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2014

Picaflor House Community Project

Annual Report

Picaflor House Community Project Annual Report 2014

Picaflor House Community Project is located

in the village of Oropesa, less than an hour from the

centre of Cusco, Peru. The magnificent city of Cusco

is the oldest continually inhabited city in South

America and the staging post for Machu Picchu but

very little of the money tourism brings into Cusco

reaches Oropesa and locals rely on farming and

bread-making to earn a living.

Originally established in November 2010 by

Globalteer, a UK-registered not-for-profit charity,

Picaflor House achieved Peruvian NGO status in

September 2011.

Picaflor House provides a stimulating and dynamic

after school programme to the children of Oropesa.

Currently, the children range in age from 3 to 14

years old and attend the project from 2.30 to 5pm

Monday to Friday, outside of state school hours.

The programme initially started with English

language classes, homework assistance and a

general education programme. In 2013 we

expanded to include computer training and at the

beginning of 2014 began our Kindergarten

Programme. We are working with the local

community to identify their needs and help them to

become stakeholders in proposed solutions.

In the past, many of the children attending the

project had to help their families earn an income.

Picaflor House offers a safe environment for

children to play and just be children, away from

such worries and burdens of everyday survival.

Our long term goal is to hand over the project to

locally trained teachers and community leaders.

MISSION STATEMENT

Our aim is to provide a better long-

term future for the children of

Oropesa Village through our locally

managed and staffed project, where

children receive free education,

learn new non-academic skills, and

have access to health education and

family support.

How we achieve this

EDUCATION

We provide impoverished Peruvian

children with English language

classes, homework assistance,

maths and Spanish language

instruction, computer classes, arts

and crafts programmes, music and

traditional Peruvian dance classes,

sporting facilities and equipment,

and general education.

HEALTH CARE

We include health education classes

in our general education

programme. We also provide dental

hygiene equipment to the children.

FAMILY SUPPORT

Beginning in January 2014 pre-

school children from the ages of 3-5

years old began attending Picaflor

House 5 afternoons per week to

prepare them for Primary School.

This provides child-free time to

those parents who choose to avail

themselves of this service and

enables them to work without

having to worry about child care.


EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT:

Director: Stephen Roger Elliott

Secretary: Kriz Camila Ochoa Campana

STAFFING:

Picaflor House Manager: John Milloban Pancorbo Carpio

Teacher: Johan Ulderico Chapi Huillca

Kindergarten Teacher: Elizabeth Caya Loaiza

English Teacher: Nélida Rimache Accahuallpa

From left to right: Johan, Nélida, John and Elizabeth

Two Globalteer staff members are also based in Cusco and assist with the management of Picaflor

House and the day-to-day operation of classes:

Regional Manager, Latin America: Chris Bannister (November 2014 to present)

Picaflor House, Project Manager: Eliza Wethey

Picaflor House employs local staff in order to provide employment to Peruvian nationals and to

ensure continuity in our education programme. English language training is provided to the

Peruvian staff to enable the development of relevant skills, and the staff are assisted by long- and

short-term overseas volunteers who bring a diverse range of skills which are then passed on to the

local staff.


ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2014

At Picaflor House Community Project we are very proud of our achievements in 2014.

Beginning in January 2014, we were thrilled to announce our new Kindergarten Programme thanks

to the generous donation of Lai Choi Kuen, one of our previous volunteers. The Kindergarten

Programme aims to prepare children for primary school as well as allow the mothers of young

children (3-5 years old) to work in the

afternoons and free up their older siblings to

enjoy everything else that Picaflor House to

offer.

With the support of Durham University in the UK we were also able to secure funding to rent the second floor of the building in Oropesa. One of our former staff, Annie Irving also provided a generous donation to convert one of the upstairs rooms into a computer room, allowing us to hold weekly computer classes for the children.

In March we also unveiled our new website designed by Clever Little Fishes and our brand new

logo created by designer Nicky Acketts. Take a look at the website here: www.volunteer-in-

peru.com

We also began requiring registration for all of the children at Picaflor House. This has allowed us to

improve our Monitoring and Evaluation as we are able to track attendance and improvement in

classes.

