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"We will develop the lives of children from the inside out.
From despair and destitution to hope and opportunities."
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92% of donors who have contributed to Changes for New Hope,
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Changes for New Hope celebrates our 8th anniversary. Thanks to all of our dedicated volunteers, supporters, sponsors and donors who have helped us continue our work here in the Peruvian Andes.
92% of donors who have contributed to Changes for New Hope,
continue to support us.
Thank you so much!
Changes for New Hope celebrates our 8th anniversary. Thanks to all of our dedicated volunteers, supporters, sponsors and donors who have helped us continue our work here in the Peruvian Andes.
Changes for New Hope
Humanitarian Magazine
Imagine a magazine that you can feel the articles as you read them, to actually experience a magazine. Consider a magazine that stays with you all day.
Changes for New Hope Humanitarian Magazine is an e-magazine that is spotlighting and sharing humanitarians around the world each month who are dedicated to make their piece of the world a better place. It is our belief, based on our personal experience, that many NGOs and non profit organizations, that are dotted around the world, are led by humanitarians who have struggled in virtual obscurity. Running on a shoestring budget, their passion and concern for the disadvantaged of the world outstrips their ability to reach as many people as they could. They need a spotlight and forum to share their stories and projects with the rest of the world. This magazine gives them that opportunity.
Here is the May 2018 issue for you;
https://issuu.com/jimkillon3/docs/changes_for_new_hope_humanitarian_m_53d0c81b916e64
"When we look at a statue of someone great we think that they have something that we don't. We are trained to think that only a tiny percentage of us will ever cure any diseases or slay any dragons. But every single one of us is called to be a hero in our ordinary lives.... We don't build statues to worship the exceptional life, we build them to remind ourselves what is possible in our own." ~~ Dr. Chris Stout
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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so other people will not feel insecure around you. When we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same” ~~ Marianne Williamson
“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore."~~ Cesar Chavez
"If you want to see the impossible accomplished, attempt the impossible."
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Why Are We Now Expanding To Empower Women?
The women of Pampas Chico a remote pueblo during a vitamin campaign
Women have always been a concern of this project. Children, of course, are the most vulnerable and therefore our first priority. The mothers have been joining us in our Challhua group and engaging in the activities right alongside the children. We welcome them with open arms. The new eco-friendly hand crank washing units are a huge leap into their advancement toward a better life, as the story above describes. It was always our vision to include women in our overall goals. The only thing that hinders that progress is, as always, the lack of compassionate donors. We can only provide help to them as we receive adequate funding. Our belief is that by helping the mothers we are helping the children at the same time. Empowering women enables them to work outside the home, become educated and provide better care for their children. Here are a few facts you may not have been aware of:
Since 75 percent of the world’s 1.3 billion people living in extreme poverty are women and children who live in developing nations, it makes sense that if we are to change the level of poverty worldwide we do it through the empowerment of these women.
Also, 85 percent of money Americans donate to charitable purposes stays in the United States. Of the 15 percent that is donated internationally, private foundations rather than individuals give the majority of funds donated. Here are some startling statistics:
- 70 percent of the world’s 1.3 billion poor are women living on less than $1 a day.
- Women do 60 percent of the world’s work and earn 10 percent of the world’s income.
- Women spend 50-70 percent of time men do on paid work and still do 200 percent of unpaid work in comparison to men.
- Women produce 70-75 percent of the world’s food crops.
- One year of schooling for the mother reduces child mortality by about 10 percent.
- Women cultivate, plow, and harvest more than half of all the food in the world.
* Women account for one-half of the potential human capital in any economy. More than half a billion women have joined the world’s work force over the past 30 years, and they make up 40 percent of the agriculture labor force. According to the World Bank, countries with greater gender equality are more prosperous and competitive.
* An extra year of secondary school for girls can increase their future earnings by 10-20 percent. Girls with secondary schooling are up to 6 times less likely to marry as children than those with little or no education. And countries that invest in girls’ education have lower maternal and infant deaths, lower rates of HIV and AIDS, and better child nutrition.
* When women participate in civil society and politics, governments are more open, democratic and responsive to citizens. When women are at the negotiating table, peace agreements are more inclusive and durable. And simply by empowering women farmers with the same access to land, new technologies and capital as men, we can increase crop yields by as much as 30 percent helping to feed a growing population.
