Hello, my name is Kemper.  After graduating from high school, I was not ready for college yet, and decided to take a year off.  I wanted to find something to do that had meaning, go where I would be needed and be where I could make a difference.  What I was lucky enough to find after three flights and an eight-hour bus ride into the deserts of Trujillo, were the children of Bruce Peru.  I arrived in August of 2005 and left for home in March of 2006.  During this time, not only did I become fluent in Spanish, but I also witnessed firsthand the wonderful work Bruce Peru does.  In my time at Bruce Peru I worked with over 30 children in helping them to enroll in regular school. 

I’m relaying this story so that anyone reading it will understand that Bruce Peru is a real charity providing a real service.  Everyone affiliated with Bruce Peru lives in primitive conditions, and every penny received goes towards helping the children.  I know this because I was there and I am urging you to contribute because I believe in this cause.  I believe in Bruce Peru so much that I am conducting a car wash April 14, 2007 at the McDonald's on 3802 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. in Port Orange, FL 32129.  I am also lending my name to this website and I am also planning on working for Bruce Peru again this summer in Panama. 

Facts:

• Bruce Peru has entered 2000 street children into national schools

• They have 40 schools open right now and are expanding into 6 other countries

• $150 dollars gets a child into school for one year (this pays for everything)

         - ie. The same cost as 10 large pizzas with everything

• $27 dollars buys them lunch for a year

- ie. The cost of a movie and a snack for two

• $19 dollars buys them school supplies for a year

- ie. The same cost as half a tank of gas

• $17 dollars pays for medical attention and clothes for one year

- ie. The cost of less than half a month of cable

Donating to this site is completely secure.  Any donation you make will make a difference.  If know someone who might be interested in donating, please help out by forwarding this site. 

What is Bruce Peru NGO?

            Bruce Peru is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that sends volunteers out into the streets of third world Latin American countries and finds abandoned and neglected children.  Bruce Peru operates in third world countries where children have to pay for the opportunity to get an education.  Without Bruce Peru paving the way, these children would never have the opportunity to learn to read and write and have a chance of escaping poverty.  For these children, literacy is the only way out of a life of begging, stealing, life-endangering manual labor, drug trade and prostitution.  Once a Bruce Peru volunteer earns the trust of a child and their family (if they have one), they bring them to a Bruce Peru facility.  There the children are introduced to fundamental reading, writing, and math skills.  Bruce Peru provides them clothing and shoes, links them to any available social services, provides them medical care, and gives them lunch every day they come to school, which is often their only meal of the day.  Once the children have been brought up to grade level, Bruce Peru enrolls the child into regular school, pays for their tuition, provides them with a uniform, does follow up checks to make sure they are attending school and doing well.