On the 6th of January, together with the arrival of summer, we started the activities of the children’s holiday program. Just like in previous years, we program a varied range of relaxing and educational activities during the holidays to make good use of this free time and to stimulate the children in various areas. It […]
Project week about SDGs
This year we started the new year at the project and also the holiday program with full force! Social work intern Lynn Cauwels worked out with the permanent team an interesting and interactive project week for the group of the older children about the sustainable development goals, the so-called SDGs of the 2030 Agenda, and […]
Great news from the North!
Music@theCasino fundraising event of vzw Qué bonito! On Saturday the 23th of November 2019, the fourth edition of Music@theCasino took place, the fundraising event of the Belgian non-profit asociation Qué bonito for the benefit of the project of Añañau in Peru. This wonderful musical event was made possible by the enthusiastic cooperation and presence of […]
Christmas in Añañau
On Friday the 20th of December, the last day of the school year in Peru, we met with all the children and their families for Christmas at the project. We wanted to come together in this beautiful ocasion with all families, close the year together and wish each other Christmas. After all, for most children […]
Medical campaign 2019
Like every year, before the end of the year, Añañau conducts a health campaign for all children in the project in collaboration with the hospital SOS Clinic Cusco. On the 19th of December we organized this yearly health campaign and with a 100% presence of all children, accompanied by their parents, we went to the […]
Training social and communication skills
From September to the end of November we received two trainees in orthopedagogics in the project who have been working with the group of the little ones on their social-emotional and communication skills. Due to the very closed culture of the children, the children come from very traditional Quechua families from the Andes mountains, and […]
International Children’s Day
On the 20th of November, it was #WorldChildrensDay, the international Day of the Child. This year it was extra special because it marked the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, an event that transformed the lives of children around the world. Because children are particularly vulnerable, because they do not […]
My Equator project
Since October 2019 we have been participating at the Equator project with the group of older children from Añañau. My Equator is an international learning platform that allows children to grow together towards active global citizenship; it is an educational exchange platform between North and South via thematic videos of children around the world. The […]
Great news from the North!
Book donation Book Aid International Thanks to the partnership that Añañau has with Intouch Global Foundation from England, we received a wonderful donation of books from the organization Book Aid International this year. Book Aid International is the largest international charity from the UK for book donation and library development. They believe that books have […]
Global Week to #Act4SDGs
Our world and our future are under threat from persistent poverty, growing inequality, and the climate crisis. We’ve made some progress but nowhere near enough to deliver on the promises made by all nations in 2015 to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and create a future […]