News
July 2010
After living in Amantaní for eight years, sisters and brother Liseth, Janet and Jack can finally return to their family.
Santiago happily left with his parents who live in Luxemburg. And Frank's parents and brother will arrive soon from Italy.
A twenty-five-day-old baby from Urubamba has been admitted.
We readmit an 8-month old baby and an 18-month old boy who the police had again removed from their mothers due to drunkenness.
June 2010
Amantan&i's collaborator, Sara Serrano, and María Jesús López come over to visit us.
Federico's parents arrive from Malaga and love is huge from the moment they meet. And Sebastian and Jefferson have been assigned.
A baby girl born in a truck on the way to Cusco, and two babies born in the hospital, have been brought to us.
Father's Day with school performance in which we take part.
The Court gives Irma, who is one year eleven months old, in foster placement to a nurse.
May 2010
Gerard has left with his parents from Barcelona, Carla Marleny with her parents and brother from Italy, and Jacob with his parents and sister from Andorra. Everybody organised a farewell party for them.
We have news of the arrival of Santiago's parents, who live in Luxemburg.
Nicol can return with her mother to Puerto Maldonado after being with us for 4 months.
Mothers' Day in the schools: a big fiesta in Perú. Some of our children take part in the events.
We admit five babies: a child of a mother declared unfit, a baby of an alcoholic mother, a baby of a mentally unstable mother, a Downs Syndrome baby with high-risk complications (child of an abused young Downs Syndrome woman) who is passed on to another centre after 3 days as we're not equipped to care for him. And a baby of an adolescent mother
April 2010
We have redecorated and improved the activity room. Thank you Aurora and Lules.
Three babies have been admitted: one of four months, whose mother, from Puerto Maldonado, can't cope with the responsibility; one from Cusco whose 14-year-old mother is unfit, and an orphan baby girl of three months.
A group of performers from San Francisco came to Amantaní with their Circo de los Sueños ( Circus of Dreams) to give us a marvellous show which left the children wide-eyed.
Carmen and Gema, together with Carlos and Antonio, from Malaga and Seville, continue giving support to Amantaní. Their latest fundraiser was a crafts stall at an Altrenative Fair. Thank you!
March 2010
Beginning of schools for all the children above three years old.
Beatriz Galán and Sara Fontacaba publish the book Soy padre, dicen ellos , which gathers the experience of 36 well-known fathers. The book sales benefits will go again to the Hogar Amantaní. Thanks again, Beatriz and Sara, and all the 36 parents for thinking of the children who have no father. Happy Father´s Day!
Valeria´s parents arrive from Belgium . How much happiness for the three of them.
Two sisters of 14 and 4 years old have been admitted because their mother is in prison and their father is an alcoholic. And three sisters whose mother died when the River Quitamayo, a tributary of the Vilcanota, broke its banks on 4th March have also come to Amantaní.
And in the last week three baby girls of a few days old have been brought to us.
Nina Bernat, who came to visit us on the 1rst of January, goes on with her commitment of helping the children of Amantaní. Thank you so much for your support!
February 2010
With Milagros and Juan Manuel, 4 and 9 years old, 900 children have been admitted in Hogar Amantaní.
We celebrate a big party for all the children whose first, second and third birthday have been these months.
This month we count with the help of many volunteers. And Aurora comes back.
The students of Centre Jordi of Granollers ( Barcelona ) declare their solidarity and collect money for the children of Amantani.
January 2010
Two babies are admitted. And two children come back after almost a year. One is born from an alcoholic mother, and the other comes from a destructured family to which is returned after a week.
Livia´s parents arrive from Lima , and there is empathy between them from the first moment. Anthony goes, very happy, with his parents.
One again we welcome the visit of Mike Partridge, who continues giving us support and never forget the children from Amantaní. THANK YOU, PAPI MIKE!
The children start 2010 hoping that their dreams will be realised.
Wilder happily meets his parents from Piure, and they leave us with a very nice party. And we receive the news of the arrival of Livia´s parents from Lima , of Valeria´s parents from Belgic and of Rosalinda and Mariela´s parents from Madrid , who have been waiting for them for so long.
