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IVY-PERU COMMITTEE
This committee was formed in 1988 with the specific purpose of raising
funds to help children in Peru. The Committee has
since raised an average of $30,000 per year through their annual
fall
Silent
Auction and the kind and generous support of friends.
This year, the Silent Auction will be held on Friday, November
10, 2006 at the Organization of the American States (OAS) in
Washington, DC. If you wish to receive an invitation or have any
questions, you can contact us at ivy_peru@hotmail.com.
These funds have
been distributed to the following organizations:
CIMA
In 1990 Jean-Louis Lebel, a Canadian lay missionary
and school teacher, created the Center for the Integration of Abandoned
Minors (CIMA), a refuge for street-boys in Lima. By 1995,
through the efforts of this talented and dedicated man, CIMA had
expanded from a single rented room to an established and
impressive complex outside of Lima with a staff of 10 workers
providing shelter to about 95 boys.
Through CIMA the boys go to
school, receive tutoring and psychological care, and learn skills including agriculture,
husbandry, carpentry, sewing, computing, and welding. Thanks to
Jean-Louis and CIMA, many of the boys have been
reintegrated with their families.
For years Ivy-Peru has donated $12,000
annually to CIMA for food and other necessities. In
addition, they often donate additional funds for other special
projects.
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CASA
DE LA MUJER
Casa de la Mujer is a home to over 90 girls
who have fallen victim to prostitution or have been sexually
assaulted. Over 30% of these girls
come with their babies. Girls as young as 12 are
struggling to deal with pregnancy, disease, poverty, and abuse.
At the Casa, girls receive medical and prenatal care,
child birth, and child care. Their children are cared for in a
full-service day care facility. This day care center center
cares for a total of 150 children, as the Casa extends its
services to care for neighborhood children of low-income
families. The Casa also offers a lunch program for
low-income seniors.
Dignity, discipline, and self respect are
emphasized while these girls study to complete their schooling. The girls are kept on a very strict schedule. Mornings are
spent attending the on-site school, where they complete high
school and earn their diplomas. In the afternoons the
girls receive training and certificates of completion in a field
of their choice: clothing construction, hair styling, or
industrial baking. These vocational certificates
go a long way towards helping the girls support their families
after they leave the Casa.
Ivy-Peru assists the Casa with annual
donations $12,000 for daily nutritional needs. They have
also donated to equipment purchases and have facilitated the coverage of
medical costs.
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HOUSE OF PEACE OF
MOTHER TERESA
This home is located in Tacora, Lima and is run
by the Missionaries of Charity, an order of nuns founded by
Mother Teresa to help the poorest of the poor. The home
ministers to destitute and dying older men and women. It
also cares for dozens abandoned children with cerebral palsy. In 2005
the Ivy-Peru Committee donated $2,500 to purchase urgently
needed medicines for the mentally disabled.
CASA DON BOSCO
In 1990, Ayacucho was the center of wide-spread
atrocities committed by the Shinning Path, a Peruvian terrorist
group. Many orphans were created from this
violence. Under the management of Father Jose Antunez de Mayolo,
then director of the San Juan Bosco School, Ivy-Peru began sending
funds to help feed these orphans and other destitute children
in the area.
Out of concern for the children's futures, Father
Jose created Casa Don Bosco where the children receive education
and training in vocational trades. Casa Don Bosco was built with
financial support from the Ivy-Peru Committee and the Peruvian,
Italian and Spanish governments. For many years the Ivy-Peru Committee
assisted Casa Don Bosco's with daily expenses that helped provide
training to 450 orphans.
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