Education & nutrition for children in Peru

I hope all is well with you. Thanks to your donations, our regular monthly donors, those getting involved in Charity Challenges this coming year and other fundraising events, the following is what we have planned for 2024 and how all your donations will make a huge difference to the communities where we work in Latin America.

In Perú we will continue with our local teacher Edy Luz who will be holding holiday classes in various subjects before term restarts in March. We will supply individual textbooks for the children and continue to provide daily fruit and gas for the meals the government sends the products for. 

Vegetables from our Plan Huerto will enhance the daily diet of the children with extra produce being shared with the families in their homes. We will also fund cultural celebrations during the year. We will continue to employ a member of the community part-time to look after the garden as well as help with maintenance when it is needed. Mothers will also help out in the garden in exchange for vegetables to take home.  

The Impington International College school trip in June will continue their work on Plan Huerto as well as small construction projects in the school and one-on-one teaching. Trees will be planted in Guatemala to offset the carbon footprint of the flights and other transport of the trip.

We finally restarted the annual beach trip for the students and mothers in December which for the majority was the first time they had seen (and been in) so much water as they live in the desert at 2,400m. The last trip was in 2019 with subsequent visits not possible due to the pandemic and last year’s protests. The school year came to a close a couple of weeks ago and will restart in March. The students undertook an antorcha around the community to remind the children and parents to sign up for the new school year. 

All the best for 2024 and thank you in advance for your continued support during it!

Cheers

Links:

• Charity Challenges 2024