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Burners without Borders is excited to announce the extension of the Peru Reconstruction Program. We will continue operating until August 16th. And as always we invite the Burner community to join our efforts. Come volunteer! It feels great to gift our skills and creativity to those affected most by the earthquake.

After six months of operations, our program is running strong and we feel more time is needed to succeed in the fulfilling everything we have set in motion since arriving last November. Over the last six months, our operations have made a huge impact due to the steady stream of volunteers as well as the generous financial support we have received from the larger community.

As of today our fundraising efforts and volunteer recruitment are paying off. We have welcomed 242 volunteers representing 31 countries and have gifted over 25,000 volunteer man-hours.

Take a quick look at what we’re up to at always keep up to date on our website www.burnerswithoutborders.org. And check out our blog to read about BWB's efforts through the words of the volunteers.

Here's the short list of what BWB has accomplished so far.

* We have just completed construction of the IEP Abraham Valdelomar school, a two room primary
facility have acquired funding for our second school construction
* Acquired funding to begin construction of a second school
* Completing the construction of a six room school
* Assisted multiple schools with education, mural work, reconstruction, and much more
* Completed the construction of three sanitation modules for families without access to water
* Providing 6 sanitation modules for a community of 120 families currently without any
facilities
* Acquired funding to construct 3 more sanitation units
* Demolished numerous condemned homes and prepped the sites for rebuild by clearing rubble,
digging foundations, pouring concrete slabs, and installing module homes
* Constantly responding to loads of local assistance requests of all scopes
* Hosting weekly counseling sessions to provide community members a listening ear
* Hosting nightly intercambio sessions providing local youth an opportunity to exchange of
language and culture
* Working directly with the community, other NGO's and local government on the sustainable
reconstruction planning
* Assisting with the formation of a local volunteer driven assistance organization to continue
our efforts when we are gone

If you are unable to volunteer this time around, please consider making a donation to our efforts so that we are able to make the biggest impact possible our last three months in Peru.

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered or contributed to the success of this program!

Carmen
Director
Burners without Borders