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International Aid/Community Development

Highlighted Projects

Thank you for your continued support of Friends of Chimbote
and ACAF. We are committed to providing consistent and reliable
international faith based community development support to
the communities we serve and could not do it without the broad
based support that is founded on the faith of our supporters. Over
the last several months, the world of international aid has been
shaken. These changes have not directly impacted our work, but
it has underscored the need for consistency and stability that the
people we serve can trust!

Our mission, “We work in solidarity to transform lives and
communities by nurturing, building, educating, innovating and
healing so that together we flourish.”

The work we do transcends political and geo-political borders, and by being present in the communities we serve, we are
affirming the dignity and perspectives of those we work with by being present 365 days a year in Chimbote. Our constant goal
is sustainability and four such projects are highlighted below:
WATER PROJECT IN UPPER
SAFE WATER SOLIDARIPAN BOB CIKANEK CARPENTRY CAMBIO PUENTE

Our water purification Our bakery has moved The carpentry shop is Our next major
plant inside the San inside of San Mateo as producing the panels partnership with the
Mateo center is well. We are focusing on we use for new home community of Upper
functioning well. The producing products with construction and also Cambio Puente will
investment into the indigenous ingredients, continuing to develop likely be a well that will
new perimeter wall has panettone, and the products that can support increase the amount of
allowed us to occupy anemia bread shared our mission visit programs, water available to the
the space again and often in the specifically in the seven communities we
use it as a center for Loaves and Fishes events Mejor Casa, serve there. The project
entrepreneurship! visitors take part in. Mejor Vida program. will be financed by FoC
Water is currently being and ACAF and the
dispersed to families in community itself.
Upper Cambio Puente
as well as to the ACAF All four of the above projects are being done in solidarity with the
office and for the visitor communities we serve. The projects represent faith-based international
program. We look to development at its best. They are all increasing agency in the communities
share this precious
resource with more we serve, being executed by people from Peru and will spur further
people in the area as our development. Our presence affirms the dignity of the people and is a
capacity to produce and concrete signal that we are there to stay. Our support is based on our faith
distribute water grows! and transcends political and geo-political ideals!

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