Picchu Alto

Picchu Alto is a shelter in the High Andes of Peru. Their are volunteer women that take in children, many whom have been abandoned, and ensure they have food and shelter. These shelters are in the homes of very poor families whose homes are dirt floor and one room, not a one room house but JUST one room to do everything. These houses are made of adobe and have no running water and everyone sleeps in one bed. Even though it sounds awful, at least these children have shelter from the streets and creeps.

This is the court yard for about 6 different families, you can
see the houses on the sides, the roofs near the top of the

picture are different places.

This is the toilet for all the families to share. YUCKY!

and this is way cleaner than usual because they cleaned it

before we came so it looked nicer. They usually don't clean them.



Here are some of the kids. Ones a day they come here to eat a meal.
The volunteer ladies said they get about 70 children right now.

70 CHILDREN  have to come here to eat their one meal a day because

their families can't afford it! This is not a goverment funded project, these

women just started it up between themselves and we have started to help them.

Here are the women and children as we make crafts with them and
give them shoes and little toys.

We also did face painting. I sucked at it but they loved it!

  

This is at the beginning when there was not so many children
getting their faces painted. Dakota rocked at face painting.

These are some hats the kids made as well

Who couldn't love these kids?!?!

The boy in the red is a little handicapped and he is so
awesome with all the little kids. He makes sure
all the kids are taken care of. The boy with the dog
has a skin condition due to malnutrition. All the kids treat him
the same at the shelter though!