Obviously, America and Peru aren't the only nations with homeless and orphaned children. Kids all over the world are in need of help as they grow up often without education, little to eat, and sometimes with disease.

http://www.soschildrensvillages.ca/News/News/orphan-charity-news/Pages/AIDS-Orphans-Nepal-Grow-Up-Fast-138.aspx

Service fair.

At the service fair I will be advertising for the improv charity show and selling baked goods. I don't have an event to sign up for but if you would like to donate money to help the children of Casa Luz in Peru, you are more than welcome!

A special thanks

I would like to thank Ms. Alexandra Bogan for helping me translate as I do not speak spanish. She is an amazing woman and has been a great support to me.

If you would like more information on the orphanage we will be raising money for, here is the website.

http://www.hogarcasaluz.org/

10 facts you may not have known about orphaned children in Peru.

1. More than 570,000 orphans roam the streets of Peru with nowhere to go and no one to help them.

2. 17,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS.

3. 66% or 6.5 million of all children in Perú live in poverty.

4. 50,000 children are at-risk due to child labor, sexual exploitation, and teen pregnancy among other issues.

5. There are 33 government orphanages in Perú.

6. Over 10,000 street children live in Lima and the number is growing.

7.  54% of the population below the poverty line, and high birth rates have led to a large number of street orphans and abandoned children in Peru.

8. 20% are living on less than $1 per day.

9. Approximately 11% of Peru’s children will die before they reach the age of five.

10. Almost 20% of the children are forced to work as child laborers to help their family survive.

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