Operacion San Andres

Programs: The peruvian non-profit called asociacion operacion san andres (osa-peru) has facilities in collique, peru that are used for a daily educational enrichment and nutrition program. This program is attended by approximately 55 children (ages 6 to 11) each weekday during the calendar year. Through this program, children are provided a nutritious meal, and they have an opportunity to learn about christ. The children also receive educational enrichment in reading, math, and the use of computers. Help with homework from school, recreation, and crafts are also part of the daily activities.

grants from operacion san andres were used to provide a nutritious snack, using menus developed by a nutritionist, for approximately 120 children (ages 3-5) who are enrolled in the jose galvito preschool located adjacent to the osa facilities in collique. This nutrition program is a concrete way to address issues of iron deficiency anemia and growth retardation due to malnutrition in these children. Grants were also used for infrastructure improvement to the school, teacher training and to provide age appropriate educational resources for the preschool.

the luz de esperanza evangelical church, owned by the peruvian non-profit asociacion operacion san andres (osa-peru), is used for a variety of programs to improve the spiritual well-being of children and families in collique, peru. Grants from operacion san andres were used for salaries for pastoral leadership and for supplies used for weekly worship services, weekly meetings of a youth group, a children's club, and small bible study groups.

operacion san andres sponsors two mission trips each year from the united states to provide volunteer services to the community of collique, peru. Mission trip participants include several physicians, nurses and other volunteers who provide medical care. Each mission team also includes several volunteers who do construction projects in collique such as building or renovating small family dwellings. Grants from operacion san andres were used to purchase medications and building materials used by the mission team volunteers. The peruvian non-profit, osa-peru, sponsors a program called "talita cumi" which provides education to women in collique regarding the causes and prevention of domestic violence. Grants from operacion san andres are used for the salary of the social worker who coordinates this program and also for educational materials regarding domestic violence. Osa-peru has a telemedicine program where people with chronic illnesses can be consulted, via internet video, by a volunteer physician in the united states. Grants from operacion san andres were used to purchase medications for the benefit of patients in the telemedicine program.