Free Education in the Desert around Arequipa, Peru

Summary

Our aim is to provide long-term, sustainable help by improving basic education and access to water in small communities, "los pueblos jovenes", around the city of Arequipa, Peru. GVI and our volunteers work in government-run schools leading or assisting in classes where there is just one teacher in multiple grades, providing much needed assistance and attention for the children. progress report read updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

According to INEI an average family in this region need $75/week for basic foodstuffs and essentials. In the pueblos jovenes average income is just $20/week for the whole family leaving a shortfall of $55 each week. This is just one factor that leads to problems such as malnourishment, poor health, alcoholism and not being able to afford secondary education. As these communities have only recently formed they also have poor infrastructure with basic housing, limited electricity and water access.

Activities

Our work in the schools improves the quality of the education received by reducing the student-teacher ratio, providing consistency when government teachers are unavailable and giving fun, interactive lessons rather than the usual copying that they are often set. We also provide a hot meal and a piece of fruit for each child every day to improve their health as well as awarding scholarships to give all of the children the opportunity to attend secondary school, which they otherwise cannot afford

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £13,917
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £1,354
Total Funding Goal: £15,271

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Our help provides the children with an improved education, leading to much more opportunities later in life. We work closely with the communities to help them develop in a sustainable way and improve the quality of the lives of those living there.

Project Message

These children deserve more, they don't have the opportunities to progress. Secondary education is key to fulfill there life's dreams.
- Ruth Atayupanqui Ramirez, Local Head Teacher

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Ross Deans,

1st Floor
3 High Street
St Albans, Herts AL3 4ED
United Kingdom
+44 1727 250 262
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Project Sponsor

Global Vision International Charitable Trust--Sponsor

Organisation

Global Vision International Charitable Trust
Third Floor
The Senate
Exeter, Devon EX1 1UG
United Kingdom
+44 1727 250 250
http://www.gvi.org

Learn more about Global Vision International Charitable Trust and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Peru and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Peru, read the Human Development Report on Peru or the Wikipedia entry for Peru.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 30, 2012.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 31, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Amazing support for the GVI Charitable Trust

By Ross Deans - GVI Charitable Trust Manager, January 30, 2012 01:05 PM

We would like to share the most recent trustee report from the GVI Charitable Trust. This report covers the six month period from July to December 2011.

We are delighted to share that this has been by far our most successful period, raising in six months nearly as much as we did the whole of the previous year. This increase in funding has brought a corresponding increase in the impact we have been able to create on our programs around the world.

During this period we have invested in sustainable education across Latin America including support for the elderly in Guatemala and income generation schemes to support education in Honduras and Ecuador. In Mexico we have worked with a community to establish a recycling centre and in Kenya our partners in Mombasa will now realise their goal of seeing impoverished students through to completion of the primary education earning recognised qualifications for the first time.

These are just a few highlights of an amazing, productive and rewarding six months. Thank you to everyone who has supported us and played a crucial role in these achievements.

Attachments:

July - December 2011 Trustee Report (PDF)

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