The Children´s Land (TiNi) initiative seeks to reconnect young people in Latin America with the natural environment and instill in them an understanding of how and why they should protect, nurture, and restore natural ecosystems and promote sustainability in the changing of the world. Tini is an area of land given to children by adults where they can learn how to collect seeds, propagate and plant useful native and multipurpose plants.

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Through the TINI hands–on methodology children learn to implement concrete actions which will benefit themselves, their families, their communities, and nature. ANIA has supported the implementation of TINI in 12 regions of Perú and in 10 countries.

 

For more information about ANIA please visit: www.aniaorg.pe

MaCTec (Mini Academia de Ciencia y Tecnología) is a high impact social program that empowers girls in Perú with a first-rate Science Education to nurture their innate creative talents and foster their abilities to learn and think as a scientist. MaCTec promotes Science Literacy in Perú, as the prosperity of any country depends upon her scientific capital.

 

Since 2012 MaCTec offers workshops free of charge to girls from diverse socio-economic backgrounds; they are selected by lottery as school grades are poor predictors for discovering creative talents, essential traits for scientific explorations. The workshops are directed by well recognized scientists from the USA and Perú, who apply the MaCTec method “Discovery-Peer Learning”. In 2017, MaCTec was named “UNESCO Laureate 2017 for Girls and Women Education” for innovation in Science Education.

 

For more information about MaCTEc, please visit: www.mactecperu.com

Niños del Arco Iris Foundation provides to vulnerable children of the region of Urubamba, in Cusco, Perú, with quality education, nutrition and medical care. To that aim, the organization operates a school serving 200 children ages 3-13; offers workshops in computer, Quechua, English and art, psychological support, care in the dental office and also works with families to establish hygiene routines. Niños del Arco Iris Foundation aims to offer a future to disadvantaged children who are exposed to many risks as a result of extreme poverty.

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For more information about Fundación Niños del Arcoiris, please visit: https://ninosdelarcoiris.com/

Kusimayo is a non-profit organization making a difference in the lives of children, families and the elderly in the rural communities in Puno since 2008. Puno is a region in southeastern Perú that is renowned for its cultural richness and diversity as well as for its breathtaking landscapes. It is also known for its harsh geography, well below freezing temperatures, malnutrition, poverty and social inequality. 

 

Kusimayo´s “Warm Clean House technological package” provides families with the tools to fight cold temperatures and eliminate contaminant fumes from the house, reducing respiratory illnesses produced by smoke inhalation and extreme cold. Kusimayo uses technologies such as warm wall, insulation of walls and roof, and improved kitchen that allow internal temperature to increase by 10°C and internal contamination to decrease by 70% (even 90%). Kusimayo has equipped 542 houses and the goal is to modify 300 houses more by the end of 2018. 

 

For more information about Kusimayo, please visit: www.kusimayo.org

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The Museo de Arte de Lima - MALI is a non-profit cultural organization devoted to the promotion of the visual arts in Perú. It houses a representative collection of Peruvian art, which witnesses several centuries of cultural transformation, including pre-Columbian and colonial objects, as well as republican and contemporary works.

 

MALI receives more than 10,000 students each year, giving access to inspiring and reflexive cultural experiences that teach about identity and heritage, allowing students to reflect about their future. The promotion of arts and culture is essential to every student's integral education, since they are key elements for shaping identity and a fundamental basis for the development of the country.

 

For more information about MALI, please visit: www.mali.pe

In the last four years, the photographer Javier Gamboa has implemented 33 libraries in the region of Sucre, Ayacucho, where schools lack the necessary resources to promote reading among their students.  Thanks to awareness campaigns carried out in the city of Lima about the greatest educational needs in Ayacucho, this initiative has allowed more than 70,000 books to be delivered in impoverished and isolated communities. “Each book is the perfect tool to fight poverty”, says Javier Gamboa.

