023

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  • Home
  • News
  • About us
    • Aims and Objectives
    • Fundraising Activities
      • Sponsored events
        • Guildford to Paris Bike Ride
          • Guildford to Paris Bike Ride 2017
        • Alice Holt Sponsored Cycle or Stroll for everyone
      • Volunteers in the UK
      • Schools
      • Peruvian musicians
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Our Background
    • Our privacy policy
  • Fundraising
    • Craft Sales
    • ‘Arpilleras’ made in Villa el Salvador
    • Other Peruvian crafts
    • Greetings Cards made in Villa el Salvador
    • Greetings cards made in Las Laderas
    • Christmas cards made in Las Laderas
    • Gift Aid
    • Tax-effective ways of giving
    • Other Ways of Giving
  • Zapallal – the work of the refuge
    • The land and buildings at the refuge
    • Education and support
      • Education and support: extra curricular activities
    • Library
    • A secret garden in the shanty towns
    • Coping with the conditions in the area
    • Distribution of goods sent to Peru from the UK
      • Distribution of goods in the wider community
    • Our work in the wider community
      • Las Laderas
      • Las Laderas Building Houses
      • Flood relief north of Lima: 2017
      • Optometry Projects
    • Volunteers in Peru
    • Films about the refuge
    • A book based on the refuge
    • Trekking past poverty
  • Peru
    • Key Current Issues
    • Women in Peru
    • Children in Peru
    • Latin America – Migration to the cities
    • Symbols of Peru
    • Music
    • Flora
    • Fauna
    • Maps of Peru
  • Contact Us
    • Links
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