BUT - to make this a group experience, we need you to share with us!
Ask questions about any topic related to our trip here, and we will do our best to answer your question from Peru.
For example:
- Who built Machu Picchu?
- What is Peruvian food like?
- Are many people poor in Peru?
- What is it like growing up in Peru?
- What games do children in Peru play?
- What is Compassion International and how to they work?
- What is transportation like in Peru?
So put on your thinking caps, and start asking questions! Leave your question below in the Comments Section.
Are you visiting any orphanages in Peru and how many children live in them or on the streets without adults to care for them? One of my students from my school was born in Bolivia. She told me she was fortunate that she was able to get enough food to eat but that at other orphanages the children would be hungry and have to search through the trash to find food to eat. Both her and her sister(also from Bolivia) were adopted by American parents. Because her birth mother was lacking in nutrients while carrying her, she was born with severe back and leg issues that caused her to have many surgeries and to be partially crippled.
ReplyDeleteHi Linda - we aren't visiting any orphanages, in part because Compassion's focus is on intervening to prevent children from ending up in orphanages in the first place. You can learn about how they do that at one of my earlier trip blogs, gleatonugandatrip.blogspot.com - check out the post "Motherhood - Ugandan Style." Some of the other posts there also describe the child sponsorship program, which provides assistance for children which ultimately helps the entire family manage better.
DeleteWe did pass a large government-run orphanage in Peru, and we learned that both government and private-run orphanages operate here. For more info in orphanages in Peru, I encourage you to check out a blog dedicated to this topic - kevininperu.blogspot.com. Blessings!