Victors Vision

Where children learn to dream and dream to learn

Academic Classes

Beginning in the 2nd grade, and continuing through high school, Victor’s Vision students receive three extra hours of schooling per day, five days a week. With an average student teacher ratio of just 6:1, Victor’s Vision teachers are

able to focus on the individual needs of their students in all core subject areas: math, communication arts, and science. Victor’s Vision’s university certified teachers also provide character development support to their students, ensuring that all Victor’s Vision students grow up to be well-rounded individuals.

Field Trips

Victor’s Vision students participate in three exploratory field trips to various cities throughout Peru every year. These trips give students the opportunity to explore outside of their community, broadening their worldly perspectives

and increasing their potential to dream of a lifestyle different than what they have seen in their own neighborhood. On this trips, students explore new cities, museums, universities, and engage in experiences they otherwise would not have.

Nutrition

Since many Victor’s Vision students enter the program malnourished, we provide every student with an extra meal every day they attend Victor’s Vision programing. Each meal provided is well balanced including the proper dietary

nutrients necessary for a child to develop both physically and mentally. By providing our students with extra meals, we hope to ensure that all Victor’s Vision students are healthy learners.

Parent Workshops

Victor’s Vision understands that real change and growth for students begins in the home. Without the proper familial support and guidance, children in Chulucanas often drop out of school before the 6th grade. Through monthly

parent workshops and regular home visits, Victor’s Vision gives its families a constructive environment to learn about the value of long-term education and discuss relevant issues in their lives.

Those living in the Piura province
of Peru have just
a 4% chance of graduating from university

In 2008

Only 6.8% of Peru's impoverished population was enrolled in tertiary schools.
Nearly 22% of the country's poor over the age of 15 were considered illiterate.
Most students were only completing 7.4 years of schooling.

More specifically, in the Piura province (where Chulucanas is located):

Only 37% of students finish primary school.
27% finish secondary school.
Just 4% receive a university degree.

Of the students enrolled in Victor’s Vision

100% are living on less than $2/day
1/3 are living in single-parent households
On average, their parents have a 6th grade education
0 have family who have graduated from college

Luis Fernando

is ten years old and is in his second year of Victor’s Vision programming! He lives alone with his mom, because his father abandoned his family when Luis Fernando

was just a baby. Though he comes to visit his son from time to time, his father has never offered to support the family financially. Luis Fernando is a high energy, enthusiastic learner, and when he grows up, he hopes to be a computer technician!

Porfirio

joined the program in 2012 after seeing how much the program had helped her older brother, Olisar. At just eight years old, Porfirio loves to learn! Every day, her

Victor’s Vision teacher can count on Porfirio to come to class with a big smile on her face and lots of energy! When she grows up, Porfirio says she hopes to go to university so she can be a famous athlete!

Betzabeth

Though her parents own a bread shop in Chulucanas, Betzabeth has decided she doesn’t want to go into the family business. When she grows up, Betza wants to help

people; she has decided to either become a nurse or a police officer. Her parents have no doubt that she’ll one day achieve these goals, as she has always been a very hard worker and does well in school. Though she excels in every subject, Betza’s favorite class is art. Betza loves to paint and sing!

Daniela

is a 3rd grader at the Escuela Monteverde. As a second year Victor’s Vision student, Daniela’s teachers have noticed a lot of changes in her academic performance.

In addition to earning better grades in her classes, Daniela is now more eager to participate, confident in her work and motivated to succeed! When she grows up, Daniela hopes to be a doctor so she can help sick people in her community.

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