In May 2014 we had a return visit from The Giving

Lens, a photographic organisation that works with

selected charities around the world. During the

visit the photographers taught the children the

basics of digital photography and participated in

several walks around Oropesa focusing on street

photography. Our picks for the best photographs

can be purchased on Picaflor’s Smug Mug Website.

Child playing in the Kindergarten

Giving Lens Participant teaching photography skills

http://www.volunteer-in-peru.com/

http://www.volunteer-in-peru.com/

http://picaflor.smugmug.com/


During the month of July, Picaflor and Chaska

Tours, a local tour operator, launched the iPad

Project. Chaska Tours donated two iPads to

Picaflor House with the mission of educating

children on the use of tablet devices and

integrating them into daily teaching to facilitate

learning.

During July and August a group of 15 students from Durham University Charities Kommittee’s

(DUCK) Programmes volunteered at Picaflor House. They transformed our garden, painted

classrooms and a beautiful mural on the inside of our wall not to mention their tremendous work

in the classroom.

Chaska Tours donating iPads to Picaflor House

DUCK Group in front of their three murals

https://chaskatours.com/

https://chaskatours.com/


In addition they installed another 6 cleaner burning

stoves in Picaflor House’s children’s homes. These

stoves will reduce indoor air pollution, fire hazards

as well as back problems that these families

previously faced.

We welcomed Nélida Rimache back to Picaflor House as our English teacher in the month of

September. For the first time Picaflor House now has a local English teacher.

In December we celebrated the holiday season with a traditional chocolatada at Picaflor House. At

a chocolatada, Italian style fruit cake or panetón is served with spiced hot chocolate. Local travel

agency, Sothern Crossings, contributed funds to purchase the chocolatada supplies and presents

for the children. Several of their staff members volunteered at the event. We invited the children

that we work with in addition to their parents, and ten mothers came early to take charge of

preparing the hot chocolate. While the children played, the staff of Globalteer Peru and Picaflor

House, along with volunteers from Southern Crossings cut up the panetón and organized the

children’s presents. We were also able to give away clothing and panetón to the parents who

attended, thanks to donations from many volunteers and supporters.

Throughout the year students took exams

on a monthly basis to measure their

progress in Mathematics, Reading

Comprehension, and English. These exams

gave us a better indicator of how students

were doing each month and what specific

topics we needed to focus on during the

following month. At the end of the year

the best students were rewarded with a

set of school supplies that included

notebooks, pencils, coloured pencils,

erasers, glue and even a backpack for the

students with the highest scores. We also

provided prizes for those with the best

attendance throughout the year in each

group. They were awarded soccer balls or

stuffed animals depending on their age.

Cleaner Burning Stove

Children Enjoying the Chocolatada


EDUCATION

Taught between 30 and 60 children per day in Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, English,

Chess, Traditional Dance, Art, Photography and Homework Help.

Registered all children attending Picaflor House. Our final registration numbers were:

o Kindergarten – 26 children (15 girls, 11 boys)

o Group 1 (Primary School Grades 1-3) – 21 children (7 girls, 14 boys)

o Group 2 (Primary School Grades 4-5) – 24 children (12 boys, 12 boys)

o Group 3 (Primary School Grade 6 & Secondary School) – 41 children (22 girls, 19 boys)

Collected State School report cards from students in order to monitor their progress during

the coming year.

Hired a Peruvian to teach English with experience working with children to further develop the

children’s skills in this second language.

Began offering regular computer classes with the use of iPads

Held monthly exams to monitor students’ progress in English, Reading Comprehension and

Mathematics which showed significant improvement throughout the year

HEALTH & HYGIENE

Provided health education classes in our general education programme.

Provided dental hygiene equipment to the children on a regular basis.

FAMILY SUPPORT

Provided a Kindergarten Programme for pre-school children (3 to 5 years old) to five days per

week.

Installed six cleaner burning stoves which will reduce health problems and indoor air pollution

in the homes of families in Oropesa whose children regularly attend Picaflor House.

Family members attended a dance performance and a chocolatada at Picaflor House.

