Protect girls from child domestic labor in Peru

Dear Global Giving supporters: The girls are back to school! With the excitement of a new school year has also came the enthusiasm to enjoy one of our recent activities in their schools. The lack of libraries at our girls´ schools made us implement classroom libraries since last year. Story books were given to these...

Dear Global Giving Supporters: As the year draws to a close at La Casa de Panchita, our girls are almost done with school and are all very excited, looking forward to the summer and school vacations (that go from December to February). It’s been a good year with lessons learned for us and the girls. On the...

Dear GlobalGiving Supporters: This year, on Sunday the 22nd of July, we celebrated our 23 anniversary! For 12 years now on our anniversary we also pause to remember our beloved “big sister” Elsa M. Chaney who passed away July 16th, 2000. As every year, we wanted to celebrate with all the people we care about:...

Dear Global Giving Supporters:   The girls are back! After a break for the traditional summer vacation from school (in Peru, January to March), La Casa de Panchita is again humming on Sundays, with girls learning new skills, doing their homework, and playing at the nearby park. This coming Wednesday June 13,...

Dear GlobalGiving Supporters, Summer’s almost gone from this side of the globe, but the energy of the girls and women at La Casa de Panchita is humming as usual. One group of women in particular are always very motivated on Sundays: those in domestic service who want to improve their cooking skills and learn more...

Sunday December 11th was a great day at La Casa de Panchita. We celebrated the end-of-year holidays. Early in the morning girls and women began arriving, ready for a full day of activities and fun. We started the day with a tee-shirt painting workshop, everyone creating their own designs. Next came a session making...

Dear GlobalGiving supporters,  We are so excited to share our good news with you!  Global Giving recently encouraged us to apply to the Girl Effect Challenge.     Our proposal to empower 150 young domestic workers to take charge of their own health using a “girls teaching girls” approach...

“I love going to La Casa de Panchita because everybody cares about me and I learn new things”  Elena, 14 years old, was born in a little town in Apurimac, one of the poorest areas in the Peruvian Andes. By the time she was 10, her mother sent her to Lima, to a relative’s house. There, she did...

Dear Global Giving supporters, Launching our project through Global Giving has been a great success. Everybody is thrilled that in such a short time (April 2011) in the Open Challenge we raised $13,443 and that we won second place in number of donors. Thank you all for your support! It is a great pleasure to update you on...