In Peru, for the many
school age children not attending, we have developed a very
successful means of educating them up to the standard of
children their age who are in school. We prepare them to pass
the entrance for the grades they belong in. We help pay their
registration fees, uniforms, class materials. Then we support
them
in school for two years: until they are well launched
on their way education.
[The challenge: 26% of Peru´s Children, the poorest,
remain uneducated]
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of Education have invited us to
install our informal schools for at-risk children, which
the Ministry of Education has until now been unable to
reach, within sellected primary and secondary schools.
We agreed to operate a pilot for two years, and
thereafter have worked: in several public and private
schools in Peru.. |
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| The venue was the July 2008 WHO nursing conference held in Israel and
attended by health care officials from 33 countries..
Nancy and her husband, Tom Palmer, MD, have conducted
annual clinics for our children and parents beginning in
2005. |
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A pivotal moment in the history of Bruce Cusco.
When Richard took the helm and Steve took over the finances of the
Cusco programme in late December 2008 everything turned positive,
the projects, the staff, promotional events, the coordination with
Bruce headquarters, mission planning and execution: all went from
strength to strength. Our work with the children was never embraced
so by the local and expat community as when Rich and Steve were the
faces of Bruce Cusco. New Zealand Fire Fighters
(with UK roots), Rich is also an expert in First Response and Search
and Rescue, they contacted us when planning a motorbike tour of
South America - Crazy Roads
Tour¨- to end up with their volunteer stint in Cusco. The
following Cusco directors, Becca and Suzie spent their first month
serving with Rich and Steve, being trained by them. And though only
19, the girls proved worthy of their teachers, and then some. Thanks
guys. |
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Becca & Suzie (From
03.09) |
Rita(6 Months, from
07.08) |
Isabela (Starting
03.08) |
Ivet(6 months from
10.07) |
Mia (2+ starting
08.07) |
Street Kids
2008 - Time to re-exmine
our approach to helping street children and the families they come
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Bryan, later joined by Jon &
Colom; have been
demonstrating how wonderfully our Cusco projects can
flurish in the hands of three Irish "Tigres" - each is a
school teacher back in Ireland, But Bryan is a special
combination of dedicated school director and dynamic
project
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 We continue to remember and respect the high standard
upon which Elizabeth and Chris launched our Cusco project for
at-risk children.- Now on our fourth group of children, we
recognise our debt to the founders, Chris and
Beth!
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 January 2005 - Our
Centre in Cusco is off to a great start -
already two satellite centres in the poor barrios. Here our
volunteers decorate our headquarters entrance, not far from
the Plaza de Armas.
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 News from Centres in Peru. This March we will
matriculate over 500 new students into school and continue to
support over 1500 whom we already have
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Very poor children
being prepared to enter school for the first
time.We have given each centre a target of how
many children we hope to prepare and register for school by
this December. Trujillo is on target. Huaraz is
optemistic.Waiting for word from Cajamarca and
Malabrigo. Total: 130
children
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Our campaign:
"DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR STREET CHILDREN!" is beginning to pick
up momentum in centres where lots of international tourists
are encountering Peru's child laborers on a daily
basis.The object of the campaign is to recruit volunteers from
the tourist population who visit Peru each
year, | |
 Linda
James, Directing Bruce Cusco from June through
August made the most remarkable improvement in one
of our centres ever recorded. And she completed her
groundbreaking tour of duty by presenting us with a
/director's Manual, and Bryan. We are forever in her
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Govt.
Convention Recognises Bruce Peru Volunteer
Success
ibid/ recognising
Bruce Peru´s,
success at informal education, the Peruvian
Government have agreed to pay selected
teachers. |
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Peruvian
National Day Fiesta. National
Holiday we threw a lavish fiesta for our children, with
gift bearing participants from the Duke of Edinburugh
Trust. |
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 This is how we help
the very poorest children of Cuzco to become better
nourished, clothed, medicated and most importantly:
educated.
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| Street kids,
..........They come
to us
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we make of
them
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