Peru
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Peru
Peru is a country far away.
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It has high mountains called “The Andes”.
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Machu Picchu is a
famous ancient city
built high in the
Andes mountains.
It was built by the
Inca people about
550 years ago.
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The people like to wear bright colours.
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You find lots of this animal in Peru.
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This is Frida. She lives in the mountains.
She is standing outside her house.
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This is Frida’s brother, Wilber.
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This is Frida’s dad getting washed.
He uses water from a spring.
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This is Frida’s little brother, Brayan,
playing inside the house.
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Brayan and Frida like to hear their
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dad play his flute.
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Their mum is making the dinner.
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Frida’s dad is
looking after the
sheep and the
cows.
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Brayan helps to take the animals
up into the hills to find grass to eat. 14
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Brayan has a
rest and
something to eat
with his dad.
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Frida is walking to school with two of her
brothers. It takes them an hour. 16
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Some children who live in the mountains in Peru
have a long difficult journey to school!
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Frida likes school!
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At break time she plays with her friends.
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Peru has some big cities too.
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Christian and Ever
live in Lima.
Lima is the
biggest city in
Peru.
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Christian goes to school every morning.
Here he is doing his homework.
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There is no water in
Christian’s house.
He is fetching water
from a tap down the
hill.
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Christian and Ever
carry the water
back up the hill.
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This is a new water tank paid for by CAFOD.
It will bring water to Christian’s house.
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Christian’s dad works as a knife-sharpener.
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In the afternoons
Christian works too.
His job is to shine
people’s shoes.
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Here are some items
made in Peru.
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This picture was made out of pieces of cloth.
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CAFOD works alongside lots of families all
over the world to help them to have a fair
share of the good things in life.
If you’d like to
learn more about
life in Peru and
CAFOD’s work there
take a look at our
Peru Photopack
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