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from Bruce Peru, NEWS OF PERU, hope for homeless children July CAMPOSOL. S.A., the socially minded agro industrial company in Veru, gave us 10 tons of avocados to distribute to poor children and mothers this month. It came in two lots, 4.5 and 5.5 tons (the second lot just arrived). Come see what we did with the first lot. .....................................Click 
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of the childrens writing contest ......."My life at Bruce Peru" All participants are registered in our shelter, ...........'Albergue Nicole DÁmecourt'. Firet Prize - All expense paid trip for mother and child to Chiclayo (Sipan). Winner: Olinda Merino Contreras Second Prize - Portable radio. Winner: Anderson Dominguez Villegas. Third Prize - Wrist watch. Winner: Kenny Losano Ordinola. .. |
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they will help one another -
The majority of Peruvians (poor people) are often generous with their neighbours but lack a vision for the community, society and the nation. We work with young people, new arrivals from the countryside and mothers clubs to instill the idea that if they participate in self help social /economic development and educational projects things can improve for all of them. When the oligarchy (a holdover from Peru's colonial past) was finally broken in the 1974 revoliution, not only was the land and wealth stripped from the paternal class but so was the sense of responsibility to help those less-wel-loff. The land went to the peasants and they were expecterd to look after themselves. Unable to do this they began to drift into the cities by the millions - urban popullations swelled by as much as 1,000 % over the past 30 years. City centers surrounded by sprawlling slums populated by desparately poor, unemployed and largely uneducated people: crime, drugs and alcoholism fill up their days. Abandoned mothers and fatherless children fight over scraps at landfills. When one rises above the others he usually exploits his fellows worse than their memories of the oligarchy, and when one enters politics it is usually for his own financial gain: corruption, exploitation, |
hopeless poverty reign. There are of course shining exceptions; but
alas too few to make a real difference. Peruvian Mothers Clubs are the
nearest we have found to community spirited grass roots institutions
whith whom we can collaborate to begin to change things from the bottom
up. Which is why we feature them so much on our web site..
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| Deadly sins which keep poor countries poor. 1) Corruption - Previously dealt with on these pages 2) Lack of education - Also previously dealt with here. 3) Oppressive Government - Also dealt with 4) Poor sanitation, health, nutrition - Also dealt with. 5) Machisimo - We will let this picture speak for us... |
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day in the life of our international volunteers. At Bruce Peru our permanent
volunteers are about equally divided between Peruvians and Europeans: 9
& 7 respectively - with another 82 Peruvians available part time. Click
photo to see "A day in the life of our European Volunteers".. |
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angels of July.
We again received three generous donations of stuff for the children this month. The first came from a nice couple who came from France to visit one of our volunteers - while they were here they worked right along with the rest of us, and the night they left gave a generous donation of clothes for the children. The second arrived from Manchester, England along with our new volunteer, Joanne. And the third and largest was given, for the second month running, by an entire class of the Porochial school Santa Rosa de Lima. We thank you all for these thoughtful gifts for our children. And once again, our thanks to CAMPOSOL S.A. for your giant gift to all Trujillo. |
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The end of July students came from all over Peru to Trujillo - we fed them more than 2000 meals. They came to compete in the sixth annual football championship - this time hosted by our friends the Trujillo based school, Siglo XXI. Our volunteers worked 12 hours a day while the young athletes were here, giving them the best meals we could manage. This came about because we owed a big favor to Ciglo XXI, owed since last year when they gave schollarships to our best students. |
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| Taking breakefast to them. During the 5 day break for Peru's national holiday we were closed to the public, so some of our volunteers took breakefast out onto the streets of Trujillo to nourish at least some of the people who have come to depend on us. |
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