The Children of Peru
   
 
   
   


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MULTIPLE choice:

Here’s a quiz: You have some straw mats and broken plastic. What should you do?

A) Throw them in the garbage.
B) Put them in a recycling bin.
C) Build a one-room house for a single mother and three children.

The first two seem like the only reasonable choices, but in Lima, Peru straw mats and broken plastic become building materials for desperate mothers like Elizabeth. This mother of three sells candy on the streets of Lima and lives in a one-room “house” of straw mats and broken plastic with no electricity, running water or drainage. 15-month old Carolina was suffering from severe malnutrition and a bronchial infection. They did not have multiple choices. Kids Alive® International is committed to giving children like Carolina and her mother a choice…and a chance. Read More...