PERUAP UPDATE No 22 November 2013 Helping
community projects in Peru
We would like to
inform friends and supporters of Peruap about the latest news.
1. The fund
raising event of July, after all costs and expenditure, raised £302.44. Many
thanks to those who helped with the organization of the party, to the musicians
and volunteers. And of course to those of you who attended the event.
2. We received a request
for help from the community village of Chingas in the province of Antonio
Raymondi in the department of Ancash. They requested tables and chairs for an
infants’ school in the community of Chingas. Peruap helped with a donation of
£245.03 ($370) which has been sent from London, part of the donation requested
and are awaiting photos and information that the donation has been received by
the village. We are hoping to be able to provide the rest of the requested
school furniture in the near future.
3. The shanty
town that Peruap has helped in the past with several donations to its community
centre such as a toilet in a brick built area, sink, flooring and latterly
donations for its kitchen area, Nueva Esperanza in Callao, has sadly been razed
to the ground by a fire that raged through it and the neighbouring two or more
shanty towns. At present the inhabitants of Nueva Esperanza are being housed in
tents on a concrete football pitch near to the shanty town site. The
Municipality has provided these tents and one mattress for each family and is
providing some food for the people. Claudio has spoken this afternoon to Senor
Bruno, the village leader, who said that the fire took hold incredibly quickly
and we can imagine that these rickety buildings made for the most part of cheap
wooden panels would catch fire very easily. The cause of the fire is as yet
unknown, but likely to be a short circuit as the electricity supply was rather
precarious. Mr Bruno has told Peruap that the main need is for more foodstuffs,
so we hope to make a donation as soon as we can get money sent over, and
hopefully again when we visit in January.
4. On 23rd
November Claudio is doing another tour and talk of the British Museum Peruvian Pre
Hispanic artifacts to raise money for the Peru Apurimac Project. This tour will
be in Spanish, but he is intending to conduct a tour in English in the New
Year. Any Spanish speakers are welcome, the tour will commence at 3pm from room
2 at the British Museum. You can meet Claudio at the main information desk at
2.45pm.
Tel 07427635508.
5. Peruap has
opened a Facebook page to post news and our events. The name is ‘Peruap
Apurimac Peru’, and is mostly in Spanish although we hope to add information in
English as we go on with it. Meanwhile there are photos on the site. There is
also a blog in both languages: http://peru-ap.blogspot.co.uk/
6. We hope to
visit Peru in January 2014 and look forward to doing some Project work whilst
we are there. We will keep you informed.
If anyone would
like to volunteer to help with fundraising or other aspects of the Project we
can be contacted on 0208 699 8731/07427635508
e-mail: peruapurimacproject@gmail.com
Thank you for
your kind donations and help with the Project.
Claudio Chipana
and Judith Grimsdell, London,
November 2013