Source: United States embassy USAID
Everybody can help with something. Can we count on you to help us make some powerful changes in the lives of these Andean women?
If you are interested in volunteering, or if you would like to learn more about how you can help the children of Changes for New Hope, please contact us via our comment section or visit our page on Facebook.
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Children Tested for Anemia, the Insidious Killer
We have obtained reports from the government that the region of Ancash where are project is based, has the worst levels of anemia in the whole of Peru. We purchased blood testing equipment and proactively tested our children. The results were amazing. We provide multiple vitamins for children in our various groups to address what we already knew was an issue. Those who regularly took the vitamins were not anemic. Those who popped in occasionally were tested and shown to be anemic. We are reassured that multiple vitamins are a solution to this insidious challenge affecting thousands of children. We need more vitamins to be able to provide them more regularly to the children. We need your help in this endeavor. Anemia will ill affect the health of these children for the rest of their lives but it is preventable.
Anemia testing in Secsecpampa and Challhua groups
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NEW RELEASE!
As a humanitarian, it is important to reach out and touch every issue that rages against our global family where we have opportunity. The gun violence issue in the United States is way out of control. There are more guns in the hands of private citizens that there are actual citizens. Over 10,000 people are killed with guns each year. What is the solution? More laws? Bans on certain guns? Arming every lawbidding citizen? Infringe Me? is a new e-book that looks beyond the gun control folks and the Second Amendment advocates to suggest a simple solution as yet unexplored seriously. What we see and hear we become. We are all products of our environment. What if the environment shifted from a gun mentality, gun glorification to a more passive and peaceful society? What if video games, music, television and films were not exposing America's youth to gratutious, graphic violence? Infringe Me? offers a unique solution that may very well save tens of thousands of lives over the years. Read it, review it, share it. Be part of the humanitarian solution. Go to this link and get your copy today. https://www.amazon.com/Infringe-Me-Solution-Consider-Violence-ebook/dp/B07BBVXCNP/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1521301807&sr=1-1&keywords=infringe+me ******************************* Changes for New Hope partners with
Healing Photo Art of Florence Italy It has been scientifically proven that hospital patients healing is greatly enhanced when they have beautiful images to see around them. Changes for New Hope has partnered with Ms. Elaine Poggi of Florence Italy who has created Healing Photo Art which provided hospitals with large photo prints for mounting specifically for that purpose. Together, we have delivered the photos to a delighted hospital staff who framed and placed them in patients' rooms. The hospital in Huaraz previously was as inviting as a tomb. The new addition has brightened up the pediatric unit significantly. The staff also suggested that our project join them for additional activities for the children which will include magic shows, toys and games to fill in the long and dull days of recovery. We look forward to providing a continuing benefit for the hospital and their patients. ******************** ***************** "A Life That You Can't Imagine"
Norma was a Quechua girl living in the outbacks of Peru's high Andes. This is her life and the lives of many thousands who live just like her..... When I first met Norma, she approached me as I wandered through an open air market on the East side of Huaraz, Peru. She offered me a glass of orange juice that her family was selling at a makeshift juice bar, fresh squeezed. I sat on a stool and met the family as I drank, shooing away the squadron of relentless flies buzzing about. They were a Quechua family, native to Peru long before the Spanish invaders conquered and interbred their own seed and culture among them. Most of the vendors at the market were Quechua, still wearing the traditional dress and hats that their ancestors wore. The younger generation, such as Norma, have jettisoned those traditions as adults opting for western influenced clothing such as jeans and blouses, sweaters and baseball style caps. They spoke Quechua to each other and Spanish to me. Her family was friendly and curious. I was happy to share where I was from and why I came to Peru to plant my flag as a humanitarian in a project that helps people like Norma's family and communities they live in. As it turned out, this family lived a stone's throw away from our Secsecpampa project of Changes for New Hope. They invited me to their home, as many people do, for a variety of reasons. Some are congenial and just want to share their home and a meal with me. Others encounter a Gringo and immediately see an opportunity to take advantage of my altruism. Desperation mentality consumes people here in the Andes. Some are of the feeling that, "They have everything, we have nothing, so taking it any way we can is fair play. They can get more, we can't." I have been in situations where