Inspire and empower! We ended the month of March with good news, Lizveth the first student of Añañau graduated proudly and with great joy her study in higher education. Lizveth was in our organization from the age of eleven untill the end of high school, and then Añañau, with the help of Stichting Lamp, was … Read more
In Añañau we started strong the new year with the yearly holiday program that we offer for the children. From January till March it’s the large school holiday in Peru, but as an educational organization we are open during this period and the children still can attend the project on a daily base for activities … Read more
On Friday the 16th of December we celebrated the last day of the year at the project before closing for the end-of-year holidays. This is the only period in the year the project is closed for the children and the mothers as most of them travel to their remote communities in the mountains to spend … Read more
Añañau does not only receive abroad students during an internship at the projects in Cusco, but also works together with several faculties/courses from the National University of Cusco. Students come to do voluntary work as part of their course to serve a local good cause such as Añañau’s association, and we also work closely together … 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
Throughout the many years that we have been involved in the project work of Añañau, we have seen many children grow up. In the group of the oldest children, many are already in secondary education and several of them are already looking ahead to the future. These students are now in the last or penultimate … Read more
We are very happy that we have also been able to resume the participatory activities with the mothers of the children this year. Regular parent meetings were once again possible and the mothers now also come to the project again twice a week to take lessons themselves in the early evening. As you already know … Read more
On the 19th of August, we celebrated the birthday of the primary school Luis Vallejo Santoni in Huancaro, where the second project of Añañau is located. Since 2018, Añañau has been collaborating with this local primary school in the deprived area of Huancaro in the city of Cusco. We were very happy that this event … Read more
Here you can see the atmospheric photos of our traditional annual excursion in July. This year we were finally able to reunite with all the children from both projects again and set out for a wonderful day with lots of sun, laughter and fun games! It is our annual tradition during the school holidays to … Read more
From January 2022, we received several trainees again from Belgium whom we guided during an abroad internship in the project. We are very happy that this is possible again after the difficult times we went through due to Corona and when traveling to Peru wasn’t possible. By collaborating with students from different courses, we can … Read more