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Peru

The Edmund Rice Mission began in Peru in 1967. After some troubled years of terrorism and political unrest, Peru has settled more recently into democratic ways. However there continues to be a huge and ever widening gap between the richest people in the coutry and the average Peruvian, causing social unrest.

Population: 29.4 million
Life Expectancy: 72 years
Infant Mortality Rate: 20 per 1000
Public expenditure on health: 5.1% of GDP
HIV/AIDS: 75,000 people or 0.4% of the population
Public Expenditure on Education: 2.6% of GDP
% of children primary school age not in school: 3%
Unemployment of youth 15-24 years: 16.2%

Pupils at Fe y Alegría School, Peru

Fe y Alegria

Country: Peru  Focus Area(s): Education
Located in the Canto Grande, one of the poorest areas of Lima, the Fe y Alegría School provides education to over 1,494 students, and has been connected with the Edmund Rice Mission for over 20...
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Mundo Mejor College

Country: Peru  Focus Area(s): Education
Mundo Mejor means “Better World” and it offers secondary schooling to students in the northern Peruvian city of Chimbote. Situated on the Pacific coast, Chimbote is the centre of a large fishing industry and the fish-meal...
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Participant in the Nuevo Horizonte programme, Peru

Nuevo Horizonte

Country: Peru  Focus Area(s): Community Engagement
Nuevo Horizonte is a project started in the town of Chimbote, Peru. Many of the families live in extreme poverty – there is no running water, sanitation or electricity in town. Edmund Rice Mission established a...
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Reaching for New Horizons

Country: Peru  Focus Area(s): Education
Reaching for New Horizons is a project started in the town of Chimbote, Peru. Many of the families live in extreme poverty – there is no running water, sanitation or electricity in town. Edmund Rice...
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Participants in Reaching for New Horizons, Peru
Defensoria Edmundo Rice workshop with primary school students

Defensoría Edmundo Rice

Country: Bolivia Peru  Focus Area(s): Advocacy and Human Rights
Defensoría Edmundo Rice (DER) is a non-governmental organisation committed to the defense and promotion of human rights. DER works internationally, in collaboration with other organisations of similar interests, in causes that involve the violation of...
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Venezuelan Refugees in Peru

Country: Peru  Focus Area(s): Community Engagement
Since 2015, over two million Venezuelans have left their country due to the humanitarian crisis there. Thousands of these displaced people have settled in Peru, where many live in extreme poverty. Edmundo Rice Latinoamérica has...
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Edmund Rice Development is a registered company limited by guarantee. Registered in Ireland, Registered Charity Number: 20071004, Company Number: 463400, Revenue Charitable Tax Exemption Number: CHY18492, Registered Address: 23 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, D02 AR55.

Edmund Rice Development is a registered company limited by guarantee registered in the UK & Wales, Charity Reg. No. 1098358, Co. Reg. No: 4229228, Registered Address: 3rd Floor, New Oxford House, 75 Dale St, Liverpool L2 2HT, England.

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