Bruce Peru (Bannerman)

Victoria at Bruce School	Walking Victoria home from Bruce School	Victoria at home with mother Sofia [a hovel without water or electricity]


Victoria's Mother, Sofia
2005 - Sofia at Bruce Peru teen rape shelter	Sofia's history	At Bruce centre Sofia was taught literacy, sewing and knitting skills
	In 2004, when Sofia was 13, someone who was staying with her mother: raped her. Later, when her mother discovered Sofia was pregnant she pushed her out. Having no other family in Trujillo, Sofia found herself on the street. There a community worker with the Bruce projects found her and brought Sofia to the Bruce compound in Trujillo's city centre. Victoria was born 2005.
Today Sofia earns a small living knitting wool carpets and quilts	The fruits of her talent in hand, Sofia anticipates the next sale.	Sofia is part of "Arriba Ya" a mothers cooperative founded & funded by Bruce