After seven years of supporting education through classroom
furnishings and school supplies in Peru’s Lambayeque Region, the board members
of Promesa Peru have decided to close the doors. Factors leading to this
decision were excessive demands for Magali’s time, who is Maribel’s sister and the
Promesa Peru representative in the region, and the difficulty of administering school projects remotely from the USA.
One example of administrative difficulty is that we have
just now gotten the final cost numbers for the village of El Cerezo, a project
completed October 10. The delay was no one’s fault...simply a result of a more
complex system. The cost figures for that project were:
1 whiteboard - $52.45
Markers and erasers - $7.71
3 tables - $83.31
15 chairs - $231.41
2 storage shelves - $52.45
17 books and puzzles - $68.19
17 pairs of shoes - $166.62
Magali’s time - $61.71
Transport - $64.79
Total - $788.65
As of this writing Promesa Peru has $29.26 in its bank
account. The money will be turned over to Magali to be used for a chocolatada
(Christmas party) at a Chiclayo school of her choice. We will be publishing a
complete financial report for the year 2017 when all the numbers have been
crunched.
There have been many donors during these past seven years.
We cannot possibly thank them all but do want to recognize in particular Chris Raupe, Clif Brown, Denny Wallette,
and especially The Alice Cool Foundation who never failed to bail us out when
money was tight.
This is a sad day for us, but we do have the satisfaction
of knowing that we have helped dozens of schools and hundreds of students, and
that there are people like those mentioned above who care about the future of a
little boy or girl in a poor desert village in Peru.
Job well done. You and Maribel should be very proud of all that you accomplished. Thank you for your tireless effort of the years.
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