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21 Years of Adult Expeditions!
On the 21st of July 2024, Vine Trust celebrated the 21st anniversary of the first adult volunteer team’s expedition to Peru. This pioneering group of 30 volunteers, comprising individuals connected to Vine Trust through Bo’ness Old Parish Church, Barclay Church and other networks, embarked on a journey that would lay the foundation for our expedition programmes. The first week of the trip, from 21st to 28th July 2003, saw the…
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In Memory of Dr Julia McLean
We are deeply saddened to inform our volunteers and supporters of the heart-breaking news that Vine Trust Board member, Dr. Julia McLean, was involved in a fatal accident on the River Spey on Friday 31st May. Before joining the Vine Trust Board and Medical Committee earlier this year, Julia was already a much-loved, admired, and valued volunteer both in the UK and in Tanzania, participating in several expeditions to support…
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Vine Trust 2024 Global Citizenship Conference Recap
On Saturday, 25th May, Vine Trust held its Global Citizenship conference to celebrate the impact of volunteering on its partnership programmes in Peru and Tanzania, the communities these programmes serve, and the many thousands of international and national volunteers who have participated in the work. The conference featured presentations from our visiting guest speakers from both countries. In the morning, Roman Rodriguez (National Director) and Frank Guardia (Volunteer Coordinator) shared…
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Delivery of School Kits in the Amazon
Thanks to an alliance with Peruvian NGO, the OLI Foundation, the Amazon Hope Medical Programme recently supported a campaign to deliver much-needed school kits. The OLI Foundation financed the kits and the shipping cost from Lima to Iquitos. The Amazon Hope Medical Programme transported the kits on the Forth Hope medical ship, delivering them to the children and young people in their schools. 200 kits were delivered to 6 schools in 5 communities on the…
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Hope Reaches The Borders
Poverty and exclusion in Peru are very big problems. These situations are worse in rural areas, even more so in the Amazon (accessible only by river) and greater still in border areas (the furthest from the capitals and basic services). Thus, the Amazonian communities on the borders are among the poorest and most excluded that exist. Among these communities are Alanza Cristiana - Andoas and Santa Rosa. The Andoas district…
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