Please do contact us by phone or email any time to enquire about our hand-made Peruvian crafts, especially for unusual Christmas presents.
UK Activities
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Our annual fundraising event in May: Alice Holt Forest Sponsored Cycle or Stroll
Make sure you don’t miss this ! It’s on every year in May Raising funds to support our work, Project Peru’s sponsored bike ride and stroll is for everyone including children and families. It follows the Family Cycle Trail or a number of other trails that go through the Forestry Commission’s Alice Continue Reading