Again ZANGOZAKO IKASTOLA organizes a bazaar to raise money for the children of Amantaní, as they have been doing from 2005. Thank you again.
December 2009
The parents of Natividad y María arrive from Italy, - the children await them joyfully. And they have given us the news that the patents of Wilder of Perú, y los de Antony de Bélgica. Cuántas emociones.
Three babies come to spend Christmas in Amantani.
And for the ninth year running Javier Echevarría comes to Cusco to continue supporting Amantaní and to organise activities for the children.
A campaign, "Solidarity Bracelets", is being organised in Malaga and Seville in Spain to support Amantaní. Thanks to all the participants and the children of Maestro Antonio Rodríguez school in San José de La Rinconada, Seville, for their solidarity.
November 2009
Diego goes happily with his parents on the plane to Lima.
Also, Mateo's parents arrive from Barcelona to give him the exclusive love that he so hoped for.
On The International Day for Children we emphasise solidarity with children everywhere. Click the photo.
October 2009
In one week the police bring 4 babies to the home; one premature and abandoned in the hospital, two that were handed in; and another whose mother has died and the father, who has 5 other children, asked for helped to care for the child for the first year. One of them is 4 months old and weighs 2.6kg. And another has heart problems and respiratory problems.
In Barcelona, we ask for help to strengthen the network of help to Amantaní which allows us to keep space for all the children whilst maintaining the same quality of attention in the main orphanage and in the three family houses. Thank you to the people that have committed to help us, and to those that continue doing so.
September 2009
This year, the process of adoption of the children advances very slowly, despite giving them a priority of attention.
August 2009
With 1 year and nine months, Yeremi goes happily to Italy.
Lules and Juan come to support us for four months.
Ronaldiño is dieing having recently celebrated his 3rd birthday. His mother, who was raped in her community when she was just 14, didn't know how to take care of him and after giving him his name handed him in. As a baby, he got ill very frequently and with 18 months, we took him to Lima where he was diagnosed with pulmonary microlitiases, an illness with no cure except a transplant. It therefore suited him to live at sea level, but we didn't succeed in finding him somewhere to stay and after 8 months he has returned to Amantani without symptoms. Because of his illness he was never adopted. With a flu, which has ended in pneumonia and an advancement of his illness, he leaves us in less than a week.
Ronaldiño, how we wish you hadn't gone.
July 2009
Jairo enters the home because his father asked for help in the court due to Jairo's mother's illness. The mother died 2 months ago. With 9 months, Jairo returns to his community with his father and his two brothers.
This month all the children of the transitory home catch swine flu except for the 4 older ones.
Swine Flu has arrived in Cusco
June 2009
With 20 months, Jhojan has left us.
A son of a disabled teenage mother, he entered the home a year ago.
Last week, he underwent a failed operation.
Everyone that had the joy of sharing his life will never forget his tenderness, his smile and all the happiness that he brought to our lives, a happiness, which will help allieviate the sadness that he leaves.
May 2009
Ignacio is going to Italy with his new very young parents. We wish him the very best.
Last December, Rosemary left the orphanage with her Peruvian adoptive parents only to be later handed back to the National Secretary of Adoptions in Lima, and in turn to an orphanage in Lima. Finally she has a pair of Italian parents. We wish her all the happiness that she deserves.
Ivette celebrates her 15th birthday. She arrived as a six year old.
Teresa Femenías visits us, a supporter of Amantani
April 2009
This year, the police have already brought 26 children to Amantani.
March 2009
The authors of the book Cinco Madres, Cinco Historias (Five mothers, five stories) have decided to donate 100% of the writers rights to the children of the orphanage as they bring out a second edition. Thank you Beatriz Galán, Sara Fontacaba, Rosa Hernández, Daniela Kähler and Montse Vilà for thinking, as mothers, of the children who have none, and for your generous decision. Vilà.
The second boarding house starts with 22 girls from the district’s primary school. They will no longer have to walk two or three hours to get to school each morning. Thanks to Fred Branson.
