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The land and buildings at the refuge
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| Our new building work will eventually allow us to take in more
children and help us to prepare them all for more independent living
when they leave our care.
Stage 1: July-August 2005
During this period we had both funds and hard labour from
a group of 30 students via RAF Cranwell through the UK Universities
Air Squadrons. They worked mainly on preparing a multi purpose
sports pitch in the NE corner of the land, which has now been
completed, and starting work on the ground floor of a new
dormitory / living accommodation in the SW corner. Click here
for photos of Stage 1.
Stage 2: January-March 2006
The work begun on the new dormitory / living accommodation
was finished by our architect and his team, with the completion
of the walls of the second storey and the roof of this new
2 storey dormitory / living accommodation block. Click here
for photos showing the later stages of this work, including
views of the multi-purpose sports pitch in use.
Stage 3: December 2006-March 2007
This called for more funding to complete all internal work
on this block, and also for the replacement of the former
administration block to provide new administration space,
classrooms, workshops, rooms for volunteers, dining room,
kitchen etc. Click here
for photos of this work.
Stage 4: April -May 2007
The finishing stages of the exterior and interior of the first
building were being completed (a two-storey dormitory block
including four bedrooms, each for four people on each floor,
with bathrooms, study room, house parents' room, washing area;
click here
for photos of this work...and progress was made, including
the roofing ceremony, for the second building, which will
include a new dining room and kitchen, and administration
offices on the ground floor, and meeting rooms, study rooms,
volunteer rooms on the first floor. A water storage cistern
has been build, but this still needs links to the main supply
and mor significantly to a main drainage system which is soon
to be brought to the Zapallal area. Click here
for photos of this work.
Stage 5: June 2007
Further work has been completed on the second floor of the
second building, on strengthening the exterior wall and removing
one of the gates. Click here
for photos of this work.
Stage 6: July 2007
This included 'launching' the first pillar of the third 'service'
building (to include store room, maintenance workshop, laundry
room and machinery / equipment room). During this time external
public work has brought a main drainage system near to the
refuge and eventually we will be linked in to this. Click here
for photos.
Stage 7: April 2008
Progress had been made on the third building, on strengthening
the outer perimeter walls and repainting some of the old buildings:
Click here for photos
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Project Peru owns a piece of land in Zapallal, District
of Puente Piedra, on which a refuge for children has been constructed.The
dimensions of the land at Zapallal are approximately 75m x 56m; the
total area is approximately 4180m²; the area currently covered
by buildings is 620m²; the total length of the perimeter wall is
approximately 261m.
The refuge at Zapallal started from scratch with no buildings
at all. Since 1992 Project Peru has supplied funds regularly over the
years to make, first temporary, then permanent, basic, functional buildings
to suit the needs of the residents. By
summer 2001 we had finished two dormitories (one for boys, one for girls);
the walls of one bathroom / toilet / shower room and the walls of a
kitchen, store-room and dining room had been completed though with temporary
roofs and raw brick or concrete surfaces. Additionally, in a separate
block, a number of other utility rooms serving different needs and varying
purposes have been used, including as an office, computer room, volunteers'
room, store room and workshop.Quite a bit of the work, usually under
Peruvian supervision, has been carried out by volunteer labour, willing
but often unskilled, including two groups of Irish and British young people in the summer of 2001,
some of whom came to us via a leading trekking expedition specialist.
The previous years had seen student groups, mainly from Edinburgh University.
Between December 2001 and February 2002 we did some fairly
comprehensive new work, and refurbished much of the existing buildings
on the premises. We
succeeded in transforming much of it into a more comfortable, safe,
hygienic, and therefore congenial place to live. This work included:
finishing off concrete floors in polished concrete in the dormitories;
plastering unfinished brick walls in the bathroom, kitchen and dining
room; finishing off several more of the other raw walls and floors;
putting in a ceiling and permanent roofing for the kitchen section;
fitting doors and windows where still needed; painting throughout; plumbing
including installing a water-pump and auto-regulator to fill the tank
on the roof; installing four new wcs, showers, hand basins; cleaning
up and reinstating waste outlets; installing a sink in the new kitchen,
worktops and a fridge; electrical work to ensure adequate safety requirements
were met: plastering unfinished brick walls in the bathroom, kitchen and dining room; finishing off several more of the other raw
walls and floors; removing the temporary roof of the kitchen / store
/ dining room section of the building; putting in a ceiling and permanent
roofing for the kitchen section; fitting doors and windows where still
needed; painting throughout; installing a sink in the new kitchen; worktops
and a fridge have also been installed. Click here
for photos.
The current buildings will remain in use, but during
2005 we aim to raise funds to implement
plans for some new buildings at Zapallal. As well as for more independent
living spaces for the children and young people in residence, we
hope eventually to open sections of our refuge for wider use, say
for literacy/numeracy classes, and education/craft/training provision
for adults, especially for relatives or families of the resident
children and young people.
The former outside dining room. . . transformed into a
friendly space for leisure activities, meetings, homework and study,
sewing and other activities.
Before
After
One of our volunteers from UK, ably assisted by some of
the staff and the children, inspired a radical change in one corner
of the refuge during a visit in August 2003 by constructing a garden.
It is expected that everyone in the refuge will get lots
of enjoyment from the garden, and it will also help the children to
learn how to grow some of their own food.
Ongoing care and maintenance
work
2004 photos
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