GRACIAS!!!!

This is a very special blog post for my Grandma Joann Taylor!!!!!!  Thank You for you donation to the Aldea Orphanage, home of the most adorable children in the world.  I love these children with all my heart and am so happy we are going to be able to purchase an oven for them to start a business and have more money for them and the staff.  Many children at the Aldea need medical attention, however, all medicines can not be purchased! The money from the bakery will help these children to have the medicines and other supplies needed along with helping to pay the staff salary.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH GRANDMA!!  The children at the Aldea also love you and if they could, would give you the best hug you could ever ask for!!!!

Matt Smith!!!

Big shout out to our most recent contributor!!!! 

Thank you from the entire Help International team, and the children and staff of the Aldea Infantil!!! 

After shopping around and pricing different ovens, We just found out we were a little short on the amount needed to purchase an oven needed for the Panaderia! We were not sure what to do next, when we got your donation!!!!  We are all so happy and could not be more thankful!!! Hopefully this week we will be able to purchase a new oven and get the new business going!!!!

Thank You Again Matt!!!

Maya Bach

Maya Bach,

Your donation is greatly appreciated!! We cannot wait to have our grand opening for the business and see them progress towards becoming a sustainable business.  We are grateful to you for caring about these wonderful kids and the project that we are working on to help them for the rest of their lives!

The Aldea Baking Team

Redandwhitekit

Redandwhitekit,

Thank you for your donation to the Aldea Baking Project!  We started building a stand this week for the orphans to sell their bread on, and things are moving along very well. Thanks to your help we will continue working towards buying the kids a new oven! Thanks again for your support!!

The Aldea Baking Team

Sarah Sette

Sarah Sette,

We appreciate your donation so much!! It is amazing people like you that are helping us reach our goal so that we can get these kids the oven and in the end get them the money for medicine that they need.  Thank you so very much!!

The Aldea Baking Team

Los Ninos

Just some cuties to brighten your day!

Jpmorick

Jpmorick,

Thank you so much for your donation yesterday and also for your sweet comment. We are so glad that you have donated. Please continue to follow us. Thank you, Thank you!

-The Aldea Baking Team

Timothy Evans

Timothy,

Thank you so much for your donation. We are so excited to send you your perk in the near future. Thank you so much for thinking of us and for donating part of your day to helping us out. We are extremely grateful that we know people like you. Thank you so so much.

The Aldea Baking Team

Brian Mann

Brian,

Thank you so much for your donation. We are so glad that you picked a perk when you donated. We already have it ready to go. Thank you for being part of our project. We sincerely appreciate everything you have done for us.

The Aldea Baking Team

Anonymous Donor

Anonymous Donor,

Thank you so much for your donation. We are so glad that you have thought of us. Although you are "anonymous" we thought that this picture might make you happy. Thank you so much for helping us out the past few days. We really appreciate it!

The Aldea Baking Team

Ryan Stucki!

Ryan,

We are so grateful that our HELP family is trying to support us here in Peru. Thank you so much for your generous donation. We are so glad that word got out to you. We are so glad for the few suggestions that you have given us. Please continue to follow us.

The Aldea Baking Team

Emily´s Family!

Muchas Gracias!!

Big Shout out to Emily's family for donating to the Aldea Orphanage!! Emily is a part of the Aldea Team and is so excited for the love and compassion her family has shown!!  Thank You for your donation from all of of us on the Aldea Team and all the orphans your donation will contributing to!!

Cathy

We received a generous donation from my favorite advisor, Cathy Dault, yesterday! Cathy has been such a huge support in my life for the past 4 years that I have been lucky enough to know her, and she has come and saved the day once again! Thank You, Thank You, Cathy.  All of us here at Help International, the employees and children of the Aldea Orphanage could write volumes on our immense gratitude.

MUCH LOVE!
Sadie and the rest of the Aldea Team

Debbie´s Family?

A few days ago we received a donation under the name of Debbie Stauffer. Debbie is a member of our baking team who did not put this donation in. We are guessing that this donation came from her sweet family. So, Thank you so much for your donation. Debbie was so excited when she found out that loved ones were reaching out to her here in Peru. She is so lucky to know people like you. Thank you! Thank you! 

