The Boyanci Volunteer Group's project will support the completion of a community library in the Sta. María Education Center. This process will include finishing the library's floors, windows, and painting as well as reinforcing its concrete components. This project's funding will ensure that all these necessary tasks will be completed so the library can be opened as a multipurpose center for study and learning. The center's community library will offer quality services to approximately 300 students every school day. These students will have access to many new resources including books, librarians, research tools, and programming on various topics such as the environment, human rights, and gender equality. In addition, the Sta. María library will also be available to more than 1,500 community members through book loans, adult literacy courses, parent resource workshops, and community events.

The Santa María Education Center is located in Pachacutec, a shantytown of migrant workers outside of Lima in Peru’s Callao Province. More than 96% of Pachacutec’s nearly 140,000 families live in extreme poverty without access to adequate water, sanitation, electricity, or other basic necessities. Children particularly suffer from these conditions and struggle with malnutrition and disease. They are also deprived access to quality education and as a result, are limited in their future endeavors.

Coprodeli sought to address these problems by building the Santa María Education Center to provide quality education and nutrition to children in Pachacutec. The Center was started in July 2008 and currently serves 100 students at the pre-K and primary levels, and is in the process of expanding to include a secondary school. The Sta. María Center has made education accessible to a greater number of students in Pachacutec and promoted the important role community participation plays in ensuring successful learning.

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Direct Impact of Your Project

• Provide more than 280 students with a functional library for reading, enrichment, research tools, and programming on various topics such as the environment, human rights, and gender equality
• Give more than 1,500 community members access to book loans, adult literacy courses, and parent resource workshops

Extended Impact on Your Partner Community

• Encourage students to pursue academics and improving their qualifications for future employment
• Foster a supportive learning environment in Pachacutec for the extended community’s benefit