$ 1,050 raised in total


2 Different schools where fundraisers took places

May, 2009: Fundraising is now over for 2008-2009 and Javier raised a total of $ 1,050. The money was used to finance the "Children of Peru Foundation" project to construct a building with 3 new classrooms for the Gustavo Mohme high school in Huaycan, a poor neighborhood near Lima where our partner Samusocial Peru is present.
Next "Give a Hand Project" fundraisers will take place after the summer.

April, 2009: Javier Pierrend is a young US citizen with Peruvian origins. He is currently a student at Monroe Technology Center in Northern Virginia and he has always been trying to help out kids in his native country. He contacted us at the beginning of this year wanting to see how he could help out the Children of Peru Foundation.

After several conversations, he came out with the "Give a Hand Project".

The "Give A Hand Project" raises money to help build a school in Huaycan. Handmade Peruvian bracelets are sold in different schools for $2, as well as shirts and other "Give A Hand Project" merchandise and all the money raised goes towards our projects with Samusocial Peru. The "Give A Hand Project" is always looking for schools that are interested in doing this fundraiser and sell bracelets to raise more money and inform people about the situation of these poor kids in Huaycan.

So far there have been 2 events. The first one was at Monroe Technology Center for 5 days and the second one was at George Mason University for 2 days. Hopefully the third fundraiser will be right after the summer of '09.