La Casa Azul

On Friday we supported a fundraiser for an organization called “Union Para El Desarrollo Social” (UNPADS) which means the Organization for Social Development. It is a new organization that has developed out of Colibri, the organization that we first volunteered with prior to teaching English. Colbri is an organization that assists street children and provides a place for them to play, study and learn English for 3 hours a day. UNPADS goes the next step and wants to develop a home for street children, a place to live, eat, and receive an education and skills to survive in the world.

Friday night two of the volunteers organized a fundraiser in order to raise money to begin the construction of the home, which they call La Casa Azul (The Blue House). The fundraiser was held at one of the popular tourist bars. They charged 2 soles (60 cents) admission and held a raffle for various items including a motorcycle ride, a tour of the sacred valley, dinner for two, a horse back riding tour, among others.

This is another incredible organization, that we would like to be more involved with in the future. Check out their website http://www.unpads.org/ (This one is in English).