Changes for New Hope Celebrates Ten Years i n Peru
Hu m ble Begin n in gs Changes for New Hope's very first day in a small adobe room just outside of Huaraz
Shiqui, Macashca, Mejorarca, Cot oparaco, Recuay, Lima, Ticapampa, Yanama, Villa Hermosa, Rio Seco, Secsecpampa, Tinco, Pueblo Libre, Yungay, Vicos, Cat ac, Uco, Huari, Cajay, Huaraz, Huashao, Compina, Aija, Llacllin and Cochabamba. St range sounding names but in all of t hose t ow ns and villages are t housands of disadvant aged children numbering some 5000, t hat Changes f or New Hope has reached over t he last t en years. The pages t hat f ollow , you w ill read about many of our groups and t he ef f ort s t hat have made t heir lives happier, healt hier and provided opport unit ies t hat have enhanced t heir lives. Those t hat have self lessly cont ribut ed t o make t hese successes possible, consider t his special issue our heart f elt grat it ude f or your compassion in act ion t oget her w it h us. Apat hy is humanit y's most prof ound humiliat ion. To quot e Margaret Mead, "Never doubt t hat a small group of t hought f ul, commit t ed cit izens can change t he w orld; indeed it is t he only t hing t hat ever has."
