Peruvian Andes Adventures || Community Aid Projects
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In many areas of the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Huayhuash there are families and children living in poor conditions, with very basic housing, no medical care, many hours walk from the closest school or village, inadequate diet, and no available cash to buy clothes, school books and pens.
In 2006 Peruvian Andes Adventures has started a fund to aid some of the poorer communities in the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Huayhuash.
Local children living in the Peruvian mountains
Each year Peruvian Andes Adventures will donate a percentage of trek profits towards the fund, and also donations from clients are very welcome.
In 2006 the fund was started with a very generous donation of US$240 from Peter and Mariane Tanner from Germany, and in 2007 we received further generous donations from Kate Mansell from the UK and Steve Palman of the USA. Peruvian Andes Adventures has contributed US$360 in 2006 and US$500 in 2007.
Funds will be used to purchase warm clothes for children in the poorest communities and to supply notebooks, pens and pencils for the schools. Many of these families do not have the cash to buy new, warm clothes or school supplies for their children.
Distributing Clothes & School Supplies to Children In Shongo
At the termination of the trekking season, we will travel with some of our key staff to the visit the communities we have chosen to help this year to distribute clothes and school equipment to those who need help the most.
In January 2007 we visited a local community in the Shongo Valley that is on the Olleros to Chavin trekking route. Families and children here live in very poor conditions, with very basic housing, in many cases no schooling and no health care. We distributed 30 fleece jackets and a large quantity of school supplies to children there.
In November 2007 we visited the village of Huarca in the Cordillera Blanca. Huarca is a small village situated at 3700m at the foot of Huandoy mountain. It has a population of around 500 people living in scattered small houses and the principle means of earning a living is from subsistence farming on small marginally economic farm plots. The village is away from the trekking routes and so does not receive any income or benefits from tourism.
We donated good quality fleece suits with jackets and trousers to 130 school children in the area.
Fleece clothing ready to take to Huarca
Typical Shongo Valley home
(Top) Peruvian Andes Adventures distributing clothing in Huarca and (Bottom) Happy Huarca kids with new clothes
Funds donated by Peruvian Andes Adventures and donations received from clients are accounted for in a separate fund and records are available for inspection, and we will have photos from our visits to the local communities each year.
With our community aid project through tourism, together we make a difference to the families in the Peruvian Andes.
To give you an idea of how far even a modest donation will go to help some disadvantaged children:
US$100 can buy:
*12 excellent quality warm and durable fleece jackets or 550 pens or 120 notebooks.
Contact Anne for more information on how you can be a part of our Community Aid Projects during your Trek in Peru.
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