We are in Huancayo, Peru working as volunteers with the Peru Children's Trust
and with prayer support of our home church, Gateway Vineyard in Norwich (UK), and others.

Huancayo is a large (population of 0.5 million) and progressive Peruvian city in the mountains,
which enjoys views of snow-capped peaks on clear days.

It is highly important to Peru, being the major agricultural area supplying goods to the capital, Lima.
It is also conveniently situated on trade routes into the jungle.

The work of the Peru Children's Trust has gradually developed over the last 20 years and can be largely separated into two main areas: Child Sponsorship for Education (the very poor cannot afford to buy the necessary to send their children to school and many local youth are illiterate) and a Training Centre, where anyone over secondary school age can learn a trade at very low cost that will then help them to find work, earn money for their families and break the poverty cycle. While as volunteers we would be very keen to hear from anyone wishing to help us financially, details of how to specifically support either of these areas are available on the Peru Children's Trust website.

It is, as yet, unclear exactly what we shall be doing (the time we have in Huancayo between now and mid-October provides an opportunity for this to be decided upon), though Paul has already begun work with the Training Centre, trying to develop project and business plans that will allow the workshops to become self-sustaining as well as offering a thoroughly useful experience to the enrolled students. Here is further details of our work.

Outside of the world of work, we have enjoyed visiting the tiny Vineyard Church in Huancayo.

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