April

Five harvests and a closure This month we trawled and trawled until all the fish were netted, distributed them to our mothers clubs then closed the farm: the price of fish in the market has dropped so low that it is now cheaper to buy them than to raise them.
We are not giving up on fish farming, just putting it on standby until we can find a pond with water we do not have to purchase, and waiting for the price of fish to rise again, as it inevitably will. A ton and a half of thanks to Floyd Jones on behalf of the street children and abandoned mothers of Trujillo; for he made this project possible.

  Our friends at Emaus Trujillo, the good charity that was started in France, have been helping us with clothes and things for the children for the past two years. This month we had the opportunity to pay back some of their kindness with a truckload of excess computer parts.
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  This month we celebrated the birthdays of all our children who turned a year older during the past 60 days. With dances, entertainments, games, contests and lots of sweets we sent them into another year; ending with presents all around.
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  Mathilde Roch has come from France to help us. Next month she will initiate our first French language classes.
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  The students and teachers of the fourth grade class of St. Marys Primary School came to meet our children and to offer their help in gathering clothes and school materials for them.

  It says in rthe Bible that we sometimes receive angels without knowing. .The little man seated between our volunteers may have been such a case. He appeared at our door wounded, penniless and hungry. He had been travelling from Huaraz to Ecuador to find work when he was set upon by robbers; they beat him and took everything he had, including hes identification and the address of his new employer. We fed him and healed him and when he was well enough bought him a ticket back to Huaraz. He was quiet and peaceful and helped as much as he could..

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Our new guardian is not a dog
In mid April Ana Tere was in front of a shop when she heard noises coming from under a car that was about to pull out. She asked the driver to wait while she had a look, and out came a baby cat. She brought it to the center and the children immediately adopted her, giving her the original name "Kitty". Now the little rascal is watching over everything, and everyone loves her.

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Transitions
In April two of our longest serving Peruvian volunteers, Matilde and Zoila left for other pursuits - we will miss them. Our consellation is the coming of Mathilde from France.

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