Gender Equality Peru Project #8401

Peruvian Hearts - Girls' Education & Empowerment

by Peruvian Hearts

Peruvian Hearts - Girls' Education & Empowerment

Project Report | May 26, 2021
PH Scholars Closing in on University Graduation; PH Scholar, Gloria, Receives Academic Recognition

By Danny Dodson | Executive Director

PH Scholar, Maribel, at the PUCP Library in Lima.

We are grateful to our generous Peruvian Hearts family who continue to support our PH scholars during this challenging time in Peru. Our scholars continue to work hard day after day, studying for exams, researching and writing essays, and getting closer to accomplishing one of their goals; to graduate from university with a professional degree. The girls continue to grow stronger as individual women and work regularly with our Peruvian Hearts psychologist, Miriam, to help them overcome past and present obstacles that present themselves. We are excited to share some updates of three of our PH scholars: Gloria, Maribel, and Mafi, who continue to excel in their studies and career path and are getting closer one day at a time towards their goal of graduating.

Gloria continues her studies in Geological Engineering at Colorado School of Mines in Colorado, USA and is scheduled to finish her coursework and graduate in May of 2022. Gloria has distinguished herself at Colorado School of Mines, not only in her scholarship, but also in her service work. Last year she was invited to be part of the Blue Key National Honor Society, thanks to her hard work and dedication to her academics. She made the Dean’s list at Mines and has developed an interest in Humanitarian Mining. Gloria has been named a research scholar on a project in responsible mining.

Maribel has made significant advances in her Accounting career at PUCP (La Catolica) in Lima. In December 2019, she completed her coursework at La Catolica and in March 2020 was accepted to undertake her required internship at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Lima. After successfully completing her internship in October of 2020, Maribel was offered a full-time position within the auditing department at PWC in Lima. While she works at PWC and gains meaningful experience within her career field, she continues to research and work hard on writing her thesis. Maribel’s expectation is to defend her thesis and receive her title to become a certified accountant in Peru by April 2022.

Maria Fernanda (“Mafi”) continues her studies of Petrochemical Engineering at the National University (UNSAAC) in Cusco and expects to complete her university coursework in December of 2022. Mafi, along with some classmates, founded a chapter of the University Environmental Network at UNSAAC in Cusco. As someone passionate about the protection of the environment, Mafi wants to use her education and career to focus on ways to make mining more sustainable for our planet. She dreams to develop solutions for the harmful environmental impacts that mining, specifically the use of petrochemicals, makes in Peru and around the world, and wants to find new ways to innovate and improve current methodologies in her field to make them more environmentally sustainable.

These three scholars represent the larger group of 32 PH scholars who continue to develop into strong leaders and women who will change their futures and bring positive change to the world around them. Thank you for your ongoing commitment to girls’ education and empowerment in Peru. We are grateful for your loyalty and partnership and invite you to contact us to plan a trip to Peru to visit our scholars and PH team in Cusco. We will help make your visit meaningful and unforgettable.

PH Scholar, Gloria, studying for an exam.

PH Scholar, Mafi, with her family..

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Jan 25, 2021
PH Providing Monthly Stipends for Food During Pandemic, PH Scholars Continue Univ. Studies Remotely

By Danny Dodson | Executive Director

PH Scholar Aldy (right) with her family in Cusco.

During the ongoing pandemic, our 32 Peruvian Hearts scholars continue working hard in their university studies. Our scholars have been studying remotely since March of 2020 and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future as the Peruvian government continues to require online learning to help control the spread of the virus around Peru.

Thanks to the generosity of our Peruvian Hearts family of donors and supporters, our PH girls and their families have had food to eat during what has been, and continues to be, such a difficult time economically for our dear PH families. Most of our girls’ parents are still without work, and therefore we continue to provide monthly stipends to make sure our PH families can meet their most basic needs such as food and medicine. We are grateful to our Peruvian Hearts donors who continue to believe in our girls and support their dreams.

The following are two letters of gratitude from Peruvian Hearts scholars Maite and Aldy. All of our 32 girls and their families are profoundly grateful for your ongoing support. Thank you!

Dear Friends,

My family and I are deeply grateful for your unconditional support during this pandemic. Even though these have been very difficult days, your support made us stronger and we did not lose hope. We will never forget all that you did for us. You are our inspiration to continue our efforts and in the future we will be able to help other people, as you help us, and in this way make the world a much better place.

From the bottom of my heart, I send you my best wishes, and a hug from Cusco.

Sincerely yours,

Maite

Dear Donors,

My Name is Aldeyny, but you can call me Aldy. Last Year was really difficult for many families, but thanks to all of you, it was good for my family and I, because we had food on our table.

We are so grateful with every one of you for making our lives better. At the same time, I was able to continue studying at university and get closer to fulfilling one of my biggest dreams, which is to finish my studies.

I don’t have enough words to express my gratefulness for all of your help and support during this difficult time. I hope God always blesses you, as well as your family. My family and I want to wish you the best during 2021. We love you!

Sincerely,

Aldeyny

P.S. You are amazing and wonderful!

Maite shows products that her family purchased.

Melani shows products her family purchased.

Marcia and her mother with products purchased.

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Sep 28, 2020
Four PH Scholars Recognized for Academic Excellence, Awarded Competitive Peruvian Scholarship

By Danny Dodson | Executive Director

PH Scholars Marcia (left), Yanet (right), & Erika.

We want to express our enormous gratitude to our generous supporters and donors. Even during these uncertain times, you continue to keep Peruvian Hearts and our scholars in your hearts. And for that we want to say, thank you.

Our PH scholars continue their studies from home, online. At the beginning of the Pandemic in March we helped approximately 90% of our PH families to obtain Internet access, in order for our scholars to continue with their university classes, which are now completely virtual. Their commitment to their studies, even under such difficult circumstances, makes us proud and shows the strength our PH scholars demonstrate to hold onto their dreams, no matter the obstacles that present themselves.

At this time, the health situation is quite dire. Several of our families have had the COVID virus and fortunately have recovered. Yet even under these dire and distracting circumstances, four PH scholars: Aldeyny, Cecilia, Yanet, and Marcia were recently recognized for their outstanding academic achievements in university and awarded partial scholarships from the Peruvian government.

Aldeyny is in her second semester at Universidad Andina and where she studies Systems Engineering. Her goal is to help children in areas with limited technology by creating advancements that can bring the world and scholarship to rural areas.

Cecilia attends the National University (UNSAAC) in Cusco and studies Education. She is very creative, loves reading, and wants to be a secondary school literature teacher. Like Aldeyny, Cecilia too, plans to use her education to help advance educational opportunities for children in rural parts of Peru.

Marcia is in her 8^th semester at Universidad Andina where she studies Orthodontics. She is passionate about her career and committed to making a difference for poor people, giving them access to affordable quality dentistry.

Yanet is in her 3^rd semester at the National University in Cusco where she studies Systems Engineering.

We are extremely delighted by our scholars’ academic achievements and proud of their initiative to apply for and be awarded such competitive and highly sought after scholarships.

With the help of supporters like, YOU, we continue to support our girls and their families with the most basic things like food and medication during this difficult time as well. Our hearts are full of thanks for your ongoing generosity. We understand this is a stressful and uncertain time for many people around the world. The love shown by our compassionate Peruvian Hearts family is a constant inspiration for us and motivates our scholars to continue working hard day after day to complete their dreams.

Yanet & her mother thank PH supporters for helping

Scholar Cecilia & her family thank PH supporters

PH scholars in February, before the pandemic began

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