The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.
Gandhi
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House Amantaní, House Blanca (2004) y House del Río (2008). La Casa Verde pasa a ser un espacio formativo-lúdico.
What we do
Foster homes
In Cusco city we accept girls, boys and adolescents who are either in an unsatisfactory parental situation of developing social problems as a result of transitory or permanent parental abandonment and neglect. They are referred either by Family Courts or by the Public Prosecutor’s office.
We house girls and boys of ages ranging from 0 to 17. The splitting up of sibling groups is avoided.
We aim to integrate children with special needs.
We take care of their overall needs: educational, emotional and spiritual, aiming to provide family atmosphere.
We believe that promotion of family reintegration should be top priority for all CAR, therefore we try to locate the biological families and provide them with the necessary support. Should CAR fail, the Directorate Adoption del MIMP will find them a family, once the “Guardianship Investigation Process” is over.
Children in care are more in need than those who are born in a normal family environment. We aim to provide specialized care, in line with what is currently regarded as good practice.
We can accommodate up to 58 children.
Home Amantaní
Children are accepted at all times (24 hours 365 days a year).
It can house 34 boys and girls of ages ranging from 0 to 50 months, we offer them full care: accommodation, food, early learning, medical attention, safety and affection.
Since 2012 older boys and girls in the Residential Home for Children have been transferred to an independent Transitory Family House
Long term or permanent stays will be relocated to “family homes”.
We try to provide the children with a family atmosphere and to prevent them from feeling institutionalized during their stay.
Family houses
They are aimed at children who are residing on a long a long term basis. The houses function independently and they are within close proximity. Each of the houses holds ten boys and girls who are taken care by a key worker who has the role of a “surrogate” mother. They can remain in the house until they are eighteen years old.
Since the beginning we have sheltered 1,760 children and adolescents.
Videos realizados por Laura Mora en diciembre 2023 durante su voluntariado de dos meses.
Cantan sólo ocho voces, pero representan a todos los que viven y han vivido en Amantaní.
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María y Pilar Echevarría Pérez
(+51) 84 . 25 14 07
amantanih@gmail.com
