Charity fundraiser for Kindergarden Huaran Peru

I would like to thank all the wonderful people who came to our charity tea and cake fundraiser and thank you for being so very generous. We raised a total of S/ 570.00 and this is so greatly needed. A very big thankyou to Gabriel and Irene for making all the yummy cakes

Maria- The Teacher
As you all know the school has been asked to vacate the premises they are in now and we went along to view the new building. Sadly it is not suitable for animals and we where so shocked by what we saw, we approached the cooprativa. Only to be told that this was only a suggestion and they will be getting a piece of land and building a new place. I have had many dealings with the cooprativa and have seen money wasted on a hostel that for three years has remained closed.
I feel we need to give the children the right they deserve, a place to call there own, of which the coopratva can not take away for there own gain.

Our idea is to find a small piece of land from the local people in the community and work with the people to build a new Kindergarden. We need to raise funds for the building and people to help in what ever way they can.

We are very lucky here at The Green House with all the amazing, kind, carring and generous people we have coming to stay and i would like to thank you all for all your donations. A special thanks to Charlie Lee Brown and Donna Krzemiew who brought many clothes and toys for the children, very very thoughtful.

So my dear friends our work has just begun and i ask all of you for any suggestions or help in our building of the new kindergarden.

Donations so far ellen S/600.00 Tea & cake dayS/570.00 Reike Session by Gabriel S/65.00
Irena S/30.00 Total S/1265.00

So please get in contact and lets give these beautiful children a start they deserve

• The Green House Peru

Algunos de nuestros pasajeros / some of our guests

BIG LOVE by Ellen Lerner

In this world of big and small,
There are all kinds of love,
All kinds,
All.

There is fig love and twig love and purple-bee wig love
There is dot love, and square love, and miles of lines love.
Even fleas on puppies´ behinds, they can find love.

There is rose love, and clothes love, and wherever it goes love.
There is also a kind you can smell with your nose love.
There is bat love, and ball love, and dance in the hall love.
There is tight love, and flight love, and way out of sight love.

There is straight love and curve love and get up the nerve love.
There is still love and noise love, and sharing your toys love.
There is old love and young love, and not yet begun love,
And most special kind called happens-again love.

There is one certain type that is found inside mirrors,
It likes what is like it, anyway it appears.
And then there is a great deal of love for those others,
Who have different colors, expressions or druthers.

Everything’s got love, from down low to up high,
Has its reason for being under the sky.
Love is a happiness just to be there,
To know you are part of this world that we share.

Like a shoe fits its sole and a doughnut its hole,
Everything fills the space only it can make full.
Everyone on this earth, and that includes you
Is a piece of the world, and BIG LOVE is the glue.

But some people’s love sometimes has got shrunk!
All the world’s pieces put them in a funk.
They’re not at all glad about what is out there,
They don’t love some cultures, or language, or hair.

You may have met them, their face in a frown.
It’s easy to spot them, they put people down.
They’re feeling quite right when they think you’re quite wrong,
And believing you’re weak is what makes them feel strong.

They’re not at all happy about what’s not their decision,
Like who’s in your family, your size, or religion.
They don’t like this style, they don’t like that art,
And please don’t tell them who’s close to your heart.

If they really get going, it’s more than a pout,
They’ll call people names, they’ll threaten and shout.
They’ll get altogether, their pile gets taller,
And the more they stop loving, their hearts just get smaller.

They start making laws about who’s best and who must,
That keep people from BIG LOVE and each other’s trust.
There’s something they’re scared of, but not you, so don’t hide.
They’re scared there’s not really enough love inside.

They’re scared there’s no BIG LOVE, that it’s all just pretend,
And outside of their small love,
All love,
Will end.

They really would like to come out and play,
To enjoy who you are, and admit you’re okay,
But they’re forgotten that thought and locked it away.

It’s a tippest top secret, with nine locks, barred secure,
And where the key is, even they are unsure.
And here’s a little known fact, so listen, and know.
Deep down inside them, there’s a place they don’t go.

In that faraway corner, in a tight little ball,
Their BIG LOVE is waiting,
To love all things,
All!

“But what can I do?” you might worry and doubt,
“When I face them and fear that my love will shrink out?”

If you don’t want your hearts shrunk to a silver of ice,
If you don’t want to feel bad when people aren’t nice,
Then reach for your BIG LOVE,
Once, twice and thrice

Love who YOU are and BIG LOVE has begun
Start with something about you that’s simple but fun.
Feel better? Go on! BIG LOVE makes you strong.
You can be who you are and still know you belong!.

It’s working?
Think of more!
Make love bigger.
Encore!

It doesn’t matter if small love hearts are all shrunk,
Only you choose the thoughts that you’ve chosen to thunk.
If you think of BIG LOVE inside of you,
No one and nothing can make that untrue.

You can love everything under the sun,
Until you feel fine, and you’ll know that you’re done,
When you even love them.
Then BIG LOVE has won.

Because there still are bees who love purple-bee wigs,
and you still love dance, or love baseball, or twigs.
The straight love or curve love, or still love or noise love,
Still happens again, so does sharing your toys love.

Your color, your size, your family and worth,
Belong here at home as their part of the earth.
You still have your friends, who know you’re just fine.
You still have your style, the dot or the line.

You still love to live in this world you’re part of,
And that is the BIG LOVE that you are the heart of.

http://www.biglovebooks.com/

our visit to the local kindergarden /nuestra visita al jardin de infantes de la zona.

Thanks to the donation from Ellen Lerner & Susan Lynn from California, Gabriel, Colleen our guest at the green house, and myself Bryan visited the local kindergarden to find out what was needed and how we could help.

I had sent many things for the children when i was back in England, with money donated at my birthday last year, however only 3 tubs of playdow and 100 different coloured pens had arrived at this point, so off we went.

The Kindergarden is a part of the hacienda in Huaran peru, which is about 5 minutes from our Bed & breakfast.
It has a total f 18 children from 3 to 5 years, is open Monday to friday from 9.00am untill 12.30 and the children come from the towns of cancha cancha ( a remote community 3 hours from Huaran) and Huaran.

As we entered the windowless cemented building with pictures on the walls, the wobbly shelf, 4 small tables and chairs with the twenty eyes all looking directly at us we explained why we there and that a donation had been given and what could we do to help.

All the children introuced themselves and there age and gave us a group photo to thank Ellen & Susan. The children where a litle shy, but once we started to open the playdow and gabriel making a face the children now wanted to make things. When we first gave the playdow 3 children quickly took one each, we metioned that it would be good to share, so they could use all the different colours. they all split the playdow and passed it round and watching these beautiful children concentrating on rolling, shaping and creating with just 3 small pots was just inspiring.
After spending time with the children we asked maria what was needed, a blackboard, tables, chairs, a toilet, small kitchen area and supplies

The teacher Maria is helped a little from a charity called Prona and is given a propina ( a tip) for her amazing services. We were not given the amount, but i am sure it is not much and you get an overwhelming feeling that her very big heart is what keeps her smiling and working so calmly with the children.
The children are given a small amount of food for there families to make a meal they can bring, as they do not have a kitchen to prepare it for them. This has a few problems as the diet of many children lack the nutrients they need and many times are given no breakfast. What would really help this place is a kitchen and regular supplies of food, fruit and vegetables.

Clothes are another problem and very much needed

We at the green house will be holding a Charity Tea & cake fundraiser early in December for a christmas party for the Kindergarden.

Please find Pictures enclosed and any donations would be greatly accepted.

Once again all the children say thankyou to Ellen and Susan, you are very special people

Bryan & Gabriel