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Hola hola,

I wanted to give a quick shout out to everyone at Advent Lutheran Church in Cedarbrug, WI who have given donations for my projects here in Peru!!! It will be a great help for the kids so be sure to keep checking my blog for updates. Again, muchas gracias!

Today I visited the special needs school behind the orphanage, i´ll have to check my other posts to see if i talked about this. haha. I learned that there are about 6 children with autism. Yes, i met some of the children but the most inspiring part of it was that i met two of the children´s mothers. I couldn't imagine raising an autistic child but to raise one in Peru! wow. these moms are heroes. IN this country you can easily find a place to leave your child so you never have to see them again. sadly enough, it happens here, but not with these moms, they are amazing. Lucky for them Huncayo has a school for their children. The problem is that it is their only support line. There is no organization here helping them and no support groups, nada, nothing. They told me that there are other moms in and outside the city who know absolutely nothing about autism. Even the special needs school wants to learn more. My biggest concern is about the future of the children. What will happen to them when they are too old to attend the special needs school? Who will be able to take care of the children when they turn 20 or 30 years old? Where will the child go?There is literally next to zero support here for family's with an autistic person.

Autism is very new here. At first they moms wanted me to give them a class to educate them about autism but they know as much as I do if not more, they have done lots of research, lots. What we did conclude is that there needs to be some type of organization in Huancayo to support the children, moms, and family's of autism. So as soon as i am done with this post i´m going to get started. In two weeks i may be travelling to Lima to met with two different organizations there. My hope is that i can have something started by the time I leave. Expand Peru might even take it up as a project. i hope i hope.

If any one knows anyone involved with some type of an autistic organization or has any ideas then please please email me. Thank you thank you!