Protect girls from child domestic labor in Peru

Summary

La Casa de Panchita empowers 800 women & girls as young as 9 to escape 14 hour days, avoid abuse, attend school, and earn fair pay. We train, tutor, and give legal advice to domestic workers in Lima. progress report read updates from the field

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	£6 - Provides a girl with 7 hours of training so that she understands her rights as a domestic worker and has the confidence and skills to advocate for herself.
	£12 - Funds a home visit to urge parents to remove their daughter from domestic work or ensure her better working conditions
	£31 - Ensures 3 female domestic workers get the professional legal or psychological counseling they need to improve their situations
	£62 - Provides 5 women with 14 hours of professional training each to they can work more efficiently and negotiate decent working conditions
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Half a million females work as servants and nannies in Peru. Most come to Lima from rural poverty or shantytowns. The vast majority do not enjoy basic rights: schooling, 6 day work week, minimum wage. Girls as young as 9 years serve others to earn a meal and care for children, instead of going to school themselves. Women and girls suffer abuse and entrapment. We enable these women to stand up for their rights and negotiate better jobs and give these girls a chance to reclaim their childhood.

Activities

With our education, training and counseling, girls and women in domestic work will be able to improve their own situations, encourage other girls to look beyond domestic work and improve working conditions and opportunities for all domestic workers.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £12,736
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £2,847
Total Funding Goal: £15,583

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

We are helping break through a heritage of poverty and servitude passed from mother to daughter because of lack of opportunity and education. As they gain skills, confidence and understanding of their rights, the 800 girls and women we serve each year will pursue more education and secure better jobs. They in turn will educate other domestic workers and parents of young girls about the alternatives and will fight to ensure the rights of all domestic workers are respected.

Project Message

I was a domestic worker for 16 years, from age 8. Through La Casa de Panchita I got support and a scholarship to become an IT technician. Now I volunteer to help others girls realize their dreams.
- Delia Quispe, Outreach worker, La Casa de Panchita

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Blanca Figueroa,

Calle Las dalias 251 DPTO. 403. Miraflores
Avenida República de Chile 566. Jesús María
Lima,Lima Lima 18
Peru
51 1 445 1469
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Organisation

Asociacion Grupo de Trabajo Redes (AGTR)
Calle Las dalias 251 DPTO 403. Miraflores. Lima 18. Peru
La Casa de Panchita. Avenida Republica de Chile 566. Jesus Maria. Lima 11. Peru
Lima, Peru Lima 18
Peru
51 1 4451469
http://www.gruporedes.org

Learn more about Asociacion Grupo de Trabajo Redes (AGTR) and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

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

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 December 15, 2011.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 26, 2011.

Latest Update from the Field

News from La Casa de Panchita

By Blanca Figueroa - Project Leader, December 15, 2011 01:08 PM

Sunday December 11^th was a great day at La Casa de Panchita. We celebrated the end-of-year holidays.

Early in the morning girls and women began arriving, ready for a full day of activities and fun. We started the day with a tee-shirt painting workshop, everyone creating their own designs. Next came a session making chocolates, and another drawing and writing Christmas cards.

In the afternoon everybody got together in the main room. The little ones danced and performed a short play organized by Analí, a former child domestic worker who’s now one of our adolescent outreach promoters. Felícitas, a young domestic worker who has participated in La Casa de Panchita for several years, sang in Quechua-- a special point of pride for those of us who have this language as their mother tongue.

Finally came a powerful moment when we all held hands and made our wishes for 2012. The celebration ended with music and dance, girls and grown-ups all celebrating together.

In the holiday spirit we want to share happiness and joy with all of you Global Giving supporters. Our best wishes for next year!

Thanks for changing the lives of the girls and women in domestic work.

Blanca Figueroa

Project leader

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