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Enseña Perú is a non-profit organization within the Teach For All global education network which strives to see that , by 2032, at least 8 out of 10 peruvian children and young people receive an education of excellence. In a country where only 2 out of 10 rural students perform at grade level, there is an incredible need for a Peruvian educational infrastructure that promotes good institutional management and continuity of leadership.  

 

To achieve these ambitious objectives, Enseña Perú has the “Leadership program” which actively recruits and trains outstanding young professionals to commit two years to teach full-time in the highest-need schools in Perú, where they aim to transform students' lives, academic ambition, and personal growth. Another program is "What a Teacher", which consists in training local teachers and principals across the country, so they can support different generations of students by giving them the opportunity to grow and fulfill their purpose. Like these 2 programs, Enseña Perú has many other ways to boost collective action with the private sector, philantropy, public sector, the community, etc. in order to see significant changes in the peruvian education system. This year, Enseña Perú seeks to benefitiate more than 12,000 students from 13 regions of the country.

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For more information about Enseña Perú please visit: www.ensenaperu.org

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The Sol y Luna School works for the education and inclusion of the most vulnerable children of Urubamba and the surrounding communities. We include them all, and offer them all the same opportunities.

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As of today, we have almost 200 students from 20 different communities. More than 90% of our students receive a full or partial scholarship. Among the services we provide are education, transportation, snacks and lunch, creative workshops, psychological support, school for parents, integration trips, intensive English program, and Quechua classes.

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We also have Paqari, a center for children with different abilities. Our goal is to include them progressively in regular classes and in the community. Our Paqari students receive therapy and rehabilitation according to their needs, special academic education, psychological counseling and social support. In order to support more children, we also have our own shelter, Sol y Luna Home, which provides a permanent home for those children who are abandoned or are victims of domestic violence. 

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For more information about SOL Y LUNA please visit: www.asociacionsolyluna.com

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D1 Cultural Association is a non-profit organization that promotes youth development by strengthening emotional, social and leadership skills, using dance and expressive arts. Founded in 2005 by  Peruvian dancer and social entrepreneur Vania Masias, D1 has impacted more than 8,078 adolescents and their families.

 

The Youth Leadership Program (YLP)  is a 3 year course that offers young people access to opportunities to achieve their full potential,  becoming their  own agents of change and agents of change in their communities. In order to achieve social transformation, the focus of the YLP interventions covers: i) risk prevention ii) education, strengthening fundamental learning pillars iii) resilience iv) interculturality, coexistence and dialogue and v) leadership and entrepreneurship.

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For more information about Asociación Cultural D1 please visit:

www.d1-dance.com

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The Casa Khuyana Association is building the first Hospice in Peru, where children and young people with terminal illnesses, and their families, will be received free of charge.

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The Association believes that when a child is determined to be medically terminal, the first thing to do is to control the pain and all the physical symptoms that affect the well-being of the child. Then, just as importantly, to provide emotional, social, and spiritual support to the child and their family.

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Casa Khuyana will have 10 rooms for families to share quality time in a warm and homey atmosphere - very different from the cold hospital environment. The house will also provide companionship, support, and loving professional care. Palliative care can help the patient and their loved ones make the most of every moment they have together. The team is made up of doctors, nurses, psychologists.

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For more information about Casa Khuyana Association please visit:

www.casakhuyana.org

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC Lima) is the only non-profit institution dedicated exclusively to the promotion and dissemination of contemporary art in Perú with the vision of being a sustainable cultural institution, articulated with its surroundings in Barranco and with the sensitivities and debates of its time, allied with the artistic community and open to diverse audiences.

With self-managed resources, which come from the offer of services and activities, in addition to generous donations and contributions from benefactors, allies and friends like you, MAC Lima maintains a regular program of exhibitions of contemporary artists and the development of an educational agenda that benefits different audiences (+30,000 visitors per year)

For more information about MAC Lima, please visit: www.maclima.pe