March 27, 2008Photos from Felix
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Students Receive School Supplies at Start of a New School Year
March 27, 2008
Hello ROCF Friends and Supporters-
As many of you know, Peru lies in the Southern Hemisphere and is on the opposite schedule of seasons as we are here in the Northern Hemisphere. While we are anxiously awaiting the Spring weather and our kids are gearing up for their summer vacations, the children of Peru are just starting a new school year. It is Fall in the Andes and the Quechua students of Huilloc, Yanamayo, Quelcanca, Chaullococcha, and Chupani are settling into an new routine with their teachers and fellow students.
To help the children start the school year off properly, ROCF has equiped each student with school supplies such as paper, notebooks, pencils, erasures, etc. Your continued support has provided these materials and the children, their families, and we, at ROCF, would like to thank you!
Felix, our trusty Peru liason, sent us some pictures when he made his delivery. We hope you enjoy them as much as we have.
Hello ROCF Friends and Supporters-
As many of you know, Peru lies in the Southern Hemisphere and is on the opposite schedule of seasons as we are here in the Northern Hemisphere. While we are anxiously awaiting the Spring weather and our kids are gearing up for their summer vacations, the children of Peru are just starting a new school year. It is Fall in the Andes and the Quechua students of Huilloc, Yanamayo, Quelcanca, Chaullococcha, and Chupani are settling into an new routine with their teachers and fellow students.
To help the children start the school year off properly, ROCF has equiped each student with school supplies such as paper, notebooks, pencils, erasures, etc. Your continued support has provided these materials and the children, their families, and we, at ROCF, would like to thank you!
Felix, our trusty Peru liason, sent us some pictures when he made his delivery. We hope you enjoy them as much as we have.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Follow-Up Dental Visits
February 26, 2008
Hello ROCF Friends and Supporters,
We wanted to send you one more update with photos. The dentist, Juan Carlos Leroma Villa, we hired in October 2007 to treat the children of Huilloc, Chaulloccocha, Chupani, Yanamayo, and Kelkanka, did a follow-up visit in December. This was just before students were leaving for their summer break and a good time to give them a check-up and provide them with additional dental hygiene supplies. He sent us detailed reports of the condition of the childrens' dental health along with some nice pictures. We are now passing them along to you to enjoy! Please know, it is because of your commitment, that these children are receiving such services.
Best wishes!
Summer Lunch Program and Photos
Feb. 26, 2008
Hello ROCF Friends and Supporters-
I just wanted to give you a quick update and a chance to view some photos from the summer lunch program that is now in full swing. Our Ollantaytambo liason, Felix Neyra Quispe, purchases the supplies and delivers them to the remote villages. Several fathers and mothers of each village are running the program throughout the summer. Thanks to your assistance, these children are receiving healthy meals while they are out of school! What make this program successful is the combined efforts of your donations, ROCF's gathering and delivering supplies, and the community commitment to providing the meals...it's truly a team effort!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
January Update
January 3, 2008
Hello All-
With 2007 having come to an end, we wanted to thank each of you, again, for your support of Reach Out Children's Fund. With your assistance, here are some of the projects we have been able to support since our return from Peru this past October.
1. Begin a trout farm at Huilloc to supplement the children's diet.
2. Start a greenhouse/garden program at Huilloc to enrich the children's learning and supplement their diet.
3. Sponsor a Christmas Celebration at each of the 5 villages: Huilloc, Chaullococcha, Chupani, Yanamayo, and Quelcanca.
4. Continue the lunch program in each village.
5. Hire the dentist and nurse to return to all five villages in order to treat the children and their families before school lets out for summer break.
6. Research solar energy to use in the remote villages.
7. Continue to sponsor the sixth grade promotion trip at Huilloc, and new this year, Chupani and Chaullococcha.
8. Building improvements to classrooms in Huilloc and Chaullococcha.
9. Purchase needed clothing and shoes.
10. Assist the teachers in providing the necessary school supplies.
These efforts have all continued because of you! The children and their families are so grateful, as are we at ROCF.
