Category: Non classé
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Mama Killa, a trustworthy space to learn and exchange
News from the Mama Killa program by Marlene, founder and director of the social center Huchuy Yachaq and two women following the training. A step towards economic independence and happiness … “On the 9th of May, after moving, buying equipment, recruiting instructors and other adventures (furniture almost fell from the 5th floor), the Mama Killa workshop opened…
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When Carole, godmother, encountered Ruth Camilla, her godchild
Interview de Carole, the godmother of Ruth Camilla, who went to Peru in September 2022. How did you know Los Chicos de Cusco and since when are you the godmother in the association? A friend of mine who is currently the godmother of two children talked to me about the association and about how serious…
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Back from the mission “Give a smile back in Peru”
After a first mission in 2019, six new dental surgery students from the French association “Give a smile back in Peru” conducted awareness-raising interventions with the beneficiaries of the Huchuy Yachaq social center during August 2022. Here is their mission report: “Give a smile back in Peru is an association of dental surgery students in…
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The social centre of Huchuy Yachaq still active (November 2021)
Several months ago, some classes of the Las Hormiguitas Kindergarten opened. They could welcome the children since it has a private institution. The principal could decide whether to open the centre or not, in agreement with the teachers and the parents. The children of the three classes came first alternately, then almost every day, three…
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News from Picol
The Covid epidemic reinforces the social and cultural exclusion of families from rural migrations A large majority of the parents of pupils at the Picol school come from rural migrations. Their mother tongue is Quechua. Most of the children live in the districts of San Jeronimo and San Sebastian and a few in more distant…