Summer Newsletter 2011

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Summer Newsletter 2011

The New Therapy Centre is operating well, most of this trip , May to July ,was spent Organising the Centre, we never had an office before so it was a challenge getting it operating smoothly, and getting everyone used to the system in place.

Many things were unfinished when we had the opening ceremony in February

Some lights were not working or had to be installed

Some problems with the water pump and the recycling water system for the garden,

We have a system in place for recycling the water from the showers and wash hand basins, and using it to water the Garden

It’s working well now, however we are still waiting on a donation of grass to cover the garden

We are promised a donation of Tiles for the floors from a Tile factory; we are still waiting on these!!

But then everything moves so slow here in Peru.....lots of documents are required for the simplest things.

However as can seen from the pictures on Face book the Centre is big and very bright, unlike most of the buildings in Peru, as their building customs are different than ours. The centre is very Cheerful and inviting

Our next project is to train some of the older teenagers in basic handcrafts. Initially we will make some Christmas tree decorations, and see how it develops

We have already done some initial training to see how the young people would adapt, and all the signs are positive.

It’s truly amazing how artistic some of these young people are.

Last week Coco, who has Autism, was playing or messing  as we thought !...with ceramic plaster, and he made a beautiful  Lion...and then painted it,,,with very little help.

Hilmar who is 12 and def and dumb makes lovely drawings then paints them, he is simply amazing.

We celebrated our   3rd Anniversary of the setting up of the Therapy Centre on the 13th of June. There is a celebration for everything in Peru...! I think as a Nation they like to show their gratitude for everything...which is very nice. John Whelan from Carlow came for the Celebrations, with his Friend Neilson Cercado John runs an education Centre for young people with Special needs in the east of Lima

On our recent Outing we had a Trip to Chosica, A nice Park just at the beginning of the Andes,
We had 50 in total on the trip between Kids, and Adults, We had Bar-B-Q chicken for lunch, it was delicious.!
Everyone had a Brilliant time we spent 6 hours there, playing Games, on swings and slides and of course cooking on the Bar-B-Q, Irish style ! A big Thank you to San Filepe Transportes, who generously supplied the Bus for the Trip

There are lots of Photographs of the Anniversary Celebrations and Outing to Chosica on Facebook

Those kinds of days make up for all the Hassel here in trying to get things done,

Belated Happy BIG Birthday to Frank Sherry Athlone. Frank is a long-time supporter of the Work in Lima, he raised €750 at his Birthday Party  recently for the work with the kids in the Therapy Centre

The Draw organised by Tommy Kelly took place on Friday night last.

It has been a great success, more than €4500  raised for the work in Las Lomas

A  big thank you to Tommy and all who helped selling Cards and a special Thank You to the generous sponsors.

We are having a Joint fundraiser with the “Help Them Hope” foundation here in Lima,run by  John Whelan from Carlow. We are having a night of Ballroom Dancing on the 2nd August, Tickets are just €10 and a great Nights fun is assured

So get your Hucklebuck shoes   ready...... !