Antiquedress

Antiquedress,

Thank you so much for your donation. We are so happy that word got to you and that you took time out of your day to donate to us. We could not be more grateful for your generous donation. Please continue to follow us and help us to make a difference in the world.

The Aldea Baking Team

RVV10

RVV10,

Thank you so much for your donation. We are so grateful that we know people like you who are willing to help and give to us. The world needs more people who are willing to donate and help others. Thank you, Thank you.

The Aldea Baking Team

Tracy and Lindy

Tracy and Lindy are on the board for HELP International. They made a visit to our lovely city of Piura just a few weeks ago. While in country they accompanied us to all of our projects and gave us plenty of advice and help. While I was setting up Indiegogo Tracy told me to keep him informed about how the page was going and told us he would help us market the site to others. Today as I was working away I decided to check the Indiegogo page. I was shocked when I realized that our numbers had jumped by $1,000. I think I jumped up and down for at least five minutes straight. 

Thank you so much for all the help that you have not only given me, but given our whole team. We are so grateful to have you on the HELP board of directors and as a friend. Words cannot describe how I feel. Thank you, thank you, thank you again for everything you have done for us! 

Perofri

Perofri,

Thank you so much for your generous donation. Yesterday we had a chance to visit the orphanage and tell them how much had been donated so far. They were so pleased and happy. Thank you so much for being apart of that. We are so grateful that you thought of us.

-The Aldea Baking Team

Simon Halls

Simon,

Thank you so much for your generous donation. It means the world to us that you have thought of us and have taken time out of your day to donate to us. We are so proud to be working on this project for the orphanage. We are so glad that you could be apart of our project with us.

-The Aldea Baking Project

Adwnewyork

Adwnewyork, 

This is how I felt when we received your donation. Thank you so so much for donating to the orphanage.

Eileen Rappaport

Eileen, We are so grateful that you have donated. Words literally don't express how we are currently feeling. Your donation yesterday was icing on our cake. Thank you so so much for thinking of us and taking time out of your day to donate to our cause. 

-The Aldea Baking Team

Family

Before we really got our blog totally up and running my dad sent me an email saying that he was the first to donate to our cause. Being so silly, I totally forgot to write a blog post for him! He has been so wonderful and so supportive of everything I have ever tried to conquer. I am so grateful that he donated. I love you Daddy. Thanks for everything!

Bruce Fagin

Bruce, Thank you so much for your donation. Your donation is helping a great cause. Our team here in Peru feels so blessed that you thought of us and contributed to our project.

-The Aldea Baking Team

Riccardo Costa

Riccardo, thank you so so much for your donation.  We were all so pleased to come home from the orphanage and find another donation on our Indiegogo. Thank you so much for helping us with our cause. We feel so blessed to know people like you.

-The Aldea Baking Team

Orphan Love

After our meeting with Javier yesterday we got a chance to play with some of the baby's at the orphanage. We fell head over heels in love with them. 

Aldea Update!

Friends,

Here is an update on what has been happening in Peru.

Earlier this week we met with our friend Rosie. She is a local baker here in Piura. Rosie is a volunteer baker at the orphanage and has been kind enough to give us some advice. At our meeting with Rosie she told us what supplies the orphanage still needed so they could sustain a business. So we could figure out some financial costs we spent this past week  running around town trying to price out exactly how much everything is going to cost.

So the orphanage has something to sell from we are planning on making a stand. We are thinking of painting it blue and putting the kids hand prints on it. We will keep you updated with pictures in the near future!

Yesterday we had a meeting with Javier. Javier is the psychologist at the orphanage and has been our main go to guy for most of the information we have needed. We gave him a list of prices for everything that Rosie had told us the bakery still needs and also a list of how much all the supplies will cost for the bread stand.  We also got the okay to build the stand for the orphanage next week. We are planning on picking up supplies on Monday and starting to construct on Tuesday.

We made plans with Javier to have the orphanage's grand opening the 25th of July. We are hoping to make it a really great event. Tomorrow I am going to make a list of things to do and hopefully we can tackle our list with full force. We also found out that the orphanage's 25th anniversary is in August. We are hoping to somehow incorporate the bakery opening along with the activities that are happening at the orphanage for their anniversary.

