Program areas at Peruvian Partners
Huts to homes is administered by Peruvian Partners to build homes, replacing cardboard/scrap lumber houses with brick and mortar. A house provides security, protection from the elements, mitigates the propagation of disease and gives dignity to the family. In 2023, Peruvian Partners helped 1,073 individuals.
In 2023, Peruvian Partners helped families through their adopt a family program. This "sponsorship" program is intended to help keep the integrity of a family in extreme poverty intact. The family receives aid in education, medical/dental and other basic family needs. 150 families were helped with this program.
Peruvian Partners oversees a boys' home, casa san juan, and a girls' home, casa darling, for youth at risk because of extreme poverty, physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse. Peruvian Partners leads small groups, retreats and seminars for young people and their mentors. Peruvian Partners provides support for the youth in these residential homes to attend vocational institutions and/or finish high school, receive medical/dental care, psychological care and room and board. During 2023, Peruvian Partners provided maintenance and needed furniture for both casa darling and casa san juan. This program serves 180 youth.
Peruvian Partners provides many resources for the people of peru. They help fund and manage a medical post in flores de villa, including medical staff, train a team of health promoters to teach their community nutrition, hygiene, disease prevention, self care, first aid, infant care, conflict resolution, self-esteem, parenting and communication skills, etc. Through the medical post a medical fund is administered to help those who live in extreme poverty with their medical needs.peruvian Partners has an outreach environment for elderly, women in need and needy families. As part of the outreach, Peruvian Partners assembles and provides christmas baskets for families in need and school supplies,shoes and uniforms for needy children.