Education & nutrition for children in Peru

I hope all is well with you and you managed to celebrate Thanksgiving in some form this year. With 2020 finally drawing to a close we must turn our attention to preparing ourselves as best we can for 2021.

To help our Covid-19 recovery programme, and as part of this year’s Appeal, GlobalGiving will be sharing $1 million on Giving Tuesday on 1^st December along with donations made on this day. This opportunity is huge for us as we strive to purchase all the necessary supplies (gels, disinfectants, soaps etc) to make each classroom safe for when the children come back to school in 2021. We also want to continue to provide basic daily food so at least they have something in their stomachs to aid learning! If you can donate to this page on 1^st December we’ll receive more bang for your buck and be well-prepared for the months to come – thank you!

In addition to this and to aid our medium-term recovery programmes from the Covid-19 turmoil, GlobalGiving is offering a 200% matching on all new regular donations up to $200 set up between 14-18^th December. The match applies to the first installment paid during this time and the matching will be paid after four payments (in April 2021). This will really help us keep stocks full as well as providing a food programme for the children well into the new year. Please note, the 200% matching applies to new regular donations only set up between 14-18^th December.

You may have seen in the news the destruction wreaked by Hurricanes Eta and Iota in Central America recently. Our communities in Honduras were badly effected and we have started a recovery programme to help them get back on their feet. This coming Giving Tuesday and the regular donations will help a lot with this over the coming weeks and months.

With the school year coming to a close, of which just a couple of weeks was spent in the actual classroom back in March, the children managed to complete their studies at home. Whilst many schools continued with virtual learning this simply hasn’t been possible for our students due to lack of internet, so their accomplishment must be applauded even more.

Once we get the go-ahead for the children to return to class in 2021 we will concentrate on making sure they understand all the topics from 2020 so they aren’t disadvantaged when moving up a grade and more advanced learning – without the basics it will be hard though we can do it.

Thank you for all your support this year, as in previous years: one more push and we can really start to plan for 2021 with your help. We will be undertaking the postponed Charity Challenge to Machu Picchu in May so please let us know if you want to get involved. 

Cheers