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| Expansion of San Lucas School, Arequipa, Peru |
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| San Lucas is an Anglican school situated in the Andean city of Arequipa. It is run by the Diocese of Perú. Despite outward appearances, Perú is a poor country with the majority of the population lacking in education. The vision for the school has always been to provide an affordable and a quality education for young people in the shanty areas. Their aim is to make a difference to the prospects of present and future generations. |
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| The key elements to the success of this school are English as second language taught by a native English speaker and computer courses for all grade levels. Following the purchase of a new site - quite simply a levelled piece of ground - San Lucas began the expansion into secondary education in 2005 by adding annually a new school year together with the specialist teachers needed to support the extra students. |
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| Over the next few years new classrooms need to be built every year so this is a big and exciting venture. When the project is complete there will be 3 classrooms for Early Years, 12 for primary and 10 for secondary: a total of 25. |
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How much?
During 2007/08 the next stage of the project involves building a block of 4 classrooms & 2 toilet facilities. The total cost of this work is £28,000 ($55,000) and work will be able to start when one third of this money has been provided. This total includes furnishing (desks, chairs, whiteboard, shelving and a teacher's desk) which, as a guide is estimated at £60 per pupil in a class of 35. As a separate issue, some PCs have been purchased this year to begin equipping the computer lab but there is still a need for more - at £320 each |
Thank you!
Rev'd Juan Carlos Revilla, chaplain to the school writes: "Thank you for your kindness and your desire to support the work of Jesus Christ here in Arequipa, Perú. These are dreams that we leave in God's hands - and it is with hope that we are sharing these dreams with you |
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| If you would like to help the San Lucas School fulfil their exciting vision, please send your donations to the address on our contact page, and kindly indicate clearly that your gift is for the
'San Lucas School Building Project. |
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| Esperanza Foster Home, Asuncion, Paraguay |
What?
A project launched to bring hope to some of the abandoned babies and young children of Paraguay. "Esperanza" ("Hope") foster home provides a caring and safe environment for children awaiting investigation of their family circumstances and legal procedures for adoption. Local Christian houseparents and volunteers provide a family environment, caring for a maximum of 5 children under the age of five at any one time.
How much?
Overall costs are around £15,000 per annum. |
Benefits
Of the many babies and young children abandoned each year in Paraguay, 50 become the responsibility of the State. The church's vision is to make a difference to some of these lives, while relieving pressure on the overcrowded and under-resourced home already run by the Adoption Centre. |
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People responsible
Murray and Penny Metcalfe, SAMS Mission Partners.
What to do?
For more information please see accompanying descriptive PDFs Esperanza Foster Home (1.6mb) and Giving to Esperanza Foster Home (10kb). |
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