Wish List
We rely almost entirely on donated items to support the students in our school. You can see the items we are most in need of below or at our Pack for a Purpose site. Your donations can be brought or sent to our office. Please contact us for any inquiries.
Due to the dental health of the children, we ask you to not bring any candy or sweets.
Our Top 5 List Items
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- Colouring Pencils
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- Scissors
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- Whiteboard Markers
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- Pencils
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- Erasers
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, and Wide-Ruled Paper
Classroom Materials:
Reference Materials:
(English and Spanish) Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Flash Cards:
(English and Spanish) Alphabet, Math, and Word
Laminated Wall Charts:
(English and Spanish) Human Body, Language, Math, Science, and World Maps
Text/Reading Books:
(English and Spanish) Age-Appropriate Story Books, Biology, General Science, Health, Language/Grammar, and Math
Art Supplies:
Acrylic Brushes and Paints, Beads for Bead Work, Buttons, Craft Glue, Craft Scissors, Earring Hooks, Fashion Magazines, Gage Wire, Sewing Needles, Thread, Watercolour Brushes and Paints, and Wire Cutters, Coloured Paper, General Craft Accessories and Supplies.
Educational Games/Toys:
Bananagrams, Chess Sets, Connect Four, Puzzles, Scrabble, and Stuffed Animals/Soft Toys
Music Instruments:
Castanets, Cymbals, Guiros, Harmonicas/Kazoos, Maracas, Recorders, Tambourines, Triangles, and Xylophones
Sports/Outdoor Activity:
Frisbees, Inflation Pumps, Jump Ropes, Netball/Basketballs, Soccer Balls, Team Uniforms/Kits for Soccer, Tennis Balls, and 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.
First Aid/Health:
Antibiotic Ointment, Band-Aids, Sanitary Napkins, and Tampons
Office Supplies:
Markers, Pencils, Pens, Printer Paper, Rulers, Scissors, Solar Calculators, and Staplers
Kitchen:
Bowls, Pans, Plastic Serving Bowls, Plastic Serving Cups, Plastic Serving Plates, Pots, Serving Spoons, and Spatulas
Gardening:
Books about gardening, cloth caddy for small tools, gardening gloves, hand fork, small pruning shears, spades, and trowel
Health/Personal Grooming:
Bars of soap, combs, deodorant, hair brushes, hair pins and elastic hair bands, hand cream, multivitamin tablets, reading glasses of assorted strengths, sanitary napkins, shampoos, tampons, toothbrushes, toothpaste, Vaseline, and washing powder.
Donate Books for our Literacy Programme
One of our main initatives at Picaflor House is literacy. Many of our students are native Quechan speakers and don't learn Spanish until they start their first year of school at age 6. These kids are often left behind in the underfunded government school system as when the material is presented in a language they don't understand, all of their subjects suffer along with literacy.
Help us support our programme by donating books! The list below has been curated specifically to promote the following:
- Child Protection: Many of these books teaches them about their body and what their rights are. Promoting autonomy is fundamental so if a child is in a dangerous situation, they know what are safe and unsafe touches, and to tell an adult.
- Feminism: Machismo is a set of beliefs around masculity that is strongly present in rural areas of Peru. It teaches boys to be agressive and girls to be demure. These books have strong female leads that illustrate a life for women outside of domestic work.
Are the books you want to donate in English? We happily accept all books as they will be used for our English classes.
Book Wish-list
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
Mi cuerpo está loco by de la Croix
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
Cuentos para niños que se atreven a ser diferentes by Ben Brooks
La peluca de Rapunzel by Cannetti
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
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