Leaders For Tomorrow

After a student of secondary level finishes his/her studies at school he/she has to face the reality of studying a professional career at any higher studies center. Teenagers here in Chimbote would like to follow the path of study. Many of them thinks of preparing for a better future by studying at university, technical institute, etc. but unfortunately most of them are not able or won’t be able to come true their dreams of becoming a professional because don’t have enough money, support, opportunity, motivation, etc. to achieve their life goals of becoming prepared citizen for helping themselves, their families, city and country.

Knowing this hard reality that many young people are facing, CHOI, through its educational programs "Dollars For Scholars" and "Leaders For Tomorrow" make possible some young people to study at a university ot technical school. On the other side, the coordinator of the "Dollars For Scholars" program Mr. Rafael Armas Bardales, the coordinator of the "Leaders For Tomorrow" program Mr. Orlando Bermúdez García, the coordinator of the two Programs Mr. Carlos Alayo Mecola and me Pablo Beltrán Oroya as a volunteer, were performing a training event for beneficiaries young people of these social support programs.

This event was headed to those young people living in the poorest neighborhoods in chimbote, accomplishing this way a schedule prepared in advance. These youth support programs are posible thanks to goodness of many people, not only from Chimbote but specially from rotarians friends of the Rotary Club of Chanhassen-Minnesota, particular donors and "Los Amigos" foundation.

There were 30 young people in that event and among them new students added to the educational programs as new scholars. All of them are going to receive support (money for paying university, tickets, etc.) as long as their studies processes last, from the very beginning of their pre-university studies, right after high school, which means the CHOI's educational program will support them since their pre-universities studies, university, until they will get their university or technical degree.

It was invited a speaker who was teaching them some topics and after that challenged them to answer these question: What is to study? Why am I studying? What am I studying for? How must my professional profile be? What are the obstacles in my life? How am I dealing with them? How to overcome them? Here are some pictures of the meeting, Enjoy them !!! (More events)

Let's Keep On Supporting!

Through this post I would like to share with you that here in Chimbote, Perú there is a Catholic parish called "Our Lady Of Perpetual Help" ("Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro") whose priest is the father Jack Davis. This parish is located in a poor neighborhood called La Victoria.

Most of residents of La Victoria and neighborhoods surrounding father Jack's parish tenderly call him "Padre Juanito" and love him so much. He is very concern about living conditions of the residents, specially for the poorest. In his life effort for improving living conditions of his neighbors he did his best to found a non-profit organization: "The friends" ("Los Amigos"), with the help of his American and Peruvian friends, for the benefit of the poor.

This organization, to more effectively serve the Peruvians in a self-sustained way, specially poor people living in Chimbote, canalize its support efforts through CHOI by means of one of its programs called Micro-Lending whose coordinator is Mr. Orlando Bermúdez García. This program provides micro loans to people with limited economic resources wanting starting or sustain a small business using their assets for this. Here is some information about micro loans given by Micro-Lending Program in May.