TEACHERS are the BACKBONE to EDUCATE GIRLS in Peru

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from all of us at Chicuchas Wasi              ** THANK YOU so much for educating our girls.** 

      The Chicuchas Wasi 2015 Annual Report is linked below for you.

On a more serious note we still need a bigger/stronger and indispensable school vehicle to transport our girls safely to and from school. Without it there will be no school. The van we have now is failing with the heavy use. It was less expensive to purchase, but we need a larger hardier small bus to manage 110 girls every day.

As we each recall our year and count our blessings in 2015, please consider donating this season to help us obtain a small bus for the girls at CW.

I don't normally make a special request, but the condition of our only school transportation Van has prompted me to do so this time. Students must walk through often wet fields to get to the school, when our van breaks down and that is now too often.

We have raised $9,591 this year towards the cost of $65,000 for the small Mercedes bus, the only make able to handle the rugged Cusco roads. If you are able to donate to this special need we would be ever grateful.

Please see our school bus GlobalGiving page: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/send-disadvantaged-rural-girls-to-school-in-peru/

**This has become urgent for our next school that start in March 2016.**

                                                  THANK YOU

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"Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century we must harness the energy and creativity of all of our citizens"
     - President Clinton on International Literacy Day, September 8th 1994

        **Please help us get these girls to school & donate for the new bus.**

CW is blessed to have global supporters from many countries that cheer the girl's progress and keep in touch on Facebook, emails and writing their reviews (like below) on www.greatnonprofits.org. YOUR donations provide the quality of education and personal guidance that our girls receive.
                             YOU have improved their lives forever.

This is what a visitor had to say:

"I visited Chicuchas Wasi in 2011 and thanks to their posts on Facebook and their regular newsletters I am able to follow their activities from a distance. I love to see both the smiling faces of the girls as they enjoy their life at school and the concentration on their faces as they are studying. I admire the dedication of the Director, Ruth, and all the staff who enable the students to benefit from an excellent education, a nutritional meal programme and even health care in a lovely purpose built facilities. The excellent attendance rates indicate just how much the girls and their parents value the education and all the other benefits that the school provides. It is so important to enable girls to stand on their own two feet in life. Their time at the school will ensure the girls are able make well informed decisions about their future, to provide for themselves and their families and make a good contribution to their community and society at large." –Sally

                                  PLEASE REMEMBER OUR GIRLS

                        DONATE this giving season to their education

                                    THANK YOU, Merci, MIL Gracias

                                         **SPECIAL NOTICE**

Would you like to participate in Chicuchas Wasi a bit more? Love the school and our success? We have an opening for an additional board member and the best place to find the right person is among our supporters. No board experience-our seasoned team will train you to love this work. Please contact me (Rae) for more information chicuchas_wasi@sonic.net

Links:

• Official NEW Chicuchas Wasi website-please have a look
• Chicuchas Wasi 2015 ANNUAL REPORT is HERE
• GlobalGiving UK does a site visit. Emily posts a personal story