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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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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
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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)
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Rita(6 Months, from 07.08)
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Isabela (Starting 03.08)
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Ivet(6 months from 10.07)
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Mia (2+ starting 08.07) |
Street
Kids 2008 - Time to
re-exmine our approach to helping street children and the families
they come from..
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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 there. |
Full story
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, |
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 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 debt. |
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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