Peru Childrens Project
This project involves working with disadvantaged children, providing educational and recreational resources and experiences during their summer holidays.
History
In 1996 Michael Amphlet (Quest Overseas Founder and Director) met Alejandro Menéndez, an outreach worker for CEDRO (Centro de información y educación para la prevención del abuso de drogas/The Centre for information and education for the prevention of drug abuse). CEDRO works with children and young people in deprived areas of Lima, working to help them escape or avoid the prevalent drugs culture. Objectives
To provide a programme of cultural and recreational activities for 100s of children from one of the world’s largest shanty towns during their holidays. During term-time the project offers educational support to build bonds within communities whilst helping to prevent them from becoming victims of poverty and drug abuse. Achievements
- Worked and played with several thousand disadvantaged children annually for 11 years
- Constructed a pre-school for 100 kids
- Renovated 3 kindergartens
- Sponsorship of 20 local sports teams
- Construction of an assault course
- Paid for well over 100,000 swimming pool entrances
- Produced 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
Future Plans
The Quest Charitable Trust will continue supporting the children’s summer camp and the communities surrounding the complex. Recent volunteers from partner Quest Overseas have donated sports equipment to the children and taught them how to play. Training initiatives will be developed in the future. Donations in 2008 will be used towards sponsoring children to attend pre-school and construction projects with skilled volunteers through Quest Sabbaticals. 
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