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The Colour of Hope Charity
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The Colour of Hope is a UK Charity working to reduce poverty, advance education and promote employment in Peru. Our blog includes posts about fundraising efforts, charity developments and news stories from Peru.
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Recent Posts
Video Clips from our Goodbye Celebrations
Here are a selection of short videos taken at our recent goodbye celebrations. To view better quality versions in larger windows please check The Colour of Hope's YouTube channel.The little ones dancing...Thank you from José...Thank you from LuÃs.....
Goodbye Celebrations at The Colour of Hope
As many of our supporters already know, I will be returning to the UK on the 15th July with a view to staying there permanently. I have been directing The Colour of Hope’s work in Peru since 2007, and have worked with children and young people out ...
Young Peruvian family receives the all clear from doctors about TB
Two of our young people, Natali and Hugo, and their family were diagnosed with TB back in March. But, thankfully, they have now been given the all clear by doctors. Hugo is now officially non-contagious, even though he has to continue his treatment f...
Ten thousand Peruvians march through Lima in support of Amazonian people
For two months, indigenous Amazonian people have rallied against laws which they say will open their lands to oil and gas drilling. Violence erupted last Friday in the town of Bagua Grande when more than 2000 native people - many of them carrying sp...
Chronic child malnutrition in Peru will drop to 16% in 2011
At the end of 2007, an estimated 750 thousand Peruvian children were suffering from chronic malnutrition in Peru. Yet in 2011, chronic child malnutrition will drop to 16 percent in Peru, said the executive secretary of the Fight Against Poverty Disc...
Peruvian Shining Path terrorists recruit child soldiers
Alan Garcia, President of Peru, has said that Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) will be sued for using child soldiers in their armed conflict against the state. The terrorists are said to use children to kill wounded soldiers. “This is something ve...
