Our center in Cajamarca, it can now be said, is an unreserved success. Thanks to the creative toil of a great team of volunteers, we now have a stable group of 45 to 52 poor children who come every day to receive our help, including classes, a free meal and lots of love and services. Half our children go to school in the morning and come to us in the afternoon; the other half the reverse. This month we celebrated our official dedication, with civic and religious figures in assistance, and at the end of the month we bade farewell to Jean-Francois and Joannie, our first coordinators, and witnessed the turnover of direction to Emma and Cat (pictured here; Jean-Francois and Joannie: featured below). Our mission is to get child laborers and street kids off the street and into school. More information about the center can be found

.Three old duffers at the dedication..Street kids dance with Emma and Joannie - Cajamarca
At the dedication.....Some of the children dancing
.Emma - getting ready to take over at Cajamarca . Cat - Already in place and waiting for Emma
Emma (Director)................ Cat (Codirector)

 

This month at Trujillo:
With the departure of our leadership team to Cajamarca, we formed a new one, under Antonio, Meghann and Tomoko.
 So far they have risen to the challenge, improving our control over the progress of the children who we recently registered in school: visiting their homes and monitoring their progress with the schools where they attend. Antonio is increasing the number of social workers on his team, who have also redirected the children's classes to better address the learning needs of incoming street children, and helped improve the schedule of the Language Academy for adults. Meghann has opened new markers for the products of the mothers of Hachamama. For more information click

Eriko and Tabby with children
Hernan guides study hour
Art class
Elco's English Class for adults
Elco's English class		 Dentists and other volunteers at Delicias site Gathering at Delicias.
  A tribute to three special volunteers
Jean-Francois and Joannie, from Quebec, Canada, are two young scientists who decided to come help street children in Peru before going for their doctoral degrees. They spent their four months partly in Trujillo, where they were on the leadership team, and mostly in Cajamarca, where they served as our first directors of the new project there. They proved wonderful, dedicated and caring administrators, getting the project off the ground and open within a few weeks of their arrival. Motivating and shepherding their team of volunteers they began to make contact with the street children of Cajamarca, organized the kitchen and dining areas, classrooms, dorms for volunteers and contact with professional and special services we would need for our children. They also promoted, opened and taught in the evening language academy; which is destined to make the project self sustaining. By their example of hard work, creative ideas, good humor and team work they succeeded beyond our expectations. Jean-Francois and Joannioe, we salute you.
Their success, we know, was also due to the great support they received from the team of volunteers who gathered at Cajamarca: Georg, who made the furniture and renovated the property to accommodate our mission: and he also taught both children and adults. Cat, who pitched in with everything, always good humored (usually singing), with her creativity and good teaching both of children and adults. The social worker, Carla, the medic, Peter, Secretary, Irma, Cook and her staff. And then came John (from England). Scheduled to stay for 3 weeks he stretched it to 5. The consensus of everyone who has worked with John is that he is the best, most creative and hardest working educator of street children they have ever encountered. Bravo John!		 Jean-Francois - first director of Cajamarca..Joannie - First codirector of Cajamarca
Jean-Francois original Director....... Joannie, original Codirector

John - capable of changing street kids'lives..Antonio - hope in a sad life
Click above to read: "A Day in the Life of a Street Child"
written by JOHN
 
The Angles of April
James finally left us the end of April. After six months with us he went to the jungle of northern Peru to learn the secrets of the Shaman. Before going, however, he organized one last shipment of children's clothes, medicines and a hair dryer. Thank you, James, for all you have done.
Diana came to us from Japan, laden with toys and educational material for the children; and has now gone on to Cajamarca: where she is making a valuable contribution to the new team there.
Three large crates followed Tomoko from Japan. They were full of the largest collection of really good children's clothes, medical, dental, toys and learning supplies that we have ever received from one volunteer. A huge thank you to all of you.
James - Don Jimbosito to the jungle.Diana - with her gifts
......James' final gifts.......Diana arrives with lovely things
.Tomoko - From Japan with love
Tomato with our largest volunteer gift yet

Transitions
April we bade farewell to some of our finest, longest serving volunteers so far. The loss was well compensated by the arrival of a new group of exceptionally dedicated and talented volunteers from all over the globe.

Nadja - Teacher.. Bibi - teacher, fundraiser.

Juan Jose - our original IT volunteer and friend: returns.. . Juan - Tomoko's partner, our friend and helper

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John - Teacher, future director.teacher, leader, street child specialist. Eriko, - teacher, street child researcher....

Bart - Experienced Charity supervisor, future director..Eelke - IT specialist, who is wonderful with children, natural leader..Diana - multilingual teacher..

Our new Spanish teacherCarla - our new PsychologistNilda - Professional Nutricianist
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