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Cistern Water Supply Project:

Aldea Rosario Orpanage- Huancayo Peru

Computer Class Project:

Aldea Rosario Orpanage - Huancayo Peru

Holidays in the Andes 2006:

Peru Luz Esperanza - Chupaca Peru

Swing Repair Project:

Prolivalente School for Special Needs:

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Free Mountain School Book Shelves:

Tnkuy Peru - Huancayo Peru:

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Summer Immersion Project 2008:

Huancayo Peru:

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Community Solar Oven Project:

Chupaca, Peru:

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88 Bikes Donation Project 2008/2009:

Huancayo Peru:

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Playground Project:

Francisca Mayer Orphanage - Huancayo Peru

Wheel Chair Ramps Project:

Prolivalente School for Special Needs:

Accessible Toilet Room Project

Prolivalente School for Special Needs:

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Holidays in the Andes 2007:

PERU + BOLIVIA + ECUADOR

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Free School of Chupaca:

Peru Luz Esperanza (PLE)- Chupaca Peru:

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Summer Outreach 2008:

Valle Mantero Peru:

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New Children's Library:

Santa Cruz Bolivia:

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Holidays in the Andes 2008:

PERU + BOLIVIA + ECUADOR

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Aldea Rosario in Huancayo Peru had an urgent water with their water supply needing fresh water to clean, cook and bath with. The Andean Outreach Program funded, designed and built 4 fresh water cisterns constituting 70% of the orphanages water supply. The project was volunteer lead and improved hygeine, sanitation, and nutrtion
Aldea Francisca Mayer is an all girls orphanage located in rural Huancayo. The orphaned girls at this facility needed a place to play, and be distracted from their difficult pasts. This playground is important to the development of the children here. The AOP funded, designed, and built this project at the Fransica Mayer Orphanage.
With donated computers from the United States, AOP volunteers where able to set up two laptops in the Rosario Orphanage and instruct typing and writing classes. It is critical for the children at this orphanage to recieve some kind of job training before they are released at age 18. Having these classes promotes an interest in developing job skills.
The Prolivalente School for children with special needs in Huancayo has classes for children who are hearing impaired, vision impaired, disabled children, and children with downs syndrome. The school badly needed a series of ramps so students in wheelchairs could access classrooms. The AOP funded and built this project.
For the Holidays in 2006, the AOP collected clothing for the underserved children and families of the Village of Chupaca Peru. The AOP was able to collect 100 pounds of clothing and toys to send to the village. The donated items were distributed by Peru Luz Esperanza, our local Partner Organization in Chupaca.
The Prolivalente School for Children with Special needs has many students who use wheelchairs. There existing toilet room had one toilet fixture and two holes in the ground making completely inaccessible for students in wheelchairs. The AOP created two new toilet rooms with new accessible toilet stalls, fixtures, and sinks improving hygiene and sanitation.
The Prolivalente School for Children had a playground with a broken swingset. The children were unable to use the playground for years because of a problem that was a very easy and inexpensive fix. The AOP was able to fix two swings and provide new swing seats.
In 2007, we supported programs in Peru, Boliva, and Ecuador with funds to purchase food, sweaters, winter hats, school supplies, and gifts. With the program, we raised were able to reach over 500 children and their families in the Andes.
The 2008 Summer Outreach Project was a part of the efforts of the 2008 Summer Immersion Program. The AOP volunteers on that trip were able to donate clothing, food, and medical supplies to over 150 children and three different orphanages in the Mantero Valley.
In the small villages outside of Chupaca Peru, families struggle to aford gas to cook food and firewood is almost non existant at the high altitude. The AOP designed and funded the construction of a solar powered oven that harnesses the heat from the sun to cook. The oven reaches a temp of 400 degrees and provides a free and sustainable source of cooking heat that is shared by the community.
The new children's library in Santa Cruz Bolivia is a place that offers children a safe a free place to learn. The new building was funded by the AOP and constructed by Luz Del Mundo, our local partner. The library was built using recycled materials which help to encourage sustainabilty in the region. The facility offers afterschool services to children everyday.
With the 88 Bikes organization, AOP was able to reach 120 orphaned children in 5 different orphanages with donated bicycles., helmets, and bike locks. This program was a unique collobaration that will change the lives of the children it reached. This project will improve the physical fitness of these children as well as give them the skills and training to make bike repairs.
The 2008 Christmas in the Andes project was our annual endowment fund that brought over food, clothing, and school supplies to over 700 children as well as important programing and festivities. With the 2008 program, the AOP was able to work with 5 local porgrams including three in Peru, one in Bolivia, and one in Ecuador.

Our Past Projects:

The primary goal of the Andean Outreach Project is to help the marginalized people of South America through funding and execution of volunteer lead community improvement projects. Listed below are some of the projects that we have completed.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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With Tinkuy Peru and AOP volunteers, the Free Mountain School the AOP was able to fund the contruction and intallation of book shelves for each of the Mountain school's classrooms. The students now have a place to read lesson books and a room to store their school supplies.

 

The Free School of Chupaca conists of five locations throughout the rural highlands of Chupaca. The AOP funded the start-up of the school, the purchase of school supplies, and has been sending volunteers to the school of over a year. The free school offers basic classes to children of agricultural families.

 

 

 

 

 

In the summer of 2008, the AOP sent six volunteers to Huancayo to participate in an educational and cultural exchange as well as provide service to families in need. The volunteers where able to complete a large research project on how the AOP can help more children as well as made many donations to local orpahanages.