We look forward to a promising year for the children of Reach Out Children's Fund. And, with your continued support, we can assist the villages of Huilloc, Chaullococcha, Chupani, Yanamayo, and Quelcanca in improving the quality of life for the children of their communities.
Happy New Year!
Best Wishes,
Anne Schimmel Beck
Renee Champagne
Tania Hoppe
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Email from dentist Juan Carlos Letona Villa
Received November 1 from Juan Carlos Letona Villa, the dentist who accompanied Reach Out Children’s Fund in the trip described below:
Hello Anne and how are you? OK I have to try to explain in english , but sorry for the mistakes. I explain you from my work, dentist.
First in Yanamayo I think I did better work than Chauyacocha and Chupani becase I had more material (the ionomero de vidrio). This material it`s very important for my work because I can safe a lot of tooths. In Kelcanca had more childrens than Yanamayo but they are better than Yanamayo. I try to saw at all childrens but not all come because this day the rain was very strong. The problem in my work was the material because tre ionomoro de vidrio was insufficent for Kelcanca, but I saw you all children.
In summary to pay attention in this villages was good, the people was happy, even though the childrens don´t known you, don´t see you, they felt grateful in their faces, they had a smile. It´s dificult to explain you but you have to feel good, the childrens recive your help, thank you.
The situation in general is serious. Of 20 tooth, 10 are tooth decay and have alot of infections and others illness. They need more help.
OK, I have to improve my english, and again sorry for the mistakes. If you need more information you [only] have to write me. I am ready to help you to help.
Juan Carlos from Ollantaytambo, Cusco, Perú
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
October Trip Report
The October Peruvian Humanitarian Trip was a success!
The children of Huilloc were waiting for us with open arms. Many children read Quechua poems, sang songs, and gave us hugs as we visited them the first day. We brought with us a doctor, nurse, and dentist from Ollantaytambo. They spent the day treating and visiting the children along with some adults.
The next villages we visited were Chaullococha and Chupani. These two villages are not accessible by road. We had to hire some porters and horses to bring the supplies to these two villages. The doctor, nurse, and dentist team hiked in with us to visit these two villages.
Volunteer Renee Champagne and Director Anne Beck stayed the night in Chaullococha and did not get a chance to visit Chupani. The altitude was extreme with the mountain terrain at 15,000 feet above sea level. The children in Chaullococha do not have running water, electricity, or bathrooms. The pre-school room is a mud hut with a straw roof. There is a small window with a rock blocking the wind. The environment is harsh for Chaullococha and Chupani since it is at a higher altitude than Huilloc and hard to reach. The dentist and doctor were able to visit and treat all the children and a lot of adults. During our visit it started to hail golf ball size. The ground was covered in a white mass. The children, used to the climate, were still playing soccer with their rubber sandals. We gave about $80 U.S. Dollars to the preschool teacher to have three windows made and to replace the stick door. This will help bring in sunlight to the dim hut. We also gave money to the elementary teacher to replace the broken window panes in her two-room school building. There are 16 preschoolers and 30 elementary students in Chaullococha. In Chupani there are 20 preschool students and 65 elementary students. We brought cereal, sugar, apples, bread, cookies, and canned milk along with all of the school supplies and dental supplies that were generously donated.
The next two villages to be visited were Yanamayo and Kelcanca. Kelcanca is a steep hike, about 15 miles from Yanamayo. Again, porters and horses were hired to bring in the supplies while the doctor, dentist, and nurse hiked and spent a night in their sleeping bags.
The doctor and dentist have now seen all of the children in the five villages. We have met with the teachers and village leaders to discuss what is urgent for their school and community. We have a lot of work ahead of us but have seen how far Huilloc has progressed in health care and education with the aid of our organization. The new school house in Huilloc has a library and a computer room. The teachers have started new programs such as a trout farm and a garden for the students to assist. The village is becoming more self sufficient. Now it is time to direct our attention to the more remote villages and give them a chance. We brought with us approximately $2,000 worth of medical supplies and purchased $2,500 worth of medicine in Cusco. The main issues are malnutrition, intestinal parasites, ticks, scabies, and upper respiratory problems. The dentist was able to make temporary fillings along with other dental procedures. This is the first time a dentist has visited any of these mountain villages.