All of us here in Peru are so excited about everything that is going on for the orphanage. We couldn't be more thrilled about the support we have gotten and about the future work that we have on our plates. Thank you so much for following us and for allowing us the opportunity to serve the people we are meeting here in Piura. This experience has really been a life changing one so far and I feel so blessed to know and work with everyone that is joining me in it!

Lynn Allen-Biros

Lynn, Thank you so much for your generous donation to the orphanage. We played with the kids yesterday and got some really great shots of them playing around. We can't wait to send you your own copy of one of the kids. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your generous donation!

-The Aldea Baking Team

Anonymous Donor!

Thank you so much to another anonymous donor! We can't wait to get a picture of one of lovely orphans out to you! Thank You so so very much! We are so grateful that you have chosen to be apart of our project! Lots of love!

-The Aldea Baking Team!

Anonymous Donor

We wanted to thank one our anonymous donors who gave us $75. We are so happy and grateful that you have been a part of our project! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

Beyond Grateful

The Aldea orphanage received a major donation today. When we found out about it after returning home from another project we couldn´t help but jump for joy!  

Thank you so much Joan for your generous donation. We are all so happy and excited! 

The Aldea Baking Team

Anonymous Donor

Dear Friends, 

Our page has started to earn money, and we are all so excited! 

WE WANTED TO THANK OUR ANONYMOUS DONOR LAST NIGHT! 

You have helped us start to make a world of difference. We are so grateful that you have thought of us and of the orphanage. Please keep following us. We can´t wait to keep you updated! 

Indiegogo!

Dear Friends,

We are so sorry that we have not been posting like crazy the past two weeks! We promise to from now on! So much as happened! We have officially launched our Indiegogo page and our so beyond excited! Tomorrow we are meeting with Javier (Or as some of us like to call him, Hotier)  to talk about some small financial things before we can open. Also, we plan on working on building a stand for the orphanage next week. We are thinking blue with the kids hand prints on it! okay without further a due the link to our Indiegogo page is as follows ...

Indiegogo!!!!!!!

Welcome to the Orphanage

Today we met up with Javier in the center of town and applied for a vending license so that the orphanage can sell the bread they will be making. After, we decided to make a quick stop by the orphanage and say hi to a few of the kids. Here are a few snap shots of the bakery and of the kids.

One of our lovely help volunteers

 The deteriorating oven

 The mixer and counter space

The other side of the bakery

 The entrance to the Panaderia

Of course the adorable kids that we all love! 

We are hoping to go back to the orphanage tomorrow and spend more time photographing the kids and the activities that they get to do there. Hopefully we will start baking by next week! Wish us luck! 

Love, The Aldea Baking Team

Baking Project 101

Okay friends, here is a quick update on what we have been up to. The Aldea is a local orphanage here in Piura that the Help team made contact with last year towards the end of the summer. Located inside of the Aldea is a small panaderia.  A local baker volunteers at the orphanage a few times a week and produces bread for the orphans to eat.
 Here is our plan. We are trying to produce a sustainable bakery that will help contribute more money towards the orphanage and to the needs of a new oven. Although the panaderia is in good shape, the oven located inside is inefficient and in deteriorating condition. We have run the idea past the director and psychologist of the orphanage and they are more than willing to partner with us and allow for us to come into their territory. Tomorrow we are acquiring a vending license from the local municipality and are going to move forward from there. Our plan is to learn how to bake the bread with the orphans and then facilitate them making the bread early on and help with the selling.
We are setting up a program where the orphans can come in their spare time to help a local baker learn the trade of baking and help us in selling the bread. The money that the orphanage is planning on raising from selling the bread is not nearly enough for a new oven. It would take years for The Aldea to make enough in order to buy a new oven. That is where you come in. 
We are making a call for help. We want to help The Aldea raise the money for their new oven. With a new oven The Aldea will be able to produce more efficiently and will have one less thing off of their worry list. This week we plan on creating an Indiegogo account. Indiegogo will allow for all walks of people to be able to donate to our cause, and the money goes straight to the orphans. We are looking for several ideas on how we can fund raise and help The Aldea. If you have any suggestions please feel free to comment on this blog or to email our Help International team at peru@www.help-international.org
Thanks for all of your continued love and support to us here in Peru. We will make sure to keep everyone updated about our progress and will post our Indiegogo sight as soon as it is up and running. 


The Aldea Baking Project Team