Making Progress in Lima

Work here in ASCEND Peru's Lima office is as busy as the action packed streets of the city. With our upcoming gala, the commencement of ABT classes in Via Maria, the ongoing English lessons in Huaycan, and other miscellaneous projects such as medical campaigns, we have become a multifaceted task force, utilizing a variety of different skills to perform this wide range of tasks. In the short period of one month, we have transformed from collegiate interns to practitioners of multiple professions such as; graphic designers (for the advertisment of the gala), sales representatives promoting ticket sales for the gala, Spanish- English translators, business teachers, English teachers, manual laborers and even home cooks to alleviate the burden of eating out on our still college status budget. You could say that we are a combination of different businesses in one.

Not only have we already seen the immediate fruits of our multifaceted work, but we can also foresee the long term impact that our efforts will have, something which most importantly we are striving to achieve. In the sales aspect of our work, for example, even if we fail to sell tickets for our gala at the meetings we have with different businesses, the face to face contact that we are making with them is planting the seed for a future network of viable contributors.

Another incident which demonstrates the postitive effects of our labor is the progress made on the building of the recreation area in the terrain adjacent to Huaycan's Hospital (mentioned in an earlier blogg.) The iniciative that we took to fix the terrain for the use of hospital patients, sparked the collaboration of community members and local institutions to continue the execution of the project.

We are very enthused about the work and progress we are making here in Lima. Not only are we acheiving our goals, but we are encouraging other people to join us along the way and in future paths to come.