To our donors, thank you for all of your support and generosity. If it weren’t for people like you, these children would not receive supplement food, medical treatment, educational supplies, mini-libraries, hygiene supplies, and dental supplies.
Many thanks to the doctors, nurse, and dentist who assisted on this trip:
Juan Carlos Leroma Villa, Dentist in Cusco
Arnaldo Penalve Japr, Doctor in Ollantaytambo
Guido Orlando Olave Figueredo, Doctor in Ollantaytambo
Marisol Palomino Varela, Nurse in Ollantaytambo
Reach Out Children’s Fund
Anne Beck, Tania Hoppe, Claas Hoppe, Renee Champagne, Maureen Tart
The children of Huilloc were waiting for us with open arms. Many children read Quechua poems, sang songs, and gave us hugs as we visited them the first day. We brought with us a doctor, nurse, and dentist from Ollantaytambo. They spent the day treating and visiting the children along with some adults.
The next villages we visited were Chaullococha and Chupani. These two villages are not accessible by road. We had to hire some porters and horses to bring the supplies to these two villages. The doctor, nurse, and dentist team hiked in with us to visit these two villages.
Volunteer Renee Champagne and Director Anne Beck stayed the night in Chaullococha and did not get a chance to visit Chupani. The altitude was extreme with the mountain terrain at 15,000 feet above sea level. The children in Chaullococha do not have running water, electricity, or bathrooms. The pre-school room is a mud hut with a straw roof. There is a small window with a rock blocking the wind. The environment is harsh for Chaullococha and Chupani since it is at a higher altitude than Huilloc and hard to reach. The dentist and doctor were able to visit and treat all the children and a lot of adults. During our visit it started to hail golf ball size. The ground was covered in a white mass. The children, used to the climate, were still playing soccer with their rubber sandals. We gave about $80 U.S. Dollars to the preschool teacher to have three windows made and to replace the stick door. This will help bring in sunlight to the dim hut. We also gave money to the elementary teacher to replace the broken window panes in her two-room school building. There are 16 preschoolers and 30 elementary students in Chaullococha. In Chupani there are 20 preschool students and 65 elementary students. We brought cereal, sugar, apples, bread, cookies, and canned milk along with all of the school supplies and dental supplies that were generously donated.
The next two villages to be visited were Yanamayo and Kelcanca. Kelcanca is a steep hike, about 15 miles from Yanamayo. Again, porters and horses were hired to bring in the supplies while the doctor, dentist, and nurse hiked and spent a night in their sleeping bags.
The doctor and dentist have now seen all of the children in the five villages. We have met with the teachers and village leaders to discuss what is urgent for their school and community. We have a lot of work ahead of us but have seen how far Huilloc has progressed in health care and education with the aid of our organization. The new school house in Huilloc has a library and a computer room. The teachers have started new programs such as a trout farm and a garden for the students to assist. The village is becoming more self sufficient. Now it is time to direct our attention to the more remote villages and give them a chance. We brought with us approximately $2,000 worth of medical supplies and purchased $2,500 worth of medicine in Cusco. The main issues are malnutrition, intestinal parasites, ticks, scabies, and upper respiratory problems. The dentist was able to make temporary fillings along with other dental procedures. This is the first time a dentist has visited any of these mountain villages.
To our donors, thank you for all of your support and generosity. If it weren’t for people like you, these children would not receive supplement food, medical treatment, educational supplies, mini-libraries, hygiene supplies, and dental supplies.
Many thanks to the doctors, nurse, and dentist who assisted on this trip:
Juan Carlos Leroma Villa, Dentist in Cusco
Arnaldo Penalve Japr, Doctor in Ollantaytambo
Guido Orlando Olave Figueredo, Doctor in Ollantaytambo
Marisol Palomino Varela, Nurse in Ollantaytambo
Reach Out Children’s Fund
Anne Beck, Tania Hoppe, Claas Hoppe, Renee Champagne, Maureen Tart
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