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Welcome to the LimaKids website |
Who are we? LimaKids, a social benefit programme of the Peruvian non-governmental organization AB PRISMA, was founded in May 2005 by Joe Donroe, Charo Arroyo and Dave Moore in Lima, Peru.
What is our mission? Our mission is to provide an alternative line of support for children and adolescents living in orphanages or in socially risky situations - essentially those who are either living on the streets or in extreme poverty or both, and who are highly vulnerable to violence (physical, psychological and sexual), sexual exploitation and substance abuse.
Happily our goals are shared by many organizations - perhaps what differentiate the LimaKids approach are our vision and our methods. What do we do? We target at-risk children through projects and programmes that bring sports and art to these populations, and we run the only medical outreach service for street children in Lima. By coordinating our programmes and events with more than 20 childrens' homes and orphanages, an informal collaborative network has evolved which delivers a more effective platform of support than each individual partner and provides a range of options to facilitate an exit from the streets for those children who choose to ask for help. |
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