vandenemiel@gmail.com With this news message from Cusco, Peru, we would like to let you know how we are doing, how the situation is in Cusco and how the organisation is dealing with Covid-19. Here in Peru we have been in social quarantine for more than three weeks now, since March 15 there is a complete lockdown. … Read more
Support from Intouch Global Foundation Also for the year 2020, Añañau can count on the support of Intouch Global Foundation from England. The foundation has been working with Añañau since last year and decided to continue this positive partnership. Intouch Global Foundation substantively supports educational projects in the South and offers tailor-made guidance in developing … Read more
On Friday the 6th of March our annual excursion took place. This time for the first time with the participation of the two projects of Añañau, a wonderful opportunity to get to know each other. Together with the children, parents, teachers and volunteers from San Jeronimo and Huancaro we had the most wonderful day! We … Read more
On the 6th of January, together with the arrival of summer, we started the activities of the children’s holiday program. Just like in previous years, we program a varied range of relaxing and educational activities during the holidays to make good use of this free time and to stimulate the children in various areas. It … Read more
This year we started the new year at the project and also the holiday program with full force! Social work intern Lynn Cauwels worked out with the permanent team an interesting and interactive project week for the group of the older children about the sustainable development goals, the so-called SDGs of the 2030 Agenda, and … Read more
Music@theCasino fundraising event of vzw Qué bonito! On Saturday the 23th of November 2019, the fourth edition of Music@theCasino took place, the fundraising event of the Belgian non-profit asociation Qué bonito for the benefit of the project of Añañau in Peru. This wonderful musical event was made possible by the enthusiastic cooperation and presence of … Read more
On Friday the 20th of December, the last day of the school year in Peru, we met with all the children and their families for Christmas at the project. We wanted to come together in this beautiful ocasion with all families, close the year together and wish each other Christmas. After all, for most children … Read more
Like every year, before the end of the year, Añañau conducts a health campaign for all children in the project in collaboration with the hospital SOS Clinic Cusco. On the 19th of December we organized this yearly health campaign and with a 100% presence of all children, accompanied by their parents, we went to the … Read more
From September to the end of November we received two trainees in orthopedagogics in the project who have been working with the group of the little ones on their social-emotional and communication skills. Due to the very closed culture of the children, the children come from very traditional Quechua families from the Andes mountains, and … Read more
On the 20th of November, it was #WorldChildrensDay, the international Day of the Child. This year it was extra special because it marked the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, an event that transformed the lives of children around the world. Because children are particularly vulnerable, because they do not … Read more