Children participate in drawing competition

In April all primary school pupils in the village were invited to participate in a drawing competition to design the logo for our organisation and project- the motto for the drawing was “Exercise is the heart of Yapatera”. The response was overwhelming with every child participating and resulting in 245 entries! The winner will be announced soon...

A village without a playground?

Yapatera, population 5,000+, is considered the largest afro-descendent community in Peru; a large proportion of its inhabitants are schoolchildren many of them cared for by aunts and grandparents when their parents are forced to find work in Lima or Ecuador. Despite its size, the village does not have a playground for children to play and exercise on. Yapatera Corazon’s objective is to build a playground with equipment such as swings, a slide, a seesaw and more for children. Attached to the children’s playground we have plans for a mini-outdoor gym for adults and youth with basic equipment. The idea is to get children and adults to have fun with exercise.