Changing lives of child domestic workers in Peru

Dear Supporters,

These last months have brought about exiting changes, enthusiasm and optimism for Jugando Aprendo and our Ludoteca. The boys and girls regularly attending our school support program have improved their engagement and their grades. Their mothers are very happy about it and thankful for the support their kids receive. They told us that they do not have books at home and the homework assigned by teachers is too hard for them, since they never finished primary school.

19 of our children's mothers are actively participating in workshops carried out by our psychologist, Jennifer. At the Ludoteca they can be heard and feel safe enough to share their emotions and experiences. We were able to motivate and engage those mothers who want a change for their children and families. Jennifer managed to give orientation to these mothers to help them value themselves as women and make their own decisions.

Four months ago we started working with 12 adolescents in child domestic work. This is a new and gratifying challenge for us. These adolescents face a different set of problems, such as those brought about by growing up in their environment. Most of them face teen pregnancy and "pandillaje" (the influence or recruitment by gangs). Ana María Ruekner, another psychologist from AGTR-La Casa de Panchita is assessing us in this new task. She has experience in working with adolescents and we are learning a lot about how to assist and guide teenagers through the challenges they tell us they need help with.

This month we celebrate our 6th anniversary and we are very proud to be able to carry on with our work. We all want a change and we are committed to achieving it. We know we still have a lot to do and we are going to keep pursuing our objectives and dreams of a better future for our children and adolescents!

All this is made possible by your generosity!
Thank you for your continued support!

Sincerely,

Eveli Leyva

Dear supporters,
It is a pleasure to share with you our recent achievements and efforts to keep improving the support we provide to our children and adolescents here at the Ludoteca.
Our promoters keep receiving psychology workshops and training aimed at improving their school support and childcare skills. We would like to highlight the great work of three of our youngest promoters, Elizabeth, Carla and Wanderly, who are doing a great job in implementing the new methodology they are learning during the above mentioned workshops.
We recently started working with adolescents in child domestic labor. We offer two workshops per month, dealing with emotional issues, low self-esteem, and adolescence in general. They are really enjoying these workshops because there is no other place in Nueva Rinconada providing this kind of service.
It is winter in Lima and it is cold in the mountains where the Ludoteca is situated. Humidity and drizzle leak into our center because the uralita roof is more than ten year old. We therefore organized a fundraising event here in Lima, in order to be able to change it. Thanks to the efforts made by promoters and the children and adolescents' mothers, we managed to raise the money.
Keeping our center running is a great challenge, but we keep learning and improving our work.
Thank you for believing in us and for your continued support.

Best regards,

Eveli