Discover, Plan & Go!

The deaf orphanage with whom we originally worked for quote some time is currently getting a lot of needed help from locals following the awareness created from the major documentary done on our presence at the Orphanage. The program at the newer facility was begun to help in an area where kids have received no help at all. Please note that this new facility is * not * working with deaf children, though we do occasionally still engage in projects with the original facility. At the other site, also in the heart of Cusco, volunteers are badly needed to care for the children at a facility which serves 64 kids, ages 8-17 yrs old. They are extremely poor and come from rural mountains. While some have families, the parents are too poor to care for their own children. Without this facility, they would have no place to sleep, no food, and no education whatsoever. 25 kids actually *live* at the dormitories in the home. Most of the kids speak Quechua, and limited Spanish. Click here for photos from our new site. There's been virtually no maintenance to the home in 10 years before we found this important home. We have begun painting rooms and making repairs. We are also giving them basic hygiene and 1st Aid instruction. There is a greenhouse project, sewing needed, even mural painting needed. They've asked us to teach games & songs, denstrate/teach in handwork/arts&crafts, help teach basic sports like soccer. The main goals are: Promote Self-Esteem, Health & Hygiene, Job Skills when possible,Teach kids to Help Others(i.e. Lorena Stove construction Wheelchair assembly), and Have Fun!