Lourdes is coming to Cusco to help in the Home for two months. Thank you, Lourdes!
Two 18 year-old mothers decided to recover their children after giving them to the police.
February 2009
Nine children arrive, four of them babies, the weight of one is 1.79kg.
Angela, Yaselin and Bruno have left us to go with their adoptive parents in Lima. We wish them all the happiness they deserve.
January 2009
After 132 satisfactory adoptions, a 3 years and 8 months old girl has been given back to us by her adoptive parents whom she happily went with last December, because of possible health problems. The girl has proved to be healthy and is now in a home in Lima where she is waiting for other adoptive parents.
Aurora comes back and spends one month and a half with us.
December 2008
Javier Echevarría comes for his annual visit to Amantaní. For two weeks he maintains a packed timetable of activities with the children and staff of Amantaní. His stay coincides with the arrival of Carmen, who visited us years ago and who is warmly welcomed.
November 2008
Mario goes, very happy, to Barcelona with his parents.
October 2008
Mike Partridge visits us and invites the children on a journey to Cañón del Colca.
Rafa Femenías comes back to Amantaní indefinetely.
September 2008
With the arrival of Hitler, Amantaní has now helped 800 children.
Dussan Loaiza passes the entrance exam for university (aged 7 in this photo).
August 2008
Amantaní celebrates its 11th Anniversary. Pilar Navarro and family celebrate with us.
July 2008
The wonderful Miriam, and the "simpáticos" Sebastián and Sergio are going for adoption. All of them to Lima. We wish for them all the happiness that they have given us.
Carmen Lilian from Spain and Lotte from Holland (9 and ten years old) came back to visit us. It gives us huge satisfaction to see them so grown up, friendly and happy after so many years.
June 2008
This month we inaugurate our third family home, with the surprise visit of Mike Partridge who has made the house possible. Ten more children will benefit from sharing the house in a family environment.
From the Amantaní home, Rafael and Angel are being adopted (in Italy). We're going to miss them a lot but we wish them all the happiness which has been waiting for them.
May 2008
Thanks to Fred Branson, we've opened a boarding school in the district of Ccorca. Set up to benefit the young girls of the mountainous region who previously had to walk for two hours in order to attend their classes, it is housed in a building provided by the community and has been specially renovated for this use. Its capacity is twenty-two beds for the girls from the most distant communities, whom now have somewhere to stay, eat well and learn from Monday to Friday. Fred has been with us for the past seven months
April 2008
Dayana is reunited with her mother after staying ten months in Amantaní. Her mother had left her in the care of another woman in Puerto Maldonado, who, with no sign of the mother, reported the case. On her return to the woman, Dayana's mother started to look for her daughter and is now finally reunited with her in Cusco.
March 2008
Monica, who has spent the last four and a half years with Amantaní, is going with her step-sister to Cerro de Pasco.
Isabel is going to the USA. Finally a girl who knows how to give so much love will get the hugs she so greatly deserves.
And the marvelous Gabriela leaves us for Italy.
February 2008
Javier Echevarría came for his annual visit to Amantaní with his daughter Mariona.
Mariona says that what she most likes about Cusco are the children.
Now in his 4th stay in Cusco, Rafa Femenías works with us full-time for six weeks. He has promised to return as soon as possible.
Michael, at 6 years old, goes for adoption with some wonderful Italian parents - we foresee happiness for him. Also, Maricely travels with her new parents to Germany, Luisa to Spain, Guadalupe to Italy and Isabel to the US
Three new babies are admitted because of abandonment.
January 2008
The police admit two cousins for presumed maltreatment. And they bring us two recently born babies, having removed them from their mother's care.
The police decide to return the two cousins to their mothers.
December 2007
Mike Partridge, a great friend and supporter of Amantaní, came to visit us for a week. He has undertaken to help us with the purchase of a house which will become our third Family Home.
The police brought us Abigail ('source of happiness'), of one year 7 months. She had been abandoned at the hospital suffering severe malnutrition.
