We employ teens from the area that engage with our community centers and grow through our leadership and mentoring to invest back into their communities.
The impact of this work naturally spreads into the community as the families of these children and teens see the lives of their kids transformed.
As we build community relationships over time, we also intend for our community centers to become self-sustaining.
Our plan is to establish local businesses that will create jobs for teens that attend the centers, which will also eventually fund the centers. As an example, we recently established a bakery in our center, and we are offering baking classes for teens and young adults.
We further intend to grow our relationships with churches and businesses in Lima, who will be a source of funding and volunteer opportunities. Our desire is to establish additional community centers in Comas and Carabayllo.
We are currently leasing the space where we are operating our community center.
We believe owning our own property will give our community center long-term sustainability and permanence that will enable us to develop it as a replicable model for additional community centers. There is considerable demand for the services our center provides, and each of the hillside communities in Comas and Carabayllo could support a center.
We invite you to join us in this work.
You can help by donating towards the purchase of a building for our community center, the monthly operating expenses, the expansion of the work in opening additional centers, or towards building homes in Comas and Carabayllo!
