Lima, Peru | Saturday 07 November 2009 10:42 | | |

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Just imagine you had a small baby with a cleft palate or hare lip but you were just too poor to do anything about it. Operations like this cost big money, as do the medications. If you live in the countryside, you would also not be able to afford going to the hospital, much less pay for lodgings, etc. This is the real situation of too many Peruvian parents.
It was early morning. The house was quiet. Rosa, the eighty-six year old mother of my wife, was doing what she loves, puttering in the kitchen. 
Many people take advantage of the Peruvian cost of dentistry. They insist that including the cost of the flight to Peru, their dental work ends up costing much less than in the states. However, beware, and be smart when selecting a dentist for your family.
“When I was young I was struck by lighting” Antonio Aragón told me. I stared at him incredulously, and asked how he could have survived, to which he simply replied “Why question such an amazing gift?”
Last week marked the end of a journey for a group of trekkers seeking the wondrous Machu Picchu. While surviving the Inca Trail is an accomplishment in itself, the prestige was elsewhere. With the support of the Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHSF), 62 trekkers from around the world came together to climb the Inca monument in an event called Peru Rocks.
For Limeños, everyone is familiar with the great Jockey Plaza. Its stores, fashion, restaurants, major events, practically anything you need at this high-end one-stop shop. But while it's important for Jockey Plaza to keep its reputation as a fashionable retail market, it doesn't mean they can't venture into the world of charity.
Thousands of lives are lost a year from cancer, a seriously fatal and complicated disease that’s sweeping the country, being rated as the second largest cause of death in Peru. Despite cancer’s dreary image, many are surprised when they hear all it takes to prevent such a disease is an annual exam. This exam could very well be the difference between life and death.
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