people have asked me for my backpack, camera and the jacket I was wearing along with my shoes. Fortunately, this family was not like that. They seemed to have settled into their lot in life and get by working at their juice stand, selling flowers that they grow at home or whatever menial jobs they can pick up, usually unskilled, temporary work as they find it. The pay is usually just a few dollars a day. My visit to their home was lifted right out of a Robinson Crusoe story. Had I been shipwrecked on a deserted island and had to scavenge for food and shelter, I would end up pretty much like these people have been living for decades. An adobe family house, that was added onto as the children became adults, was called home. The mother raised nine children to adulthood while the father, an alcoholic, stumbled off a footbridge to his death while Norma was still a child. She recalls how he would take a hot knife and melt her torn plastic shoes back together because there was no money for new ones. The kitchen was a dirt floor area surrounded by bamboo walls and a corrugated aluminum roof. Four adobe bricks, paired two by two, about a foot apart was the stove. Wood, gathered from the mountainside was dragged in to make the fire to cook on. The walls were blackened by the smoke that swirled about and eventually escaped through the spaces between the bamboo. We sat on pieces of logs, rocks or stood as we ate a meal that was usually rice, potatoes and beans with maybe some chicken. Wheat was stone ground by hand to add to the soup. The animals roamed in and out, chickens or one of the many cats, as we ate. There was one common sink with only a cold water tap for the entire family to wash, bathe, brush their teeth, cook, wash the dishes and take a bucket back to their respective living areas should they need water later. Water here, as everywhere in Peru, must be boiled before it can be consumed because of the parasite issue. When I asked to use the bathroom, they looked at me like I had just asked them for a unicorn. Norma pointed to an open field behind the house and handed me a roll of toilet paper. There is usually electricity with a bare light bulb strung overhead in each room. It is not uncommon for many family members to sleep in the same room. Norma has three children and the four of them occupied two small rooms. I have visited many families like Norma's since my initial arrival here. The story is repeated again and again. This is their normal, their existence. Our project has provided shoes, clothing, school supplies, vitamin supplements and anti-parasite medicine. Books, recreational activities and most importantly, an opportunity to escape the generational pattern of destitution without disturbing their culture is imperative. We have been here for several years. Development is slow. We are all one human family, right? Is it morally right to ignore third world destitution in a rabid pursuit for more and more? Imagine if we shared a few dollars out of our abundance to make the lives of the destitute a little more bearable. Compassion in action will change the world. Let's do it! * This is an article from the Changes for New Hope Humanitarian Awards Magazine, December 2017 issue **************** Jim Killon wins the 2017 David Chow Humanitarian Award
The 2017 David Chow Humanitarian Award was presented to Jim Killon for his work with disadvantaged children of Changes for New Hope. He wqs one of seven who were so honored. This award, beyond the obvious prestige, gives this project third party credibility. In a world where potential donors are skeptical of non-profits in general, this is a valuable asset to us. Just as Julian Lennon's personal support via his White Feather Foundation, people can have confidence in following and supporting our NGO as being one that talks the talk and walks the walk, and for that we are grateful. ************************* Yungay District- New Opportunities Our friends and leaders in Yungay have invited us to their communities throughout the region to bring them what we do best... Compassion in action. Initially, we brought in our 8th art exhibition to the Cultural Center. Next, we launched a campaign in Huashao with a presentation about sanitation, hand washing and health issues. Vitamin A, anti-parasite medicine (Albendazole) personal hand soap, crayons and a wonderful magic show to entertain the children of the school. Building value, self esteem, sharing opportunities with the people who may be lacking is a great experience. The news media interviewed us about who we are and what we are intending to bring into the communities. The mayor and his team is supportive and encouraging. We have an open door in front of us. A social movement to build lives and influence positive changes is inevitable. We are grateful for this opportunity. *************
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Meet the Team and some of our compassionate volunteers
Team Alert! The children have received your postcards and messages of hope and love. Thank you so much. It shows them that they are not alone in the world up here in the Peruvian Andes in a very special way. Donations are always appreciated but cash can not buy hope. Only your love can give that. Those who want to send a postcard and haven´t yet, it is easy.
You can mail them directly to us at Jim Killon Changes for New Hope C/O Serpost Huaraz Peru Thanks again Team!
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