Achievements in Peru

Peru Children’s Project

This was Quest4Change's first project and we have been working in Villa Maria, Peru for 13years. Our projects help the children of this, one of the world's largest shanty towns, escape and avoid the prevalent drugs culture.

Updated August 2011

Achievements

Worked and played with several thousand disadvantaged children annually for 15 years
Construction of a pre-primary and primary school for 100 kids, which received yearly maintenance and is painted brightly with educational murals
50 of the poorest children are sponsored to receive free education, with another 50 receiving subsidised places.
Financed expansion of primary school to double its intake
Constructed 25 houses for some of the poorest families in the community.
Renovated 3 kindergartens
Sponsorship of 20 local sports teams
Construction of an assault course for local kids which is maintained and repainted every year.
Paid for and enabled well over 100,000 swimming pool entrances
Produced over 200 "Domingos Familiares", free stage shows for the community
Purchased around 30 life size puppets
Purchased sound equipment for stage shows
Restoration and fencing of a local playground
Provided permanent employment for project co-ordinator
Provided regular employment for 5 local project support staff