Letters from Zapallal

Brother Mark's Introduction to Zapallal

In May 1996 Delia and Michael came to our school, Fe y Alegría 43 La Salle, in a shanty town in the coastal desert north of Lima in Peru. From this visit grew the project “Sharing the Struggle”, whereby we received help from Sainsbury’s Magazine , its readers and people who sponsored children in the school.

There are 1400 pupils, aged from kindergarten to 5th year secondary. The secondary pupils have classes in the morning and primary in the afternoon in the same classrooms. In addition the secondary pupils come in the afternoons for workshops –...

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