¨No matter how hard the past,

you can always begin again.¨

Buddha

To all our fabulous supporters!

Sorry we haven’t sent an update for a while, I’ve been in Peru!

2025 has been full of change and new beginnings for Kiya and the team, including a big Peru trip, opening a new Mama Cocha centre and new faces joining the Kiya family, both patients and team members!

The biggest news is…..that we have opened a new MAMA COCHA centre!

After losing everything during the pandemic…having to close down the centres and having most of our equipment and materials stolen, we were down heartened but fiercely determined to keep on supporting our families, and so, for 4 years, we have provided in home therapy and essential supplies to our patients. However, we were frustrated as their progress was slowing down. We knew they could do better with the right materials. We needed a space again where we could fit proper physiotherapy equipment and run workshops.

Our dream finally became a reality this summer when my family along with 2 other families from the UK, travelled to Peru on a family volunteer program to open a new centre!

The volunteer team fund raised sufficient funds to launch the centre and cover basic running costs for a year, a huge gift to the community of Mama Cocha!

After a week of hard work, designing and painting a mural; building new therapy equipment; making signs and cleaning….MAMA COCHA was ready to open and on July 31st we opened the doors and a new chapter began for our amazing therapists, Mamas and children of Mancora who now have a fully equipped, bright and happy space to work in, a space where they can focus on their healing and health with support and love.

The centre offers Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Psychological support including weekly parent workshops. It also now houses a unique space for the MAMA MIA project so our entrepreneurial Mamas can design, create and be together.

It goes to prove, no matter how hard the past, you can indeed, always begin again!

We look forward to sharing more with you over the next few months.

Love and peace,

Suzy and the team

MAMA MIA!!

DREAMS CAN COME TRUE!

In other exciting news, Juan and Mati are currently mid trip to the UK where they have been sponsored to participate in a 2 week English course before they fly to Southern Spain to spend a week on our Founders tropical fruit farm and learn all about their rescue horses and how to care for them!

We cannot thank everyone enough, who contributed to our ´Dreams Can Come True´ appeal, to help make this happen for them!

They have never left the Cuzco region, or flown on a plane before…let alone explore new countries and have so many wonderful experiences! Thank you! A truly life changing and forming experience!

And, of course, a big thanks to Monika and family for hosting them in the UK!

PHYSIOTHERAPIST NEEDED!

The success of the new Mama Cocha centre is being felt in so many ways!

Our patients are progressing amazingly well with the new equipment and timetable.

However! We now have a waiting list! With your help, we can extend the opening hrs of the centre if we can raise enough funds to employ a 2nd Physiotherapist and instead of a waiting list, just have a ´patients´ list!

We are almost there to being able to provide this vital service, but we need your help to ensure we reach target by October so we can employ a new member of the team to help our new patients.

Thanks to a generous supporter we are now just 1,500 GBP short of being able to employ another therapist.

Please, help our community and let´s not leave any child behind!

DONATE NOW!

THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN KIYA AND SUPPORTING MAMA COCHA!