FACILITIES

Secured the playground equipment by fixing the swings, reducing the height of the slide and the see-saw

Installed a new water tap to allow access to water for their daily teeth brushing

Purchased furniture and materials for the newly established Kindergarten Programme

Chaska Tours donated two iPads to improve children’s computer skills and to support learning

in difficult subjects such as Mathematics, English and Reading Comprehension

OUTREACH

Yearly surveys with families to monitor our work in the community and ideas to continue

improving our work in Oropesa

TRAINING FOR STAFF

Provided English classes at a local English school to improve Picaflor House’s teachers’ English

skills and interaction with international volunteers


WE ASKED OUR KIDS WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT PICAFLOR HOUSE:

J (9): I like Picaflor House because they teach me

many new things and I am improving my grades in

school.

J (10): I really like the classes we have at Picaflor House. I am more

prepared in school because they teach us new things that we have not

learned yet in school.

G (10): I like the flowers, the park, and the hummingbirds

that come to Picaflor House. I also like to learn new

things. They teach us many important things in the

classes.

L (7): I like the classes especially art and English. I also get lots of homework

help at Picaflor House which helps me improve my grades in school.


A HUGE THANK YOU!

None of what we have achieved in 2014 would have been possible without the amazing support of

so many people around the world who believe in and sponsor the work we do, and everyone at

Picaflor House is extremely grateful to our international Picaflor family for all your support!

A very sincere thank you to all our Picaflor friends, to our generous donors and fundraisers, to our

hard-working staff and volunteers, and, of course, to all the wonderful Picaflor children, who light

up our lives every day with their smiles, their enthusiasm and their achievements.

Children enjoying the playground at Picaflor House

FINANCES

FUNDING SOURCES

Picaflor House Community Project is reliant on donations, fund raising and grants to undertake its

work. As a relatively new NGO, the majority of our funding to date has come from volunteer

donations, and the financial support we received from our founding organisation, Globalteer.

Our financial accounts are based on the official Peruvian financial year, which follows the calendar

year. The figures shown here are, therefore, for the period 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014.

The financial accounts have been prepared by a Peruvian registered accountant in accordance

with Peruvian law.


Expenditure from 1/1/2014 to 31/12/2014 in Peruvian soles

Education 58605.40

Rent 17100.00

Accounting & notary services 6717.40

Building improvements & maintenance 5314.80

School supplies 4903.10

Transport & postage 2295.70

Office, IT equipment 2286.65

Bank charges 1287.57

Food costs (Birthdays & special occasions) 1522.64

English Classes for Staff & Sundry expenses 2731.80 Utilities (electricity, phone, water, internet) 1100.20

Total 103865.26 0% of the funding for Picaflor House was used for foreign staff salaries.

56%

16%

7%

5%

5%

2%2%

2%

1%1%

3%

Picaflor House 2014 Annual Spending

Education

Rent

Accountant & Notary Fees

Teaching & Arts Materials

Building Improvements &Maintenance

Food Costs (Birthday & SpecialOccasions)

Transport & Postage

IT Equipment

Utilities (electricity, phone, water,internet) & Cleaning Materials

Bank Charges

English Classes for Staff & SundryExpenses


ASSETS

Furniture, IT and office equipment, sporting and games equipment, books, and miscellaneous

items: S/ 36,418.00.

For details of our Picaflor House Child Protection Policy, Donation Policy and Volunteering Policy

please contact [email protected]

ANNUAL REPORT COMPILED BY:

Eliza Wethey

Project Manager, Picaflor House & Development Manager South America

Globalteer, Cusco, Peru

[email protected]

PLANS FOR 2015

Continue improving our official registration of students in order to focus on the children who most need our help in Oropesa, to monitor absences, to tailor our classes to better fit the children’s needs, to track students’ progress, and to work more closely with the children’s families.

Continue holding monthly exams in maths, English and reading. Monitor Picaflor House and school grades throughout the year to identify positive and negative changes.

Recruit and employ university students from Cusco who are studying education to assist with homework help.

Continue developing a curriculum for the kindergarten/preschool.

Increase regular attendance of children registered in the programme.

Expand our library of Spanish children’s books.

Further develop the health education programme.

Provide free dental and eye checks, plus follow-up care (dentist’s visits and spectacles) as required.

Further develop our small garden to teach the children about gardening and provide them with fresh vegetables.

Install cleaner burning stoves in family homes as needed. Investigate need for water filters in the community.

Provide employment opportunities for members of the Oropesa community through additional teaching roles as needed.

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