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Posted on 29 Mar 2010 - by MySmallhelp In: General News

Peru’s Flood Victims: My Small Help

My Small Help is committed to providing immediate disaster relief for flood victims in Cusco and income generation schemes for affected families.

Posted on 28 Mar 2010 - by MySmallhelp In: Diary

School Supplies for Paucarbamba

On Friday we visited Paucarbamba to distribute school supplies to the children of the town. Since the floods it has been a struggle for the students to get back into a routine. Since there is currently no electricity they are currently doing homework and studying by candlelight.
The situation has improved since Asociacion Casa Hogar del Sol has built the comedor (with funds from MySmallHelp); where the children can work under the electric light. But having a place to do homework is not enough if they lack materials to work with.
The community, concerned about the education of it’s children, requested school supplies. We had the parents of Paucarbamba compile a list of what the children needed and thanks to the generous support of American organisation, Desana Giving, we were able to distribute supplies to 29 children from the community.
The lined up eagerly at the door of the comedor where we were organising the stationary and waited their turn as we called them in one by one. Their eyes lit up as they recieved their notebooks, markers, dictionaries and folders. These small items we would otherwise take for granted means the world to these children who have lost so much in the flood. We know that these materials will improve the quality of their education and help restore a sense of normality as we help them rebuild bit by bit.
Posted on 24 Mar 2010 - by MySmallhelp In: Diary

Saturday 20th March

Fourteen of us volunteers headed out to Paucarbamba to build a comedor (dining room) for the lower portion of the village.
We were fortunate to have the rain hold off while people hammered away at the structure.
Many joined in the construction, including children who, lacking a hammer, used stones to pound in nails. All are quite creative, for example: bottle caps were used in lieu of washers. Nails are hammered through the bottle caps to prevent the tarp from tearing off of the nails.
The women of the village were busy cooking up a delicious meal while others laboured. It was an all day project, with everyone doing their part.
By sunset the project was completed and we all enjoyed a hot meal together.
Posted on 22 Mar 2010 - by MySmallhelp In: Diary

16th March, 2010

We had a really productive meeting with Carlos, the director of the charity with whom we are working.

Meetings have been arranged this week with experts in micro-finance and agronomy, to help us get a clearer understanding of the options available for developing sustainable businesses for the flood affected community of Paucarbamba.

Planning

Planning

Posted on 22 Mar 2010 - by MySmallhelp In: Diary

3rd March, 2010

3rd March 2010, Wednesday

This Wednesday we recieved an increadible donation from a friend in Lima named Rosita, one hundred triplay wood sheets
These will be used to construct our preposed Cuy farm in Paucarbamba, although we have yet to decide on the final logistics.
We picked up the sheets in Cusco with our chauferred camión and began our lengthy journey into the Valley. After a beautiful 3 hour ride we arrived in Ollantaytambo at Carlos’s house where the sheets will be stored untill we are ready to use them. Carlos’s brother Rojelio, our friend Christian and our friendly driver unloaded the sheets into the watertight safety of one of the rooms.
The days delivery done, we eagerly specualted over dinner about how we were to best use the donation in uniting the upper and lower communities and providing a sustainable income. We look forward to working further with our Cuy farm project and thank Rosita once again for bringing our vision a step closer.
Posted on 8 Mar 2010 - by MySmallhelp In: General News

Video From Peru

Please have a look at the video on YouTube

Peru\’s Flood Victims

Posted on 2 Mar 2010 - by MySmallhelp In: Diary

Saturday – 27th Feb, 2010 (3)

Saturday 27th February

Strange Peruvian customs

We were invited to a fiesta that the community were having on Saturday night which was great fun and their way of saying thank you for the help we have given so far. The centre of the celebration was a pre-chopped tree which was decorated with plastic kitchen utensils (!). 

Utensil Tree

Utensil Tree

Everyone forms a circle and dances round the tree with couples taking it in turns to chop at the trunk. Whenever anything falls off the tree the children run to collect it and when the whole tree falls it is a mad rush to grab the gifts!

Gifts from the tree

Gifts from the tree

Posted on 2 Mar 2010 - by MySmallhelp In: Diary

Saturday – 27th Feb, 2010 (2)

Saturday 27th February

Publicising the problems

We were lucky enough to have David with us on Saturday. David is a documentary film maker from the UK, who was staying in Lima and has come up to Cusco to film the problems in the region and is being extremely generous in donating this film to us (completely free) to use in publicising the appeal. Watch this space for footage.

David interviewing a local boy

David interviewing a local boy

Posted on 2 Mar 2010 - by MySmallhelp In: Diary

Saturday – 27th Feb, 2010

Saturday 27th February

A good feeling!

After a mamouth shop in Urubamba market we drove down to the affected community with 2 days worth of food supplies and, more importantly, lots of school items for the children, who start school again on Monday after the long summer holidays.

Books

Books

Most of the children in the community of Paucarbamba lost everything and with school starting it was important that we helped provide them with books, pens, colours etc. It was a lovely feeling to be creating 22 piles of school things for the secondary age children and they were delighted with their gifts and are all now set for school.

As we were leaving the community a rainbow appeared…..

Rainbow

Rainbow

Posted on 2 Mar 2010 - by MySmallhelp In: Diary

Friday – 26th Feb, 2010

Friday 26th February

 Cuy Research

 Following on from the last blog entry, Carlos and I, accompanied by Nellida and her boyfriend (Nellida is a Cuy expert and an agronomist) visited a government run Cuy Farm close to Cusco.  We wanted to understand more about rearing Cuyes and the different options available, as well as learning more about the costs and profit margins that could be available to the community. It was extremely interesting and the project is run by a young Peruvian lady who has offered to help us with our project.

A really encouraging visit!

Example Farm

Example Farm

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