Quechua Benefit will begin construction of Casa Chapi in March of 2009. Bricks will be laid, timbers raised and soon a home will appear. The complex, when complete, will be 38,150 square feet. The management team has identified four hundred potential residents and will interview them to determine who is most needy.
A long time ago (1709 to be exact) in a town not far from the Peruvian colonial city of Arequipa a committee of the men decided to move a statue of the Virgin Mary to Arequipa proper. The committee supervised the loading the image of Mary onto a cart pulled by donkeys. But after moving the statue only a few feet it became so heavy that the donkeys, strain as the might, were brought to a standstill.
In Quechua, chapi means “here” and in Spanish casa means “home.” All too often small children in Peru have no home. Quechua Benefit aims to change this reality.
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