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Peru Treks & Adventure - Community
Projects
Peru Treks & Adventure
is committed to promoting and organizing projects within the
community in Peru. Although tourism plays a vital role in
contributing to Peru's economy and providing employment many
people and communities aren't sharing in any of the financial
gains. Although our projects are operated on a small scale with
very little capital investment we hope that successful ideas will
be adopted by some of the larger international tour operators to
the mutual benefit of both local villagers and the visitor alike.
One of the most important factors when deciding to implement a
project is that it doesn't promise miracles or give false hopes
and expectations to the people
that we are trying to
help. We believe a little help in the right direction is often
better than a big push in the wrong one.
Between 2003 and 2009 we undertook more than 150 community projects
which included distributions of
school equipment and
warm clothing. We have also
been involved in some larger
school construction
projects. In 2005 we built a school for 60 children in
the remote community of Checaspampa near Ausangate. Since then we
have continued to support the school with school equipment, sports
shirts, second hand clothing and we even paid for a teacher for
nearly 2 years before the local council agreed to provide this
resource. In 2006 Peru Treks donated US$5000 to a local non-profit
organisation to build a kindergarten for 30 children in the
village of Umuto, near Ccatca (between Cusco and Ausangate). In
2007 Peru Treks donated another US$5000 to this non-profit
organisation to build another kindergarten in the small community
of Pampallacta close to Chahuaytire (between Pisac and
Paucartambo). A group of our clients donated an additional US$2500
to this project which was completed on
November 2007. In April 2009 we donated 15 new computers to
secondary schools and colleges in the Ocongate region.
 Distribution
of school equipment to schools in the Ausangate region of Peru
will start in May and will
continue until the end of June. During these months we
plan to distribute a "school pack" to at least 2000 children. Each
pack consists of an exercise book (100 pages, square ruled),
plastic folder, 2 pencils, pencil sharpener, eraser, ruler, packet
of crayons (usually 12 crayons in each packet) or packet of
coloured pencils depending on age of children. The cost of each
packet is about US$3.50 We will also donate general items such as
boxes of plain paper (white A4 photocopier type), card of various
colours, paints and brushes, ballpoint pens, encyclopaedia, books,
dictionaries, educational posters and additional crayons and
coloured pencils. As in 2009 we plan to donate at least 15 new
computers to schools and colleges in the Ausangate region.
Projects &
distributions in 2010 (Planned)
17 June 2010 Rodeana donation of school equipment 73 Children
17 June 2010 Ccoñamuro donation of school equipment 12 Children
17 June 2010 Tinqui donation of school equipment 265 Children
10 June 2010 Tiracanchi Baja (College) donation of school
equipment 76 children
10 June 2010 Tiracanchi Alta (School) donation of school equipment
176 children
03 June 2010 Sallicancha donation of school equipment 46 children
03 June 2010 Lauramarca (School) donation of school equipment 190
children
03 June 2010 Lauramarca (Kinder) donation of school equipment 12
children
03 June 2010 Ccolcca school donation of school equipment 86
children
27 May 2010 Pacchanta donation of school equipment 136 children
27 May 2010 Pukarumi donation of school equipment 139 children
27 May 2010 Pinchimuro school & college School equipment 255
children
20 May 2010 Andamayo, donation of school equipment 76 children
20 May 2010 Checaspampa, donation of school equipment 42 children
20 May 2010 Yanama School (School), donation of school equipment
141 children
20 May 2010 Yanama School (College), donation of school equipment
59 children
Projects &
distributions in 2010 (Undertaken)
12 May 2010 Pampacancha School
equipment for 77 children
12 May 2010 Chaupimayo 59 children
12 May 2010 Upis 170 children
Total cost of school equipment
donation 2010 approx US$9465
2090 children x US$3.5 = US$7315
19 schools x US$50 = US$950
Transport and distribution costs 6
visits x US$200 = US$1200
Total cost of computer donations
2010 approx US$9600
15 computers x US$600 = US$9000
Transport and distribution costs 3
visits x US$200 = US$600
Projects &
distributions completed in 2009
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