By way of performing arts the children discover new ways of spontaneous expression and transform it into creative activities such as music, dance and theatre. They have performed at other orphanages and in the municipal theatre in Cusco.
Creative expression is also through visual arts. Paper mache to create masks and costumes, cutting and gluing, water colors, drawing, tie die and batik are some of the materials used to further the children’s interests.
Our beautiful organic gardens host a number of advantages for the children’s growth, too. They are taught about organic farming, how to develop permaculture systems, recycle waste, and conserve water and soil. They enjoy balanced organic meals and benefit from the medicinal herbs grown.
All of the children at the Casa learn:
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The issuesOver 3,500 children live on the streets of Cusco many abandoned by families that could not feed them. Malnutrition, infrequent bathing... |
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our solutionCasa de Milagros provides shelter, food, clothing, basic medical care, and education and arts programs that promote self-confidence and self-worth for children in need. This is done in a truly unique |
environment in which progressive programs are used to foster a healthy and positive consciousness. Based on the philosophy that we must start at the root of the problem, healing and educating children so that they can give back to their community, The Chandler Sky Foundation aims to provide positive long-term benefits to the region's social and environmental problems. Casa de Milagros will act as a model for children's shelters in the future to be established in all parts of the world, providing a special environment in which children will prosper through education, cultural and performing arts, permaculture, spiritual development, and social and vocational programs, and most importantly, love. With its progressive methods of healing and teaching, the shelter is a model for self-sufficient children's shelters around the world. The Chandler Sky Foundation aims not only to heal the street children, but to educate them so that they may be able to return to their communities equipped with the skills and the spirit to heal the area's economy. In addition to saving the lives of many needy children, the Chandler Sky Foundation helps to conserve one of the world's most biodiverse rainforests. Through teaching children methods of farming that allow the land to be used over and over again, there will be a decreased need for migration into the precious rainforest reserves that we, as a planet, need for survival. These programs, developed from a progressive global consciousness, place the Casa de Milagros in a category of its own. |
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In order to enrich our children’s lives and strengthen the quality of life for children in the surrounding communities we enacted the Mothers Garden; a program aimed at teaching nutrition, organic gardening techniques, and the use of medicinal plants as a means to improve health and build relationships.
Sopa del dia: our community soup kitchens feed all children under 18 and adults over 65. All participants receive a balanced meal and a fruit snack three days a week. Through this program the local children and elderly have reached a level of health uncommon in Peru.