New Leadership 4 Bruce Peru

We have opened a second centre in Trujillo, and moved the childrens program into it. We will now use our original campus for other porojcts and programs. The mission of our new centre is to get child laborers and street kids off the street and into school. More information about the center can be found here Childrens Centre, HUARAZ
If you would like to help, you can give here Give to help street children

Three old duffers at the dedication..Street kids dance with Emma and Joannie - Cajamarca
..........Entrance, Trujillo 2....Children queuing to enter Trujillo 2
.Emma - getting ready to take over at Cajamarca . Cat - Already in place and waiting for Emma
Volunteers & Kids...vegies 4 Vegies... Back garden balcony

 

Bart's record at Bruce Peru: Bart came to us directly from a volunteer assignment in Brazil - what we did not know until later was that even while he was with us he maintained a position with the other institution, and actively worked to recruit volunteers for them. His first job with Bruce Peru was to supervise construction work at the Delicias shelter, then he was sent as assistant to work with Emma in Cajamarca - preparing him to help open our new centre in Huaraz. Bart worked well in Cakamarca, but there came under Emma's influence - would play a future roll in her take over of the Cajamarca centre. When we were ready to open our centre in Huaraz we sent Bart ahead to line up potential properties. And when Ana Tere and Bruce went up to rent one of them Bart participated fully. Then, applying what he had learned from his experience in the other Bruce Peru centres he proceeded to promote and direct the Huaraz children's centre in an exemplary fashion, adding his own natural

Bruce Peru new children's centre at Huaraz
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Hernan guides study hour
Art class
leadership and promotional skills to develop a successfully functioning children's centre in a very short time. For this we are truly grateful, and are even prepared to overlook some of his personal shortcomings. Thank you Bart for helping to start such a good work for the children of Huaraz.
 

Good-bye Cosmo and Eelke, hello Mai & Oliver
Cosmo from Japan, our dynamic 18 year old volunteer director who, whth the steady hand of Eelke in support, oversaw the opening of our new Trujillo Centre - "Trujillo 2", completed her term with us at the same time as our solid and guiding Trujillo mother figure, the Dutch engineer, Eelk. Even as we were bemoan their departure, their shoes were being brilliantly filled by an equally dynamic and extremely creative new leader, the Canadian Pharmicist, Mai. Under Mai's direction 'Trujillo 2' became precisely the hotbed of stimullation and education for poor children that we hoped for when we took the gamble of investing in a second centre in our home city. And now evyn Mai has completed her term and turned over the reins to Joaquin, professional from Spain with 10 years in charity work for children.
And now to our most successful centre, Huaraz, where the consumate founder/promoter Bart, has turned over direction to the extremely competent Oliver

 .........Cosmo, one of our best Directors.........Eelke, our stable mother of Trujillo
...........................Cosmo.......................................Eelke
..........Mai, another great director.........
.....................Mai............................................... Oliver
 
Recent Angles
Many recent volunteers have arrived haveily laden with generous gifts for the children. The reason we have only a few pictures here is due to our digital camera having been broken for 6 weeks and our photographer away in Lima for medical treatement for a month (our appologies to you who are not pictured). Four computers, laptops from Daniela, and Debra and two computers loaned by Ana Tere's family in Lima. A massive load of medicines for children arrived with Mai; a generous gift from Dr. Heather; and more gifts arrived than we now remember..
Mai, & generous gifts......Dr. Mike and gifts
.....Mai, medicines and animals..Dr Heather's generosity
Debra + beautiful laptop....Laura, future director
......Debra, with her good used laptop, same from Daniela

Transitions
Since our last update we have received 27 new international and 7 new Peruvian volunteers. Due to the disruption in our volunteer application/email server caused by a hacker, our intake of international volunteers is due to fall in September: which will cause a delay in our plan to open a new Childrens Centre this year .

..........Joaquin, director of Trujillo 2..........Laura, future director
Joaquin, current director.....Daliela, future director
of Trujillo 2`. .......................Huaraz

....................Diana, director of Cajamarca........Diana, director of Cajamarca.................
Diana is joined by Eyelyn as co-director at Cajamarca

.Michael, future director...Anna, long term director..Michael, future director
........Michael, director....Anna, director...Deb, great organizer