Wish List
Donate the supplies our children and classrooms need most.
How you can help
Donate What Our Children Need
Picaflor House relies entirely on donations, and many of the items below are ongoing needs. Bring your donation to our office, and buy locally where you can. Please no sweets, for the children's teeth. Can't bring items? You can donate online instead.
Most needed
Our Top 5
Colouring Pencils
Scissors
Whiteboard Markers
Pencils
Erasers
Everything else we need
The Full Wish List
Tap a category to see what we need.
General School Supplies+
Book Bags, Chalk, College-Ruled Paper, Colored Construction Paper, Colored Pencils, Compasses, Crayons, Dry-Erase Markers, Erasers, Glue Sticks, Handheld Pencil Sharpeners, Markers, Pencils, Pencil Cases/Bags, Pens, Protractors, Rulers, Solar Calculators, Solar Lantern Lights, Wide-Ruled Paper
Computer Equipment+
We welcome donations of second-hand laptops and tablets. However, please note that very old IT equipment is often not functional for our needs, so we kindly ask that donated devices be less than 10 years old and in good working condition.
Classroom Materials+
In English or Spanish: dictionaries and encyclopedias; flash cards (alphabet, math, words); laminated wall charts (human body, language, math, science, world maps); and books (age-appropriate stories, biology, general science, health, language and grammar, math)
Art Supplies+
Acrylic Brushes & Paints, Beads for Bead Work, Buttons, Craft Glue, Craft Scissors, Earring Hooks, Fashion Magazines, Gage Wire, Sewing Needles, Thread, Watercolour Brushes & Paints, Wire Cutters, Coloured Paper, General Craft Accessories, Supplies
Educational Games / Toys+
Bananagrams, Chess Sets, Connect Four, Puzzles, Scrabble, Stuffed Animals/Soft Toys
Music Instruments+
Castanets, Cymbals, Guiros, Harmonicas/Kazoos, Maracas, Recorders, Tambourines, Triangles, Xylophones
Sports / Outdoor Activity+
Frisbees, Inflation Pumps, Jump Ropes, Netball/Basketballs, Soccer Balls, Team Uniforms/Kits for Soccer, Tennis Balls, Whistles
Clothing / Shoes+
New or gently used children’s clothing and shoes. Please keep in mind Cusco's climate, generally cold and rainy, to choose weather appropriate clothes.
Health & Hygiene+
Antibiotic Ointment, Band-Aids, Sanitary Napkins, Tampons, Bars of soap, Combs, Deodorant, Hair brushes, Hair pins, Elastic hair bands, Hand cream, Multivitamin tablets, Reading glasses of assorted strengths, Shampoos, Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, Vaseline, Washing powder
Office Supplies+
Markers, Pencils, Pens, Printer Paper, Rulers, Scissors, Solar Calculators, Staplers
Kitchen+
Bowls, Pans, Plastic Serving Bowls, Plastic Serving Cups, Plastic Serving Plates, Pots, Serving Spoons, Spatulas
Gardening+
Books about gardening, cloth caddy for small tools, gardening gloves, hand fork, small pruning shears, spades, trowel
Literacy programme
Donate Books
Many of our students are native Quechua speakers and don't learn Spanish until they start school at six, so they often fall behind. Books are one of the best ways to help.
Our list focuses on child protection, helping children understand their bodies and their rights, and on strong female role models who show girls a life beyond domestic work. Books in English are welcome too.
Book wish list
Books We'd Love
See all 38 books +
Clara y su sombra by Elisenda Pascual
Estela grita muy fuerte by Olid
¿De qué color son tus secretos? by Margarita García
¿Qué pasa en mi cuerpo? Girls by Madaras
¿Qué pasa en mi cuerpo? Boys by Madaras
No significa no by Sanders
Mi cuerpo está loco by de la Croix
A mí también by Soto
Tengo derecho a ser niño by Serres
Topito terremoto by Anna Llenas
¿Las princesas usan botas de montaña? by Carmela Coyle
El cartero que se convirtió en carta by Alfredo Gómez
La princesa vestida con una bolsa de papel by Munsch
Malena la Ballena by Cali
Cuentos para niños que se atreven a ser diferentes by Ben Brooks
La peluca de Rapunzel by Cannetti
La flor de tamarindo by Luisa Villar
Qué es esto by Cecilia Blanco
Mamá me ha venido la regla by Serrano
Vacío by Anna Llenas
El monstruo de colores by Anna Llenas
Las maravillosas cosas que llegarás a ser by Emily Winfield
Escuchando a mi cuerpo by Gabi García
El día que descubres quién eres by Jaqueline Woodson
¿puede pasarle a cualquiera? by Mar Pavón
Solo pregunta by Sonia Sotomayor
Cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes by Cavalli
Mario Imaginario by Eoin Jeffers
El corazón y la botella by Oliver Jeffers
El increíble niño come libros by Oliver Jeffers
Animales by Roger Priddy
Donde viven los monstruos by Maurice Sendak
Qué cosas dice mi abuela by Ana Galán
La oruga muy hambrienta by Eric Carle
No dejes que la paloma conduzca el autobus by Mo Williams
La historia de Ernesto by Merce Company
Te quiero (casi siempre) by Anna Llenas
Aquí estamos. Notas para vivir en el planeta tierra by Oliver Jeffers
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