Despite the unrest and many strikes in Peru during the last weeks in December, we have been able to close well the year on both projects with a wonderful Christmas celebration for the children. The children don’t have the possibility to celebrate Christmas at home with gifts, a special meal or even a Christmas tree. … Read more
After several months of coordination and many meetings, we started our great project at the Huancaro school “Caring for our environment for a better world”. Under the coordination of the Añañau team, Andre Lopes, intern from Brazil who took a master’s degree in Sustainability and the environment, the collaboration of the Communication for Development interns … Read more
Milagros Gárate Rivera is a Communication student at the National University San Antonio Abad of Cusco. During the past few months she did an internship in the project in the field of Communication for Development. Together with the children, she carried out various assignments and participatory activities for Añañau’s cultural blog. Its aim is to … Read more
On the 20th of November, it was #WorldChildrensDay, the international Day of the Child. Also this year it remains an important day to raise awareness, marking the 31st 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 … Read more
Since last Wednesday, July 1, the lockdown finally has been suspended in different parts of Peru and luckily in Cusco as well as the numbers are improving very slowly and it’s getting necessary to resume economic avtivities. For now, the government still didn´t give green light for the schools to reopen yet and at the … 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
It was time to celebrate Halloween again, one of the most exciting days of the year! This holiday is also celebrated extensively in Peru with all children. With the help of the volunteers and students present, a real horror party was organized. Healthy, creepy snacks were provided and different corners were dressed. There was a … Read more
Since this year the project has been working together with the local primary school ‘Luis Vallejo Santoni 501318’ which is located in Santiago, a very disadvantaged neighborhood in Cusco. It’s a very small school, there are only 4 tiny classrooms. This means that both, the 1st and the 2nd grade as the 5th and the 6th … Read more